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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
241 AM EDT Mon Oct 12 2026

.DISCUSSION...

We dry out through Wednesday with temperatures above normal. A few mountain
showers are possible the latter half of the week.

WVZ043-122015-
Summers-
Including the cities of Hinton and Hix
241 AM EDT Mon Oct 12 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Tue          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Mclear       
Precip Type           Showers      None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     40           0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            
Max/Min Temp          71           50           80           
Min/Max RH %          66           100          60           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  NW  9 G25    Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   NW  7 G21    Lgt/Var      W  4         
Precip Amount         0.01         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       1                                      
Precip Begin          6 AM                                   
Precip End            11 AM                                  
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    2460                      4740         
Transport Wnd (mph)   NW 15                     W 17         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    36900                     80580        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         38 Fair      13 Gen Poor  5 Very Poor  
Max ADI Late          38 Fair      1 Very Poor  96 Good      
Max LVORI Early       5            6            10           
Max LVORI Late        3            7            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds around
5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 63 percent. West
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
mid 70s. Minimum RH 78 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
lower 70s. Minimum RH 76 percent. West winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Much colder. Lows in the upper 30s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Much cooler. Highs around 50. Minimum
RH 57 percent. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s. North
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of rain showers. Highs in
the upper 50s. Minimum RH 44 percent. Southeast winds around
5 mph.

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