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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
316 AM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026
.DISCUSSION...
Scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop across the lower
Mid-Atlantic late this afternoon and evening, resulting in
potentially another round of localized wetting rainfall. Minimum
RH holding at 60 percent or above areawide today. Given this wet
pattern, there are currently no fire weather concerns at this
time.
A drier airmass arrives on Sunday with min RH values falling
below 50 percent. Breezy northwest winds through Monday.
WVZ507-222030-
Eastern Greenbrier-
Including the cities of Lewisburg, White Sulphur Springs,
and Alderson
316 AM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026
Today Tonight Sun
Cloud Cover Pcldy Pcldy Mclear
Precip Type Tstms Tstms None
Chance Precip (%) 40 40 0
Chance of Thunder (%) 40 40 0
Max/Min Temp 81 59 74
Min/Max RH % 60 99 55
Wind 20ft/early(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var W 6 G18
Wind 20ft/late(mph) SW 3 W 3 G17 W 8
Precip Amount 0.05 0.07 0.00
Precip Duration 1 1
Precip Begin 1 PM Continuing
Precip End Continuing 1 AM
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 4890 6710
Transport Wnd (mph) W 5 W 18
Vent Rate (mph-ft) 24450 120780
Dispersion Very Poor
Max ADI Early 5 Very Poor 19 Gen Poor 78 Good
Max ADI Late 21 Fair 6 Very Poor 126 Very Good
Max LVORI Early 10 6 8
Max LVORI Late 4 8 2
Remarks...None.
.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. West winds
5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH 51 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 50. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 44 percent.
West winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. North winds
around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 80. Minimum RH
53 percent. South winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 71 percent.
South winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds around
5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 63 percent. West winds
around 5 mph.
.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
Temperatures above normal. Precipitation above normal.