Severe Storms Possible Tuesday

Thunderstorms are expected across portions of the area late tonight into Tuesday, and then Tuesday afternoon into Tuesday evening. Visit this link for details on what is expected. Read More >

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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
313 PM EDT Mon Jul 27 2026

.DISCUSSION...
Showers and storms return to mainly southeast West Virginia and 
neighboring portions of southwest Virginia early Tuesday morning.
Coverage continues throughout the day and spreads into NW NC later
on during the afternoon and evening. Storms could have strong to 
damaging winds, large hail, and heavy rainfall. Drier weather 
returns for the remainder of the work week before showers and 
storms return to the forecast for the weekend.

Rainfall amounts early Tuesday through Tuesday night are expected
to range from around a quarter of an inch to over an inch. Locally
heavier rain is expected under the heavier storms.

WVZ043-280815-
Summers-
Including the cities of Hinton and Hix
313 PM EDT Mon Jul 27 2026

                      Tonight      Tue          Tue Night    Wed          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        None         
Chance Precip (%)     30           80           50           0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 20           50           50           0            
Min/Max Temp          64           81           62           77           
Max/Min RH %          100          77           100          67           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      SW  6 G20    NW  8 G20    NW  7 G20    
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      W  9 G21     NW  5 G18    NW  9 G22    
Precip Amount         0.08         0.58         0.04         0.00         
Precip Duration       0            9            2                         
Precip Begin          3 AM         Continuing   Continuing                
Precip End            Continuing   Continuing   6 AM                      
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 3080                      5280         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W 23                      NW 18        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 70840                     95040        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Fair                      
Max ADI Early         33 Fair      30 Fair      27 Fair      63 Good      
Max ADI Late          6 Very Poor  62 Good      8 Poor       76 Good      
Max LVORI Early       6            6            8            7            
Max LVORI Late        7            4            9            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH
64 percent. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
57 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. North winds around
5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 58 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 69 percent. South
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 71 percent. West winds
around 5 mph.

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

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