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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
334 AM EDT Wed Aug 19 2026
.DISCUSSION...
Dry conditions are forecasted for today areawide under mostly
sunny skies. Winds today will be from the northwest, with gusts
holding at 10 mph or less. Afternoon minimum RH will fall to
around 35 percent across the Piedmont, with the mountains at
40 percent or higher.
Showers and thunderstorms will return on Thursday, resulting in
rounds of wetting rainfall. This activity will be scattered on
Thursday, with signals that heavy rain will occur from the foot-
hills of North Carolina through the Southside of Virginia on
Friday evening. Scattered wetting rainfall will continue on
Saturday before drier air returns on Sunday.
WVZ507-192030-
Eastern Greenbrier-
Including the cities of Lewisburg, White Sulphur Springs,
and Alderson
334 AM EDT Wed Aug 19 2026
Today Tonight Thu
Cloud Cover Mclear Pcldy Pcldy
Precip Type None None Tstms
Chance Precip (%) 0 0 50
Chance of Thunder (%) 0 0 50
Max/Min Temp 82 63 79
Min/Max RH % 55 98 76
Wind 20ft/early(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
Wind 20ft/late(mph) W 4 Lgt/Var W 6
Precip Amount 0.00 0.00 0.06
Precip Duration 2
Precip Begin 8 AM
Precip End 6 PM
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 4840 4270
Transport Wnd (mph) W 9 W 13
Vent Rate (mph-ft) 43560 55510
Dispersion Very Poor
Max ADI Early 22 Fair 36 Fair 58 Gen Good
Max ADI Late 55 Gen Good 1 Very Poor 61 Good
Max LVORI Early 10 6 8
Max LVORI Late 3 8 4
Remarks...None.
.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid
70s. Minimum RH 82 percent. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 69 percent.
West winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH 64 percent. West
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH
59 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 50s. North winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
58 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph.
.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
Temperatures near normal. Precipitation above normal.