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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
212 PM EDT Fri Sep 4 2026
.DISCUSSION...
Temperatures will stay above normal through Saturday.
Showers and thunderstorm chances remain through Sunday.
A frontal passage will bring drier weather and
lower temperatures to the area for early next week, before the
heat rebuilds over the region towards the middle of next week.
WVZ043-050815-
Summers-
Including the cities of Hinton and Hix
212 PM EDT Fri Sep 4 2026
Tonight Sat Sat Night Sun
Cloud Cover Mclear Pcldy Pcldy Mcldy
Precip Type None Tstms Tstms Tstms
Chance Precip (%) 0 60 50 50
Chance of Thunder (%) 0 50 50 50
Min/Max Temp 67 87 64 80
Max/Min RH % 93 61 100 73
Wind 20ft/early(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var W 3 Lgt/Var
Wind 20ft/late(mph) Lgt/Var NW 5 Lgt/Var NE 3
Precip Amount 0.00 0.08 0.08 0.09
Precip Duration 2 2 2
Precip Begin 6 AM Continuing 7 AM
Precip End Continuing 6 AM 6 PM
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 4710 3250
Transport Wnd (mph) NW 17 E 7
Vent Rate (mph-ft) 80070 22750
Dispersion Very Poor Very Poor
Max ADI Early 32 Fair 21 Fair 32 Fair 26 Fair
Max ADI Late 1 Very Poor 72 Good 7 Poor 30 Fair
Max LVORI Early 6 7 7 10
Max LVORI Late 7 3 10 4
Remarks...None.
.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 60. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
62 percent. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
54 percent. South winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60. South winds
around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
54 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 58 percent. West
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 55 percent.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
Temperatures above normal. Precipitation near normal.