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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
221 PM EDT Sun May 3 2026
.DISCUSSION...
Fairly dry for the next few days. Could see isolated
showers in the mountains Monday afternoon.
High confidence in a wetting rain arriving with a front Wednesday,
and precipitation lasting into Thursday.
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WVZ043-040815-
Summers-
Including the cities of Hinton and Hix
221 PM EDT Sun May 3 2026
Tonight Mon Mon Night Tue
Cloud Cover Pcldy Pcldy Pcldy Pcldy
Precip Type None Tstms None None
Chance Precip (%) 0 40 0 0
Chance of Thunder (%) 0 40 0 0
Min/Max Temp 39 72 49 77
Max/Min RH % 72 41 81 31
Wind 20ft/early(mph) Lgt/Var SW 4 G17 SW 5 SW 4 G18
Wind 20ft/late(mph) Lgt/Var SW 7 G19 SW 3 SW 7 G20
Precip Amount 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00
Precip Duration 1
Precip Begin 8 AM
Precip End 6 PM
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 6430 7890
Transport Wnd (mph) SW 21 S 23
Vent Rate (mph-ft) 135030 181470
Dispersion Very Poor Fair
Max ADI Early 65 Good 67 Good 102 Very Good99 Good
Max ADI Late 2 Very Poor 91 Good 3 Very Poor 199 Very Good
Max LVORI Early 2 3 3 4
Max LVORI Late 3 1 4 1
Remarks...None.
.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the upper 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the
upper 60s. Minimum RH 69 percent. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms.
Lows in the upper 40s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Highs around
60. Minimum RH 61 percent. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Colder. Lows in the upper 30s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Minimum RH 41 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 40s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 60s. Minimum RH
53 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs in the
upper 60s. Minimum RH 45 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
Temperatures near normal. Precipitation above normal.