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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
203 PM EDT Fri Jul 3 2026
.DISCUSSION...
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT FOR FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...
...EXTREME HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM to 8PM EDT TODAY
AND SATURDAY FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND NORTH
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
Heat risk increases to hazardous levels this week into the holiday
weekend. Additional advisories/warnings have encompass much of the
region east of the Blue Ridge for the end of the week into the
holiday weekend.
The mid-level ridge currently above us will facilitate warming
temperatures with highs in the 80s to lower 90s in the mountains
and upper 90s to around 100 for the foothills and piedmont.
The hot temperatures will combine with elevated dewpoints around
68 to 72 to produce peak heat indices of 95 to 100 in the
mountains and 105 to 115 in the Foothills and Piedmont.
Increasing chances for showers and thunderstorms beginning
today and into next week may cause issues with lightning-
started fires.
VAZ045-040830-
Campbell-
Including the city of Lynchburg
203 PM EDT Fri Jul 3 2026
Tonight Sat Sat Night Sun
Cloud Cover Mclear Mclear Pcldy Mclear
Precip Type None Tstms Tstms Tstms
Chance Precip (%) 0 30 30 20
Chance of Thunder (%) 0 30 30 20
Min/Max Temp 73 103 71 101
Max/Min RH % 82 30 86 30
Wind 20ft/early(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var S 3 Lgt/Var
Wind 20ft/late(mph) Lgt/Var S 3 Lgt/Var S 5
Precip Amount 0.00 0.02 0.01 0.00
Precip Duration 0 1 0
Precip Begin 3 PM Continuing 2 PM
Precip End Continuing 11 PM Continuing
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 9150 9980
Transport Wnd (mph) W 9 S 6
Vent Rate (mph-ft) 82350 59880
Dispersion Very Poor Very Poor
Max ADI Early 44 Gen Good 16 Gen Poor 51 Gen Good 22 Fair
Max ADI Late 1 Very Poor 87 Good 2 Very Poor 54 Gen Good
Max LVORI Early 3 6 3 5
Max LVORI Late 4 1 5 2
Remarks...None.
.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. East winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with showers and thunderstorms likely.
Highs in the upper 90s. Minimum RH 43 percent. Southeast winds
around 5 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows around 70. South winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 50 percent.
West winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Northwest winds around
5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 48 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 47 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Minimum RH 47 percent. West
winds around 5 mph.
.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
Temperatures above normal. Precipitation near normal.