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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
249 PM EDT Fri Sep 11 2026
.DISCUSSION...
A cold front stalls over parts of VA and NC tonight, then lifts
north tomorrow and tomorrow night back through the area. While
this front is in the vicinity, showers and thunderstorms are
expected into Sunday. There are currently no fire weather
concerns. Drier weather is expected Monday through Wednesday.
WVZ043-120830-
Summers-
Including the cities of Hinton and Hix
249 PM EDT Fri Sep 11 2026
Tonight Sat Sat Night Sun
Cloud Cover Pcldy Mcldy Mcldy Pcldy
Precip Type Tstms Tstms Tstms Showers
Chance Precip (%) 30 70 80 20
Chance of Thunder (%) 30 50 50 0
Min/Max Temp 64 80 64 82
Max/Min RH % 100 80 100 70
Wind 20ft/early(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
Wind 20ft/late(mph) Lgt/Var S 3 Lgt/Var NW 4
Precip Amount 0.00 0.16 0.18 0.01
Precip Duration 0 3 4 1
Precip Begin 6 PM 12 PM Continuing Continuing
Precip End 9 PM Continuing Continuing 2 PM
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 3890 3930
Transport Wnd (mph) S 12 NW 14
Vent Rate (mph-ft) 46680 55020
Dispersion Very Poor Very Poor
Max ADI Early 2 Very Poor 16 Gen Poor 14 Gen Poor 23 Fair
Max ADI Late 5 Very Poor 30 Fair 2 Very Poor 64 Good
Max LVORI Early 10 8 9 10
Max LVORI Late 8 4 10 4
Remarks...None.
.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
63 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 63 percent.
Southeast winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
58 percent. East winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny with a chance of showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 60 percent.
West winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 60s. Northwest winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 68 percent.
West winds around 5 mph.
.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
Temperatures near normal. Precipitation near normal.