Bluefield, West Virginia 7 Day Weather Forecast

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FXUS61 KRNK 081926
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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
326 PM EDT Sun Jun 8 2025

.SYNOPSIS...
A cold front over the Ohio Valley will move east and through the
area this evening, associated with scattered showers and
thunderstorms. Weak high pressure builds in for Monday before
another front approaches Monday night into Tuesday.

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.NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...
As of 300 PM EDT Sunday...

Key Messages:

1) Scattered showers/storms this evening.

2) Tornado Watch #392 until 10 PM for Buckingham County and
areas along and north of I-64 in VA.

3) Severe Thunderstorm Watch #393 until 10 PM along and east of
a line from Lexington-Lynchburg-Danville...Highway 460/58
Corridors.

4) Drying out after midnight with fair weather Monday.

A shortwave trough over the eastern Ohio Valley will track
eastward with large-scale ascent expected this evening over
the Mid-Atlantic states. A moist surface air mass is present
across much of the forecast area WV/VA/NC with dewpoints in the
60s. A warm front extended from near Norfolk VA, northwest
along the I-64 Corridor into central WV. This front will likely
be the corridor to watch for organized deep convection as the
shortwave traverses the boundary this evening.

Daytime heating has given a solid boost to the CAPE. It
appears likely that storms will develop off the Blue Ridge
spread eastward toward the coast with greatest concentration
along the warm front where pool of near 70 dewpoints will
support SBCAPE near 2500 j/kg and SRH around 150 m/sx2. Fcst
soundings from LYH-CHO-FVX- RIC to the coast show sufficient low
and deep layer shear for supercell structures capable of
damaging wind gusts, large hail, and perhaps an isolated
tornado or two. Storms just south of this area...LYH-DAN and
along the VA/NC border to the coast...will have less shear but
may also become severe with potential for large hail and
damaging wind. Tornado watch #392 basically highlights area with
enough shear to support tornadoes. Severe thunderstorm watch
#393 highlights area with less directional shear but still
capable of severe storms.

West of the Blue Ridge not as excited about the severe
threat...thinking marginal risk at best...storms more pulse in
nature. There will be showers across the mountains, but support
for anything organized appears limited.

Unless we get training of storms the flooding threat will be
low, as storms should be moving 20-25 mph. Best chance of
training of cells will be along the warm front across NoVA.

The upper short wave trough looks to be east of us by 2am, with
showers/storms fading and ending by then. Skies clear out
except lingering lower clouds in the WV/far SW VA mountains. Not
a big airmass change so expect lows to stay elevated in the
upper 50s to mid 60s.

For Monday we will be in-between systems with weak bubble of
high pressure passing overhead. This should lead to fair weather
for most of the day before a front approaches from the west
late in the day. If the High Pressure is not overly strong,
there may be enough convergence along the southern Blue Ridge
for some airmass showers to form along the BRPKWY during the
afternoon. Temperatures Monday should be seasonably warm with
readings topping out near to just above normal.

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.SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
As of 200 PM EDT Sunday...

Key Messages:

1) Confidence is high for more scattered showers and thunderstorms
during Monday night into Tuesday.

2) Drier conditions will arrive for Tuesday night through Wednesday
night.

A cold front will approach the Appalachian Mountains on Monday
night. Moisture and instability ahead of this front should spark
scattered showers and thunderstorms. If any of the storms become
strong, there is a marginal risk of severe weather due to the threat
of damaging winds. The cold front should eventually cross the Blue
Ridge later on Tuesday, which will shove any convective activity
into the Piedmont. By Tuesday night, high pressure will arrive to
bring drier air. More tranquil weather should follow for Wednesday
and Wednesday night with temperatures near or slightly above normal.
Meanwhile, the cold front should stall across the Southeast as the
boundary becomes parallel with the zonal flow aloft.

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.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
As of 200 PM EDT Sunday...

Key Messages:

1) Confidence is moderate for dry weather on Thursday.

2) Scattered showers and thunderstorms could return by Friday
afternoon and persist throughout the weekend.

Thursday should remain dry with high pressure in control, but
temperatures will climb above normal with highs reaching 90 degrees
in the Piedmont. There may be weak convergence along the southern
Blue Ridge, but any shower or thunderstorm activity stays across
central North Carolina in closer proximity to a stalled frontal
boundary. High pressure should weaken and drift eastward by Friday
as a low pressure system organizes across the Plains, which will
allow the frontal boundary to budge northward as a warm front
towards the North Carolina and Virginia border. Chances of showers
and thunderstorms should correspondingly rise by Friday afternoon
and persist throughout the weekend as the low pressure system slowly
approaches the Appalachian Mountains.

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.AVIATION /20Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
As of 230 PM EDT Sunday...

Tornado watch being issued for areas northeast of LYH. Expecting
supercell type storms to occur over central VA, so be aware of
severe storms for NoVA and eastern VA that may contain rotating
updrafts. Buildups are also occurring along Blue Ridge vcnty of
ROA...this activity will likely result in some strong storms
from ROA-LYH-DAN and points east to the coast as well. A severe
thunderstorm watch is in effect from LYH-DAN for southern VA.
Both watches are in effect until 10 PM. Think most of the
activity for our forecast area will occur between now and
sunset.

An upper level trough is crossing the mountains. While strong to
severe storms are anticipated east of the mountains this evening
there will also be scattered showers and a few storms across the
mountains. Showers over the mountains will be less organized,
but will contain gusty winds. All shower activity is expected to
diminish after sunset.

Westerly winds will result in persistent cloud cover along the
western slopes of the Appalachians overnight with potential for
MVFR-IFR cloud bases to linger along these windward slopes
through daybreak Monday.

Any morning clouds should dissipate by mid-day Monday with high
confidence for VFR areawide Monday afternoon.

EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...

Shower/storm coverage increases again Mon evening into early
Tuesday. Outside of any showers/storms and late night fog
anticipate VFR Monday-Tuesday. Midweek looks VFR as well with
high pressure building in.

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.RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
VA...None.
NC...None.
WV...None.

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SYNOPSIS...PM
NEAR TERM...PM
SHORT TERM...PW
LONG TERM...PW
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