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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
257 PM EDT Wed Aug 26 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Winds turn southerly through today, with increasing moisture
across the region, bringing minimum relative humidity values into the 45
to 65 percent range, with higher values over the southern Blue 
Ridge. This is also where shower and storm chances are highest
for today/Wednesday. Thursday and Friday will see higher and more 
widespread chances for showers and storms. Dry weather returns by Sunday,
and temperatures increase to 5 to 10 degrees above seasonal normals early
next week.

VAZ018-270815-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
257 PM EDT Wed Aug 26 2026

                      Tonight      Thu          Thu Night    Fri          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         Tstms        Tstms        None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            60           60           0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            50           50           0            
Min/Max Temp          62           89           61           86           
Max/Min RH %          99           50           100          52           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  S  3         Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.00         0.15         0.18         0.00         
Precip Duration                    2            2                         
Precip Begin                       2 PM         Continuing                
Precip End                         Continuing   11 PM                     
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 6000                      6330         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SW  6                     W  8         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 36000                     50640        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         45 Gen Good  47 Gen Good  11 Poor      22 Fair      
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  53 Gen Good  2 Very Poor  58 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       7            9            7            9            
Max LVORI Late        9            2            9            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
59 percent. East winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 52 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 45 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. Minimum RH 47 percent. West
winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Minimum RH 49 percent. West winds
around 5 mph.

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