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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
223 PM EST Fri Nov 6 2026
.DISCUSSION...
The cold front that crossed the region this morning is continuing
its journey eastward. A reinforcing cold front will cross the
area overnight. With it will come increasing northwest winds with
gusts of 20 to 30 mph across the mountains and 15 to 25 mph over
the Piedmont region. These gusty winds will continue through
mid-day Saturday, before a slow decrease through Saturday evening.
Other than some isolated showers across portions of Southeast
West Virginia this evening, no precipitation is expected for the
region until the latter half of next week.
Temperatures will be coolest on Sunday, then gradually increase
through mid-week. Minimum relative humidities for the early to
middle part of next week will generally be in the 20s and 30s
percent range.
The next chance of precipitation will be during the latter half
of next week, along with cooler temperatures.
WVZ043-070915-
Summers-
Including the cities of Hinton and Hix
223 PM EST Fri Nov 6 2026
Tonight Sat Sat Night Sun
Cloud Cover Pcldy Pcldy Pcldy Mclear
Precip Type None None None None
Chance Precip (%) 0 0 0 0
Chance of Thunder (%) 0 0 0 0
Min/Max Temp 34 52 31 61
Max/Min RH % 93 54 100 34
Wind 20ft/early(mph) NW 7 G21 NW 7 G19 NW 6 G19 W 3
Wind 20ft/late(mph) NW 6 G20 NW 8 G18 W 3 W 5
Precip Amount 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Precip Duration
Precip Begin
Precip End
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 3350 2450
Transport Wnd (mph) NW 20 W 12
Vent Rate (mph-ft) 67000 29400
Dispersion Good Poor
Max ADI Early 19 Gen Poor 54 Gen Good 13 Gen Poor 28 Fair
Max ADI Late 14 Gen Poor 64 Good 5 Very Poor 38 Fair
Max LVORI Early 4 4 4 7
Max LVORI Late 5 1 9 2
Remarks...None.
.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s. West winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs around 60. Minimum RH 44 percent. West
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s. West winds around
5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Minimum RH 40 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40. West winds around
5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Minimum RH
46 percent. West winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of rain. Highs in
the mid 50s. Minimum RH 54 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows in
the lower 30s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of rain and snow.
Highs in the upper 40s. Minimum RH 54 percent. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
Temperatures above normal. Precipitation below normal.