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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
225 PM EDT Sun Jul 26 2026

.DISCUSSION...

A disturbance arriving this evening is expected to trigger a
broken line of showers and a few thunderstorms during the 
evening, which will pass across the Piedmont. Wetting rainfall 
totals ranging from less than 0.10 to locally 0.50 inch are 
possible. The next potential for widespread wetting rain will
return late Monday night as a line of thunderstorms arrives from 
the north, and again on Tuesday, with the redevelopment of storms 
across the area in the afternoon.

VAZ018-270815-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
225 PM EDT Sun Jul 26 2026

                      Tonight      Mon          Mon Night    Tue          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        None         None         Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     20           0            0            90           
Chance of Thunder (%) 20           0            0            50           
Min/Max Temp          61           87           64           85           
Max/Min RH %          99           47           99           66           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      W  5 G20     
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      W  7 G22     
Precip Amount         0.04         0.00         0.00         0.21         
Precip Duration       1                                      11           
Precip Begin          6 PM                                   6 AM         
Precip End            1 AM                                   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 5740                      3180         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NW  8                     SW 22        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 45920                     69960        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         74 Good      40 Fair      44 Gen Good  55 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  55 Gen Good  2 Very Poor  70 Good      
Max LVORI Early       7            8            5            6            
Max LVORI Late        9            1            6            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
58 percent. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 55 percent.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
50 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds
around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 64 percent. South
winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 77 percent.
Southeast winds around 5 mph.

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