FNUS71 KRNK 081350 FWSRNK Spot Forecast for VDEM SAR...VDEM National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 950 AM EDT Wed Jul 8 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1000 EDT on July 08. If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Clouds are expected to persist with chance for afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. It will remain warm & humid. Not much change tonight and Thursday. The high humidity will keep temperatures mild tonight, followed by another warm and humid day Thursday with scattered afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. The storms are not expected to be severe. Main hazard would be lightning and brief heavy rain. .REST OF TODAY (Wednesday)... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-95 percent cloud cover). Showers and thunderstorms likely during the late in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......60 percent. Max temperature.....Around 87. Max heat index......Around 93. Min humidity........68 percent. Surface winds.......Light winds. TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........50 48 50 54 86 94 84 85 Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC LKY LKY Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC LKY LKY Chc of pcpn (%).10 20 20 20 50 50 60 60 Temp............78 81 83 84 86 85 84 83 RH..............86 78 75 73 68 74 76 77 Surface wnd dir.N N SE S SW SW S S Surface wnd spd.0 0 1 1 3 3 3 1 Surface wnd gst.3 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-80 percent). Showers and thunderstorms likely early in the evening, then chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening and overnight. Chance of pcpn......60 percent. Min temperature.....Around 69. Max humidity........100 percent. Surface winds.......Light winds. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........80 74 73 71 70 67 54 52 53 71 53 60 Weather cov.....LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC Chc of pcpn (%).60 50 30 30 30 30 30 30 20 20 20 20 Temp............80 79 77 75 74 74 73 72 72 72 71 71 RH..............80 82 86 90 90 91 93 93 93 94 97 98 Surface wnd dir.S N N N N N N N N N N N Surface wnd spd.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Surface wnd gst.7 7 7 5 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......80 percent. Max temperature.....Around 87. Min humidity........65 percent. Surface winds.......Light winds becoming west around 6 mph late in the afternoon. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........68 45 48 45 38 52 51 61 84 68 78 78 Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC DEF CHC LKY LKY Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC Chc of pcpn (%).20 20 20 20 20 30 30 40 80 50 70 70 Temp............70 69 71 74 78 80 83 84 85 86 85 84 RH..............99 100 97 95 85 79 72 69 66 65 66 66 Surface wnd dir.N N N SW SW SW SW W W W W W Surface wnd spd.0 0 0 1 3 4 5 5 66 6 6 Surface wnd gst.5 6 6 8 10 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 $$ Forecaster...Manuel Requested by...A Murray Type of request...SAR .TAG 2616985.0/RNK .DELDT 07/08/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL Adam.murray@vdem.virginia.gov