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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
142 PM EST Mon Feb 16 2026

.DISCUSSION... 

Saturated grounds from the widespread rainfall that fell over 
the weekend combined with continued snow melt across the area 
will continue to lead to low chances for fire weather concerns. 
Fuels will likely be saturated for several days across the region,
and rain chances look to return areawide for Thursday, and possibly
through the weekend. 

Overall, there are no fire weather concerns this week given the 
points mentioned above, and any type of burning will be extremely
difficult given the saturated fuels and surface ground layer. 

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VAZ018-170915-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
142 PM EST Mon Feb 16 2026

                      Tonight      Tue          Tue Night    Wed          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Pcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          34           63           42           65           
Max/Min RH %          89           47           85           56           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  6 G21    
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                                           
Precip Begin                                                              
Precip End                                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 3610                      3900         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W 13                      W 29         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 46930                     113100       
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         1 Very Poor  19 Gen Poor  2 Very Poor  36 Fair      
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  47 Gen Good  3 Very Poor  77 Good      
Max LVORI Early       5            5            5            5            
Max LVORI Late        6            3            5            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows in the
upper 40s. Highs in the lower 60s. Minimum RH 64 percent. South
winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain likely. Lows around 50. Highs in
the mid 60s. Minimum RH 45 percent. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of rain. Cooler. Lows in the
lower 40s. Highs in the lower 50s. Minimum RH 52 percent.
Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain and snow. Lows in the
mid 30s. Highs in the mid 40s. Minimum RH 49 percent. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of snow and rain. Lows in the
mid 20s. Highs in the upper 30s. Minimum RH 38 percent. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.

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

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