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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
232 AM EDT Tue Oct 13 2026
.DISCUSSION...
Warmer and dry into Wednesday. A cold front brings some wetting showers
to mainly the mountains Thursday. A stronger front but mainly dry one
will pass through Friday with breezy/windy west winds following it.
Turning colder and drier air will for the weekend.
WVZ043-132015-
Summers-
Including the cities of Hinton and Hix
232 AM EDT Tue Oct 13 2026
Today Tonight Wed
Cloud Cover Mclear Clear Mclear
Precip Type None None None
Chance Precip (%) 0 0 0
Chance of Thunder (%) 0 0 0
Max/Min Temp 79 56 81
Min/Max RH % 56 96 58
Wind 20ft/early(mph) Lgt/Var SW 3 Lgt/Var
Wind 20ft/late(mph) W 5 W 3 W 4
Precip Amount 0.00 0.00 0.00
Precip Duration
Precip Begin
Precip End
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 4610 4610
Transport Wnd (mph) W 16 W 14
Vent Rate (mph-ft) 73760 64540
Dispersion Poor
Max ADI Early 5 Very Poor 21 Fair 49 Gen Good
Max ADI Late 83 Good 2 Very Poor 73 Good
Max LVORI Early 7 5 7
Max LVORI Late 3 6 3
Remarks...None.
.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows
in the lower 60s. West winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Highs
in the mid 70s. Minimum RH 85 percent. Southwest 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 showers likely. Highs in the lower
70s. Minimum RH 80 percent. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Much colder. Lows around 40. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Cooler. Highs in the lower 50s. Minimum
RH 54 percent. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 30s. North winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs around 60. Minimum RH 44 percent.
Southeast winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Southeast winds
around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Minimum RH
50 percent. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
Temperatures above normal. Precipitation near normal.