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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
150 AM EDT Mon Oct 6 2025

.DISCUSSION...
High pressure will maintain dry weather through early Tuesday.
A front is forecast to bring wetting showers late Tuesday
into Wednesday. Monday and Tuesday are expected to be the 
warmest days of the week. A noticeable cool down is forecast 
Thursday and Friday.  In general, expecting a quarter to a half 
inch of rain (0.25-0.50) Tuesday into Wednesday, locally higher 
over West Virginia and far southwest Virginia.

VAZ018-062015-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
150 AM EDT Mon Oct 6 2025

                      Today        Tonight      Tue          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         Showers      
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            30           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            
Max/Min Temp          80           56           78           
Min/Max RH %          53           99           61           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   S  3         Lgt/Var      S  4         
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.04         
Precip Duration                                 1            
Precip Begin                                    2 PM         
Precip End                                      Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    4550                      3310         
Transport Wnd (mph)   S  8                      S 15         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    36400                     49650        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         15 Gen Poor  26 Fair      26 Fair      
Max ADI Late          41 Gen Good  1 Very Poor  37 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       9            3            8            
Max LVORI Late        3            6            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY...Showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows
in the lower 60s. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH 70 percent.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Cooler. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in
the lower 60s. Minimum RH 45 percent. East winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the lower
60s. Minimum RH 55 percent. East winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the
upper 60s. Minimum RH 57 percent. Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the upper
60s. Minimum RH 54 percent. North winds around 5 mph.

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

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