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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
151 PM EDT Thu Jul 16 2026
.DISCUSSION...
Dry weather is expected to last until tomorrow, when showers and
thunderstorms return to mainly the mountains.
Temperatures in the 80s and 90s continue through Saturday for
urban areas and the Piedmont. Minimum RH values will fall into
the 30s to 40s percent range for most locations east of the Blue Ridge
today and tomorrow. Light winds prevail, with an increasing NE
wind for the Piedmont tomorrow. By Saturday stronger WSW winds
are expected with gusts to 25 mph for the higher peaks and
ridges. Showers and storms become more widespread for the weekend into
early next week. Some storms Saturday could be strong to severe
with strong to damaging wind gusts as the primary threat.
Total rainfall Saturday is forecast to be mainly one to two
tenths of an inch with locally higher from storms.
WVZ507-170815-
Eastern Greenbrier-
Including the cities of Lewisburg, White Sulphur Springs,
and Alderson
151 PM EDT Thu Jul 16 2026
Tonight Fri Fri Night Sat
Cloud Cover Mclear Pcldy Pcldy Pcldy
Precip Type None Tstms Tstms Tstms
Chance Precip (%) 0 20 30 90
Chance of Thunder (%) 0 20 30 50
Min/Max Temp 65 88 67 84
Max/Min RH % 96 53 95 70
Wind 20ft/early(mph) NW 3 Lgt/Var Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
Wind 20ft/late(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var Lgt/Var W 6
Precip Amount 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.15
Precip Duration 0 1 5
Precip Begin 2 PM Continuing 7 AM
Precip End Continuing 3 AM Continuing
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 5430 4250
Transport Wnd (mph) S 5 W 16
Vent Rate (mph-ft) 27150 68000
Dispersion Very Poor Very Poor
Max ADI Early 21 Fair 24 Fair 28 Fair 33 Fair
Max ADI Late 2 Very Poor 37 Fair 1 Very Poor 63 Good
Max LVORI Early 5 7 6 8
Max LVORI Late 7 2 8 3
Remarks...None.
.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance
of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 65 percent.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. North winds
around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 55 percent.
South winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 63 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance
of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 62 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
53 percent. Northeast winds around 5 mph.
.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
Temperatures near normal. Precipitation above normal.