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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 Sep 9 2026

.DISCUSSION...

On Thursday into Friday morning, a cold front will head south 
across the region, bringing a return of showers and storms to the 
area, especially western and northern sections. The front then
stalls over parts of VA and NC before heading north as a warm
front over the weekend. An additional disturbance aloft arrives 
over the weekend, helping to maintain showers and storms.
Temperatures through the period will be above normal to near
normal for this time of year. There are currently no fire weather
concerns.

VAZ018-100815-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
224 PM EDT Wed Sep 9 2026

                      Tonight      Thu          Thu Night    Fri          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            30           80           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            20           50           
Min/Max Temp          63           88           64           84           
Max/Min RH %          85           50           98           64           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  SW  3        W  5 G19     W  3         Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   SW  4 G17    W  6 G18     Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.03         0.26         
Precip Duration                                 1            5            
Precip Begin                                    10 PM        Continuing   
Precip End                                      Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 5320                      4220         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W 18                      SW  9        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 95760                     37980        
Dispersion            Poor                      Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         36 Fair      106 Very Good63 Good      17 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          4 Very Poor  112 Very Good5 Very Poor  33 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       4            5            4            8            
Max LVORI Late        5            1            7            4            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Highs around
80. Minimum RH 79 percent. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 62 percent. West
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
55 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 58 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny with a chance of showers and a slight chance
of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 55 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph.

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