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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
143 PM EDT Sat Sep 5 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Temperatures will stay above normal through today.
Showers and thunderstorm chances remain through Sunday.
A frontal passage will bring drier weather and
lower temperatures to the area for early next week, before the 
heat rebuilds over the region towards the middle of next week.
There are no fire weather concerns at this time.

VAZ018-060815-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
143 PM EDT Sat Sep 5 2026

                      Tonight      Sun          Sun Night    Mon          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        None         
Chance Precip (%)     40           80           30           0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 20           50           20           0            
Min/Max Temp          62           77           57           80           
Max/Min RH %          100          74           98           56           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  NW  3        Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      E  3         Lgt/Var      SE  3        
Precip Amount         0.02         0.19         0.01         0.00         
Precip Duration       2            5            0                         
Precip Begin          6 PM         Continuing   Continuing                
Precip End            Continuing   Continuing   8 PM                      
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 2370                      5880         
Transport Wnd (mph)                E 13                      SE  3        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 30810                     17640        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         50 Gen Good  20 Gen Poor  31 Fair      54 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          3 Very Poor  34 Fair      4 Very Poor  57 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       6            9            6            7            
Max LVORI Late        9            5            6            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 50 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds
around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 45 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 52 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the lower 80s. Minimum RH 51 percent. Northwest winds around
5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs
in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 50 percent. Southeast winds around
5 mph.

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

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