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Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA
823 FNUS71 KRNK 040929 FWSRNK Spot Forecast for July 4 Fireworks...Town of Vinton National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 529 AM EDT Thu Jul 4 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 EDT on July 04. If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... A strong subtropical ridge will gradually weaken over the Mid Atlantic region today as upper level troughing steers multiple surface boundaries into the area. As a result, shower and thunderstorm chances increase by early afternoon, coming to an end this evening. Anomalously hot and humid weather is expected today, but clouds and rain should eventually cool things down. Temperatures in Vinton will warm into the mid to upper 90s this afternoon, peaking around 1 PM, with heat index values peaking around 101. Heat index values drop back to about 90 degrees by 7 PM. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent) becoming mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the afternoon. Chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......50 percent. Max temperature.....Around 96. Min humidity........44 percent. Max apparent temp...101. Surface winds.......Light winds becoming west 6 to 8 mph in the afternoon, then shifting to the northwest around 6 mph late in the afternoon. Pcpn amount.........0.38 inches. TIME (EDT) 7 AM 11 AM 3 PM Sky (%).........48 43 71 Weather cov..... CHANCE Weather type....NONE NONE RNSHWR Tstm cov........ CHANCE Chc of pcpn (%).0 10 40 Temp............72 90 92 RH..............83 50 50 Aparnt tmp (F)..72 95 98 Surface wind....NW 3G5 W 5G9 W 8G12 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (35-45 percent). Chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the evening, then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the evening. Chance of pcpn......40 percent. Min temperature.....Around 74. Max humidity........95 percent around daybreak. Max apparent temp...94. Surface winds.......East winds around 6 mph early in the evening becoming light. Pcpn amount.........0.18 inches. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 10 PM 2 AM Sky (%).........81 54 48 Weather cov.....CHANCE Weather type....RNSHWR NONE NONE Tstm cov........CHANCE Chc of pcpn (%).40 10 0 Temp............87 80 75 RH..............60 75 83 Aparnt tmp (F)..94 83 75 Surface wind....E 6G10 SE 3G5 NW 3G5 $$ Forecaster...Hanes Requested by...Mandy Adkins, Director of Cultural Placemaking Type of request...OTHER .TAG 2417225.4/RNK .DELDT 07/02/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL madkins@vintonva.gov