Fire Weather Forecast - Campbell County, VA

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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
229 PM EDT Mon Apr 27 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Dry weather will continue for one more day on Monday as high
pressure continues to remain over the region. An approaching cold
front will push into the region early Tuesday morning, with
0.10"-0.25" of new precipitation forecast. While this amount
likely won't lead to significant wetting of fuels, it should wet
fine fuels enough to prevent any major fire weather concerns in
the immediate future. By Wednesday, another more potent surface
low looks to push north of the region. This looks to bring more
widespread rainfall to the region, with upwards of 0.5"-0.75" of
new rainfall for the region. If this precipitation occurs, ground
fuels will likely become more impervious to the spread of fire as
this rainfall will likely be able to reach forest sublayers
compared to Tuesdays rainfall. 

Overall, with increased rain chances and elevated RH values this 
week, the threat for fire weather concerns has diminished across 
the area; however, if a long spell of dry weather occurs across 
the area, these concerns could return. 


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VAZ045-280815-
Campbell-
Including the city of Lynchburg
229 PM EDT Mon Apr 27 2026

                      Tonight      Tue          Tue Night    Wed          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           None         Showers      Showers      Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            60           30           100          
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            50           
Min/Max Temp          41           67           49           70           
Max/Min RH %          92           57           100          77           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  E  3         Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      S  5         Lgt/Var      S  6         
Precip Amount         0.00         0.02         0.00         0.37         
Precip Duration                    3            1            10           
Precip Begin                       8 AM         8 PM         Continuing   
Precip End                         4 PM         Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 3910                      2340         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SW 16                     SW 14        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 62560                     32760        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         49 Gen Good  19 Gen Poor  44 Gen Good  21 Fair      
Max ADI Late          3 Very Poor  58 Gen Good  3 Very Poor  35 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       3            6            6            9            
Max LVORI Late        7            2            9            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows
in the upper 40s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs around 70. Minimum RH 29 percent.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs
around 70. Minimum RH 32 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 40s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
lower 60s. Minimum RH 48 percent. North winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the upper 30s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH 29 percent.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH 32 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph.

.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
Temperatures below normal.  Precipitation near normal.