Fire Weather Forecast - Summers County, WV

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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
257 PM EDT Wed Aug 26 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Winds turn southerly through today, with increasing moisture
across the region, bringing minimum relative humidity values into the 45
to 65 percent range, with higher values over the southern Blue 
Ridge. This is also where shower and storm chances are highest
for today/Wednesday. Thursday and Friday will see higher and more 
widespread chances for showers and storms. Dry weather returns by Sunday,
and temperatures increase to 5 to 10 degrees above seasonal normals early
next week.

WVZ043-270815-
Summers-
Including the cities of Hinton and Hix
257 PM EDT Wed Aug 26 2026

                      Tonight      Thu          Thu Night    Fri          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         Tstms        Tstms        None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            30           30           0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            30           30           0            
Min/Max Temp          61           85           61           83           
Max/Min RH %          100          59           100          59           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      W  3         Lgt/Var      NW  3        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.01         0.02         0.00         
Precip Duration                    1            1                         
Precip Begin                       2 PM         Continuing                
Precip End                         Continuing   2 AM                      
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 6110                      5730         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W  8                      NW  8        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 48880                     45840        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         20 Gen Poor  21 Fair      17 Gen Poor  15 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          1 Very Poor  51 Gen Good  1 Very Poor  54 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       9            10           10           10           
Max LVORI Late        10           3            10           3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. North winds
around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 55 percent.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 52 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 51 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH
54 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH
56 percent. West winds around 5 mph.

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