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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
126 PM 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. 
Total rainfall could be in the 0.25-0.75 inch range with 
locally higher possible. This will be followed by widely 
scattered afternoon & evening storms later this week.

VAZ018-220815-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
126 PM EDT Sun Jun 21 2026

                      Tonight      Mon          Mon Night    Tue          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         Tstms        Tstms        Showers      
Chance Precip (%)     0            80           60           20           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            70           50           0            
Min/Max Temp          62           89           62           82           
Max/Min RH %          77           52           95           52           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      W  4         NW  5 G20    
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      SW  5 G17    NW  3 G18    NW  6 G17    
Precip Amount         0.00         0.12         0.15         0.00         
Precip Duration                    3            3            1            
Precip Begin                       11 AM        Continuing   8 AM         
Precip End                         Continuing   5 AM         6 PM         
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 5520                      4600         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SW 21                     N 14         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 115920                    64400        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Poor                      
Max ADI Early         46 Gen Good  73 Good      42 Gen Good  60 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  88 Good      10 Poor      79 Good      
Max LVORI Early       3            3            6            5            
Max LVORI Late        4            3            6            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 35 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. West
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 47 percent. South
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and 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 52 percent. West
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. 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 49 percent. West
winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 46 percent.
West winds around 5 mph.

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