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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
224 PM EDT Wed May 13 2026
.DISCUSSION...
A cold front looks to pass through the area tonight. Scattered
to numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected along and
ahead of it with best coverage over the mountains of WV.
Outside of any thunderstorms, rainfall totals look to remain
meager. Behind the front, gusty northwest winds are anticipated,
and dry weather looks to funnel into the region on Friday
with minimum RH values dropping into the 20-35% range areawide.
By Saturday, southerly/southwesterly flow returns, and minimum
RH values look to rebound into the 30-40% range through the
weekend.
Temperatures warm over the weekend into next week with mainly
isolated storms expected. Next best chance of wetting rain will be
Wednesday ahead of a front.
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Including the city of New Castle
224 PM EDT Wed May 13 2026
Tonight Thu Thu Night Fri
Cloud Cover Pcldy Pcldy Mclear Mclear
Precip Type Tstms None None None
Chance Precip (%) 50 0 0 0
Chance of Thunder (%) 50 0 0 0
Min/Max Temp 44 61 42 75
Max/Min RH % 83 43 76 27
Wind 20ft/early(mph) W 5 G22 NW 9 G24 NW 7 G23 NW 5 G23
Wind 20ft/late(mph) NW 4 G23 NW 9 G22 NW 3 G23 NW 4 G17
Precip Amount 0.12 0.00 0.00 0.00
Precip Duration 1
Precip Begin 6 PM
Precip End 10 PM
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 6030 4990
Transport Wnd (mph) NW 24 W 14
Vent Rate (mph-ft) 144720 69860
Dispersion Fair Fair
Max ADI Early 21 Fair 90 Good 110 Very Good103 Very Good
Max ADI Late 9 Poor 112 Very Good10 Poor 95 Good
Max LVORI Early 4 3 3 3
Max LVORI Late 4 1 3 1
Remarks...None.
.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. West winds
around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 40 percent.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
37 percent. West winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds
around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 37 percent.
South winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds
around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 40 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 44 percent. West
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
Temperatures above normal. Precipitation above normal.