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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
151 PM EST Thu Feb 12 2026

.DISCUSSION... 

Northwesterly winds through late afternoon will gust from between 
20 mph across the Piedmont, to locally as high as 35 mph across 
the mountains, particularly along the mountain ridges. Sunshine 
intermixed with passing clouds and downsloping with allow RH 
values to fall into the 20 to 25 percent range across the 
foothills and Piedmont of northern North Carolina through Friday. 
With temperatures again rising above freezing nearly areawide 
today, lingering snow cover will go through another round of 
melting this afternoon, with refreeze tonight. The next chance of
rain comes Sunday into Monday. 

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WVZ044-130915-
Monroe-
Including the city of Union
151 PM EST Thu Feb 12 2026

                      Tonight      Fri          Fri Night    Sat          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Clear        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          19           43           21           52           
Max/Min RH %          91           40           90           39           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  NW  5 G22    W  3         Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   W  3 G17     NW  5        Lgt/Var      W  3         
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                                           
Precip Begin                                                              
Precip End                                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 4090                      4790         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NW 20                     W 15         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 81800                     71850        
Dispersion            Poor                      Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         20 Gen Poor  45 Gen Good  3 Very Poor  42 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          7 Poor       84 Good      2 Very Poor  77 Good      
Max LVORI Early       4            5            4            6            
Max LVORI Late        5            1            6            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY...Rain. Lows in the lower 30s. Highs in the lower 40s.
Minimum RH 83 percent. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain likely. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs
in the lower 50s. Minimum RH 65 percent. Northeast winds around
5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the upper
50s. Minimum RH 56 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Lows in
the lower 40s. Highs in the lower 60s. Minimum RH 57 percent.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows in the mid 40s.
Highs around 60. Minimum RH 55 percent. West winds 10 to 15 mph.

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

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