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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
319 AM EDT Sun Jun 21 2026

.DISCUSSION...
Dry weather is expected through tonight. Scattered showers 
and thunderstorms are forecasted for Monday, some of which may 
produce damaging wind gusts and localized flash flooding. This 
will be followed by widely scattered afternoon & evening storms 
later this week.

VAZ018-212015-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
319 AM EDT Sun Jun 21 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Mon          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            70           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            70           
Max/Min Temp          86           61           87           
Min/Max RH %          38           89           57           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      S  3 G19     
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   W  4         Lgt/Var      SW  8 G18    
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.22         
Precip Duration                                 2            
Precip Begin                                    11 AM        
Precip End                                      Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    6980                      4800         
Transport Wnd (mph)   W 10                      SW 21        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    69800                     100800       
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         64 Good      51 Gen Good  108 Very Good
Max ADI Late          85 Good      1 Very Poor  91 Good      
Max LVORI Early       6            3            5            
Max LVORI Late        1            4            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers with thunderstorms likely. Lows in the
lower 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the lower 80s. Minimum RH 49 percent. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 36 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 52 percent. South
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 49 percent. West
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 46 percent. West
winds around 5 mph.

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

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