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Spot Forecast for USA Cycling MBC- Explorer Park...Roanoke County Fire & Rescue Department
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
1247 PM EDT Wed Jul 15 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 EDT on July 16.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

At the spot location, dry high pressure will allow for some
dangerous heat indices of near 103 degrees Thursday afternoon into
early evening. Friday will also be hot and only a few degrees
cooler as max heat indices could approach 100 degrees. For Saturday
a disturbance and return of moisture will allow for a likely chance
of showers and a chance of thunderstorms mainly in the afternoon
and evening periods. There is also a chance of showers and
thunderstorms for Sunday afternoon into evening with a possible
front passing through.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 99.
Min humidity........37 percent.
Max apparent temp...103.
Surface winds.......Northwest winds 6 to 8 mph in the morning
                    becoming light.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........11  9   7   13  17  25  28  33  18  29  32  23
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............72  73  75  80  86  90  93  94  96  97  97  98
RH..............84  83  79  73  60  54  49  45  42  41  39  37
Aparnt tmp (F)..72  73  75  83  92  96  99  101 102 103 103 103
Surface wnd dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   NE  E   SE  S   SW
Surface wnd spd.6   8   8   6   6   5   4   3   1   1   1   3
Surface wnd gst.12  13  13  12  13  12  8   6   6   6   6   6

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 96.
Min humidity........40 percent.
Max apparent temp...99.
Surface winds.......Light winds.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........48  26  33  37  29  21  24  28  31  29  28  26
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10  10
Temp............75  75  78  81  84  87  90  91  93  94  95  95
RH..............78  79  76  68  59  51  47  45  44  42  41  40
Aparnt tmp (F)..75  75  78  84  87  90  93  95  97  98  99  99
Surface wnd dir.N   N   NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE
Surface wnd spd.4   4   3   4   4   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Surface wnd gst.8   7   7   8   9   9   10  9   9   9   10  9

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SATURDAY...
Partly cloudy. Showers likely and chance of thunderstorms. Lows
in the lower 70s. Highs in the mid 90s. Light winds.
.SUNDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Showers likely and chance of thunderstorms. Lows
in the lower 70s. Highs in the lower 90s. West winds around
6 mph.
.MONDAY...
Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
upper 60s. Highs around 90. Light winds.

$$
Forecaster...Baker
Requested by...Charlie Rucker
Type of request...OTHER
.TAG 2617292.0/RNK
.DELDT 07/15/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL crucker@roanokecountyva.gov