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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
249 PM EDT Fri Sep 11 2026

.DISCUSSION...
A cold front stalls over parts of VA and NC tonight, then lifts
north tomorrow and tomorrow night back through the area. While 
this front is in the vicinity, showers and thunderstorms are 
expected into Sunday. There are currently no fire weather 
concerns. Drier weather is expected Monday through Wednesday.

WVZ043-120830-
Summers-
Including the cities of Hinton and Hix
249 PM EDT Fri Sep 11 2026

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        Showers      
Chance Precip (%)     30           70           80           20           
Chance of Thunder (%) 30           50           50           0            
Min/Max Temp          64           80           64           82           
Max/Min RH %          100          80           100          70           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      S  3         Lgt/Var      NW  4        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.16         0.18         0.01         
Precip Duration       0            3            4            1            
Precip Begin          6 PM         12 PM        Continuing   Continuing   
Precip End            9 PM         Continuing   Continuing   2 PM         
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 3890                      3930         
Transport Wnd (mph)                S 12                      NW 14        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 46680                     55020        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         2 Very Poor  16 Gen Poor  14 Gen Poor  23 Fair      
Max ADI Late          5 Very Poor  30 Fair      2 Very Poor  64 Good      
Max LVORI Early       10           8            9            10           
Max LVORI Late        8            4            10           4            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
63 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 63 percent.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
58 percent. East winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Sunny with a chance of showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 60 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 60s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 68 percent.
West winds around 5 mph.

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