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Spot Forecast for Rockingham County VA Fair...Rockingham County Fire and Rescue
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
743 PM EDT Fri Aug 15 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 EDT on August 16.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...

Summertime heat and humidity look to continue over the
event location this weekend with decreasing shower and
thunderstorm chances. Patchy dense fog Saturday morning
will give way to mostly sunny and partly cloudy skies
Saturday afternoon. Any fog should burn off after 9 to 10 am with
light easterly winds changing to the southeast midday. A 20 percent
chance of a spotty shower or t-storm cannot be ruled out between 1-6pm
Saturday afternoon. Any thunderstorm activity will be short-lived and below
severe limits if it were to occur. High temperatures Saturday will push
into the upper 80s with peak heat index values hovering between 90 to
93 degrees.

Any residual pop up shower or t-storm activity will diminish Saturday evening
after sunset. Expect mostly clear to partly cloudy skies with lows in the
mid to upper 60s. Winds will remain light and variable eventually switching
to the southwest late. Some fog is possible once again during the early morning
hours Sunday.

Similar weather conditions are expect Sunday although it will be hotter. Highs will
push into the low 90s with heat index values in the mid to upper 90s Sunday afternoon.
Mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies will prevail with a 20 percent chance of a pop
up shower or thunderstorm during the afternoon and evening period.


.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent shading). Patchy fog early
                    in the morning. Slight chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Chance of thunder...20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 87.
Min humidity........61 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Light southeast winds.

TIME (EDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........57     38     37     40     32
Weather cov.....PATCHY                      S CHC
Weather type....FOG    NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                            S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).0      10     10     10     20
Chc of thdr (%).0      10     10     10     20
Temp............70     76     82     85     85
RH..............97     87     69     63     63
Surface wind....N 0    E 1    SE 2   SE 2   SE 2
Surface wnd gst.3      5      6      7      7

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent shading). Chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the evening before 7pm.
                    Patchy fog after 3 am. Areas of fog early in
                    the morning.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Chance of thunder...32 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 66.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Light southeast winds turning to the southwest.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........43     41     27     19     20     20
Weather cov.....CHANCE                             PATCHY
Weather type....RNSHWR NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   FOG
Tstm cov........CHANCE
Chc of pcpn (%).30     10     10     0      0      0
Chc of thdr (%).30     10     10     0      0      0
Temp............84     77     73     71     68     67
RH..............63     79     93     97     100    100
Surface wind....NE 2   SE 2   S 1    SW 1   SW 1   SW 1
Surface wnd gst.7      7      5      5      5      6

$$
Forecaster...Taylor
Requested by...Zach Wills
Type of request...OTHER
.TAG 2520001.0/LWX
.DELDT 08/15/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL zwills@rockinghamcountyva.gov