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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
230 AM EDT Wed Sep 16 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Drier weather expected through at today with
lower humidity. Temperatures increase to above normal through the
week, and moisture gradually trends higher, though afternoon 
mixing will keep minimum RH values in the upper 30s to lower 40s 
percent range east of the mountains, and mid 40 to low 50 percent
range west of the Blue Ridge mountains through at least the
middle of the week. 

An increasing chance of rain, along with more humid 
conditions will return for late week and into the weekend; 
however, rain chances will remain low at this time, with no 
significant upper level feature forecast to bring widespread
rain. Continued dry and hot conditions may increase fire weather 
concerns without a substantial wetting rain over the coming
weeks.

VAZ018-162015-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
230 AM EDT Wed Sep 16 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Thu          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            40           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            40           
Max/Min Temp          90           62           91           
Min/Max RH %          46           89           48           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      NW  3        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                 1            
Precip Begin                                    2 PM         
Precip End                                      Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    5620                      5150         
Transport Wnd (mph)   NE  6                     W  9         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    33720                     46350        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         13 Gen Poor  12 Poor      30 Fair      
Max ADI Late          41 Gen Good  2 Very Poor  48 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       10           4            6            
Max LVORI Late        2            6            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. West winds around
5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
60 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Highs
in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 67 percent. Southeast winds around
5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 62 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 65 percent.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds
around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a slight chance
of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 75 percent.
East winds around 5 mph.

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