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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
221 PM EDT Sun May 3 2026

.DISCUSSION...
Fairly dry for the next few days. Could see isolated
showers in the mountains Monday afternoon.
High confidence in a wetting rain arriving with a front Wednesday, 
and precipitation lasting into Thursday.


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WVZ043-040815-
Summers-
Including the cities of Hinton and Hix
221 PM EDT Sun May 3 2026

                      Tonight      Mon          Mon Night    Tue          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         Tstms        None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            40           0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            40           0            0            
Min/Max Temp          39           72           49           77           
Max/Min RH %          72           41           81           31           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      SW  4 G17    SW  5        SW  4 G18    
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      SW  7 G19    SW  3        SW  7 G20    
Precip Amount         0.00         0.02         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                    1                                      
Precip Begin                       8 AM                                   
Precip End                         6 PM                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 6430                      7890         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SW 21                     S 23         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 135030                    181470       
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Fair                      
Max ADI Early         65 Good      67 Good      102 Very Good99 Good      
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  91 Good      3 Very Poor  199 Very Good
Max LVORI Early       2            3            3            4            
Max LVORI Late        3            1            4            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the upper 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the
upper 60s. Minimum RH 69 percent. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms.
Lows in the upper 40s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Highs around
60. Minimum RH 61 percent. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Colder. Lows in the upper 30s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Minimum RH 41 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 40s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 60s. Minimum RH
53 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs in the
upper 60s. Minimum RH 45 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph.

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