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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
156 PM EDT Thu Oct 1 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Expect dry weather with warmer temperatures into Friday. For this 
weekend, rainfall chances will increase thanks to a slow moving 
front that looks to stall over the region. Another cold front 
brings an end to the rain and reinforces cooler weather for next 
week. Minimum RH values drop to 35 to 55 percent next week. We 
cool down with the front into next week. Overall, there are 
currently no fire weather concerns at this time.

WVZ043-020815-
Summers-
Including the cities of Hinton and Hix
156 PM EDT Thu Oct 1 2026

                      Tonight      Fri          Fri Night    Sat          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           None         Showers      Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            40           70           70           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            20           20           
Min/Max Temp          56           81           61           69           
Max/Min RH %          94           63           100          93           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      W  6         Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.00         0.02         0.13         0.35         
Precip Duration                    0            3            6            
Precip Begin                       4 PM         Continuing   Continuing   
Precip End                         Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 5180                      1420         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W 20                      E  7         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 103600                    9940         
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         15 Gen Poor  37 Fair      22 Fair      3 Very Poor  
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  86 Good      3 Very Poor  11 Poor      
Max LVORI Early       4            7            10           10           
Max LVORI Late        6            3            10           7            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with showers likely and a slight chance
of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Cloudy with showers likely with isolated thunderstorms.
Highs in the mid 60s. Minimum RH 97 percent. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Minimum RH
66 percent. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Colder. Lows in the lower 40s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Minimum RH 53 percent.
East winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s. East winds around
5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Minimum RH 56 percent.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs around 70. Minimum RH 58 percent. West
winds around 5 mph.

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

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