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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
147 PM EDT Thu Jun 19 2025

.DISCUSSION...

An approaching cold front today will bring widespread showers
and thunderstorms to the area today, with the threat for severe
wind and hail expected with the strongest storms that develop.
In the wake of this cold front, dry weather returns to the
region, with a gradual warm up through the weekend to well above
average temperatures forecast across the region with an upper
level ridge building over the eastern conus through next week.
Isolated to scattered shower and thunderstorm chances return by
mid-week next work week.

VAZ047-200815-
Buckingham-
147 PM EDT Thu Jun 19 2025

                      Tonight      Fri          Fri Night    Sat          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Clear        Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           Tstms        None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     60           0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 50           0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          62           87           64           92           
Max/Min RH %          92           43           88           44           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  SW  6 G17    Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   W  3         Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  3        
Precip Amount         0.15         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       1                                                   
Precip Begin          6 PM                                                
Precip End            9 PM                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 6610                      7070         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SW  9                     SW  3        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 59490                     21210        
Dispersion            Poor                      Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         40 Fair      29 Fair      40 Fair      69 Good      
Max ADI Late          3 Very Poor  69 Good      2 Very Poor  77 Good      
Max LVORI Early       6            6            3            6            
Max LVORI Late        6            1            5            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the mid
90s. Minimum RH 44 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Highs in the upper
90s. Minimum RH 44 percent. North winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Highs around 100.
Minimum RH 43 percent. North winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Highs in the
upper 90s. Minimum RH 46 percent. North winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Highs in the mid 90s.
Minimum RH 49 percent. Northeast winds around 5 mph.

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