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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
354 AM EDT Mon May 18 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Hot and dry conditions look to linger across the region through
Tuesday this week and parts of the Piedmont for Wednesday, until 
a cold front brings in daily chances for showers and thunderstorms. 
Prior to this moisture entering the area, hot and dry conditions 
areawide will lead to minimum RH values mainly falling into the 
30s/40s today, and 20s/30s on Tuesday, with an increase mainly 
for the mountains by Wednesday as the aforementioned cold front 
arrives and advects moisture north. Overall, with winds remaining 
mainly under 12 mph, the fire weather concerns look to remain low 
for much of the area at this time even though conditions will be 
hot and dry early this week.


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VAZ018-182045-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
354 AM EDT Mon May 18 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Tue          

Cloud Cover           Clear        Mclear       Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            
Max/Min Temp          93           64           93           
Min/Max RH %          31           71           27           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      SW  4        Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   S  3         SW  3        SW  3        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                              
Precip Begin                                                 
Precip End                                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    7510                      11110        
Transport Wnd (mph)   SW 10                     W 13         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    75100                     144430       
Dispersion                         Poor                      
Max ADI Early         26 Fair      96 Good      71 Good      
Max ADI Late          104 Very Good3 Very Poor  147 Very Good
Max LVORI Early       4            2            3            
Max LVORI Late        1            3            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 41 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Cooler.
Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH 69 percent. East winds around
5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely. Cooler. Lows
in the lower 50s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a slight chance
of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 60s. Minimum RH 77 percent.
East winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely. Lows in the
upper 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Warmer. Highs
in the mid 70s. Minimum RH 71 percent. South winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 65 percent. West winds
around 5 mph.

.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
Temperatures above normal.  Precipitation above normal.
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