National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Fire Weather Forecast Banner for Buckingham County


Print This Forecast (Printer-Friendly)

FNUS51 KRNK 181743
FWFRNK

Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
143 PM EDT Thu Sep 18 2025

.DISCUSSION...
High pressure builds in with a moisture-starved backdoor front
making it into our area this weekend. Isolated to scattered
showers are possible with this feature. RH values drop to 30 
to 40% on Friday afternoon before rebounding over the weekend.
Winds will be light.

VAZ047-190815-
Buckingham-
143 PM EDT Thu Sep 18 2025

                      Tonight      Fri          Fri Night    Sat          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           None         None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          59           88           59           83           
Max/Min RH %          96           37           99           55           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      NE  3        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      NE  5        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                                           
Precip Begin                                                              
Precip End                                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 6610                      4080         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NW  3                     NE 10        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 19830                     40800        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         12 Poor      7 Poor       8 Poor       30 Fair      
Max ADI Late          1 Very Poor  24 Fair      3 Very Poor  47 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       5            8            6            8            
Max LVORI Late        7            2            8            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Lows in the
lower 60s. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 70 percent.
Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the
lower 80s. Minimum RH 63 percent. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the mid
80s. Minimum RH 58 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the mid 80s.
Minimum RH 63 percent. South winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the upper 70s.
Minimum RH 67 percent. East winds around 5 mph.

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