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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
334 AM EDT Wed Aug 19 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Dry conditions are forecasted for today areawide under mostly 
sunny skies. Winds today will be from the northwest, with gusts
holding at 10 mph or less. Afternoon minimum RH will fall to 
around 35 percent across the Piedmont, with the mountains at
40 percent or higher.

Showers and thunderstorms will return on Thursday, resulting in 
rounds of wetting rainfall. This activity will be scattered on 
Thursday, with signals that heavy rain will occur from the foot-
hills of North Carolina through the Southside of Virginia on 
Friday evening. Scattered wetting rainfall will continue on 
Saturday before drier air returns on Sunday.

WVZ043-192030-
Summers-
Including the cities of Hinton and Hix
334 AM EDT Wed Aug 19 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Thu          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            60           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            50           
Max/Min Temp          84           64           81           
Min/Max RH %          54           97           74           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   NW  4        Lgt/Var      W  5         
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.08         
Precip Duration                                 2            
Precip Begin                                    7 AM         
Precip End                                      5 PM         
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    5520                      4160         
Transport Wnd (mph)   W  9                      W 10         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    49680                     41600        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         19 Gen Poor  39 Fair      40 Fair      
Max ADI Late          62 Good      1 Very Poor  49 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       10           6            8            
Max LVORI Late        3            7            4            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the
upper 70s. Minimum RH 80 percent. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 69 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds around
5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 65 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
59 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the upper 50s. North winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 58 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph.

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