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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
229 PM EDT Thu Jul 9 2026

.DISCUSSION...
Seasonably warm and humid conditions expected through 
Friday with scattered afternoon and evening showers
and thunderstorms. Rainfall coverage will be hit and miss
with rainfall amounts generally a quarter inch or less. 
There will be some localized amounts upwards of one inch
associated with the stronger thunderstorms. Isolated wind
damage is also possible.

Greater coverage of showers and thunderstorms is likely for the
weekend with the passage of a cold front. Somewhat drier
conditions follow the frontal passage for the beginning of next
week, along with a few days of below normal temperatures.
After that, thing warm back up for the end of the week with 
a return to seasonably warm temperatures.

WVZ043-100815-
Summers-
Including the cities of Hinton and Hix
229 PM EDT Thu Jul 9 2026

                      Tonight      Fri          Fri Night    Sat          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     30           70           70           80           
Chance of Thunder (%) 20           50           50           50           
Min/Max Temp          64           83           65           79           
Max/Min RH %          100          71           100          84           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  W  4         W  3         W  4         W  3         
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      W  5         W  3         W  4         
Precip Amount         0.03         0.15         0.17         0.23         
Precip Duration       0            4            3            9            
Precip Begin          6 PM         10 AM        Continuing   Continuing   
Precip End            9 PM         Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 3970                      2780         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W 14                      W 15         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 55580                     41700        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Poor                      
Max ADI Early         58 Gen Good  16 Gen Poor  40 Fair      7 Poor       
Max ADI Late          1 Very Poor  54 Gen Good  1 Very Poor  46 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       8            10           9            9            
Max LVORI Late        10           4            10           5            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 72 percent.
East winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
59 percent. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60. Southeast winds
around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 48 percent.
East winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 50 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 54 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph.

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