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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
242 AM EDT Thu May 7 2026

.DISCUSSION...

A wetting rain is expected for much of the area today with cooler 
temperatures to follow into the weekend. Fire weather concerns  
will be limited through early next week.

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VAZ045-072015-
Campbell-
Including the city of Lynchburg
242 AM EDT Thu May 7 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Fri          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           Showers      None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     90           0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            
Max/Min Temp          63           41           71           
Min/Max RH %          65           87           34           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  NE  4        Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   E  5         NW  3        SW  6        
Precip Amount         0.18         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       4                                      
Precip Begin          6 AM                                   
Precip End            3 PM                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    2400                      7530         
Transport Wnd (mph)   E  3                      SW 14        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    7200                      105420       
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         33 Fair      7 Poor       32 Fair      
Max ADI Late          40 Fair      1 Very Poor  106 Very Good
Max LVORI Early       9            5            6            
Max LVORI Late        4            5            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. South winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
43 percent. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. West
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the lower 80s. Minimum RH 40 percent. Southwest winds around
5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 50s. Southwest winds
around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Cooler. Highs around 70. Minimum RH 41 percent.
North winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Colder. Lows in the lower 40s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH 31 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the upper 40s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH
44 percent. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

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