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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
354 AM EDT Mon May 18 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Hot and dry conditions look to linger across the region through
Tuesday this week and parts of the Piedmont for Wednesday, until 
a cold front brings in daily chances for showers and thunderstorms. 
Prior to this moisture entering the area, hot and dry conditions 
areawide will lead to minimum RH values mainly falling into the 
30s/40s today, and 20s/30s on Tuesday, with an increase mainly 
for the mountains by Wednesday as the aforementioned cold front 
arrives and advects moisture north. Overall, with winds remaining 
mainly under 12 mph, the fire weather concerns look to remain low 
for much of the area at this time even though conditions will be 
hot and dry early this week.


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WVZ043-182045-
Summers-
Including the cities of Hinton and Hix
354 AM EDT Mon May 18 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Tue          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            
Max/Min Temp          91           61           90           
Min/Max RH %          35           80           29           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      S  3         Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   SW  3        Lgt/Var      W  4         
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                              
Precip Begin                                                 
Precip End                                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    8670                      9600         
Transport Wnd (mph)   S 10                      W 14         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    86700                     134400       
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         21 Fair      57 Gen Good  77 Good      
Max ADI Late          107 Very Good2 Very Poor  140 Very Good
Max LVORI Early       6            3            4            
Max LVORI Late        1            3            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the
lower 80s. Minimum RH 51 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest winds
around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Cooler. Highs
in the lower 70s. Minimum RH 72 percent. Northeast winds around
5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely. Lows in the
mid 50s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 60s. Minimum RH 76 percent.
Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the
mid 70s. Minimum RH 69 percent. South winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds
around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the
upper 70s. Minimum RH 66 percent. West winds around 5 mph.

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