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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
143 PM EDT Sat Sep 5 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Temperatures will stay above normal through today.
Showers and thunderstorm chances remain through Sunday.
A frontal passage will bring drier weather and
lower temperatures to the area for early next week, before the 
heat rebuilds over the region towards the middle of next week.
There are no fire weather concerns at this time.

WVZ043-060815-
Summers-
Including the cities of Hinton and Hix
143 PM EDT Sat Sep 5 2026

                      Tonight      Sun          Sun Night    Mon          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        None         
Chance Precip (%)     40           70           60           0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 40           50           20           0            
Min/Max Temp          63           79           58           79           
Max/Min RH %          100          78           100          59           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  NW  3        Lgt/Var      E  3         E  4         
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      E  3         E  3         SE  4        
Precip Amount         0.05         0.12         0.04         0.00         
Precip Duration       2            5            1                         
Precip Begin          6 PM         Continuing   Continuing                
Precip End            Continuing   Continuing   11 PM                     
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 3540                      6130         
Transport Wnd (mph)                E  3                      SE  5        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 10620                     30650        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Poor                      
Max ADI Early         40 Fair      12 Poor      24 Fair      60 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          1 Very Poor  23 Fair      5 Very Poor  64 Good      
Max LVORI Early       10           10           8            7            
Max LVORI Late        10           5            7            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 53 percent.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds
around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 53 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
64 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the lower 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the upper 70s. Minimum RH 61 percent. Northwest winds around
5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 50s. Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs
around 80. Minimum RH 54 percent. South winds around 5 mph.

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