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Fire Weather Forecast Banner for Campbell County

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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
244 PM EDT Wed Mar 25 2026

.DISCUSSION...

High pressure will gradually slide east tonight, making for a 
gradual wind shift from the southwest by Thursday morning. Moisture 
will increase for Thursday as a cold front approaches from the 
northwest, making for a mixture of clouds and sunshine on Thursday 
afternoon, as well as for isolated afternoon showers across the 
mountains. Thursday afternoon minimum RH values will remain above 
35 percent. Frontal passage on Friday will trigger scattered 
rain showers and isolated thunderstorms, though with wetting 
rainfall totals generally less than 0.25".


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VAZ045-260830-
Campbell-
Including the city of Lynchburg
244 PM EDT Wed Mar 25 2026

                      Tonight      Thu          Thu Night    Fri          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Mclear       Pcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         None         Showers      
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            70           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          46           77           59           77           
Max/Min RH %          68           41           80           50           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      SW  5        SW  6 G18    SW  5 G17    
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   S  3         SW  8 G18    SW  7 G19    NW  6 G17    
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.10         
Precip Duration                                              4            
Precip Begin                                                 8 AM         
Precip End                                                   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 5500                      6260         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SW 21                     W 17         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 115500                    106420       
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Good                      
Max ADI Early         40 Fair      29 Fair      65 Good      69 Good      
Max ADI Late          4 Very Poor  85 Good      11 Poor      80 Good      
Max LVORI Early       2            3            3            4            
Max LVORI Late        3            1            4            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the upper
30s. Highs in the mid 50s. Minimum RH 22 percent. North winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 30. Highs around 60. Minimum
RH 22 percent. South winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the
upper 60s. Minimum RH 39 percent. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Lows in the
upper 40s. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 39 percent.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 50s. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 39 percent. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.

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

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