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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
307 PM EDT Sun Jul 19 2026

.DISCUSSION...
Shower and storm chances diminish tonight into Monday,
but there will still be some around. Better chance of
wetting showers comes with a front Tuesday into Wednesday.

VAZ018-200815-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
307 PM EDT Sun Jul 19 2026

                      Tonight      Mon          Mon Night    Tue          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           None         Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            30           40           80           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            20           40           50           
Min/Max Temp          62           82           65           88           
Max/Min RH %          99           64           99           61           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  3        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  6 G17    
Precip Amount         0.00         0.03         0.03         0.16         
Precip Duration                    1            2            6            
Precip Begin                       2 PM         Continuing   Continuing   
Precip End                         Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 3730                      3770         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SW  6                     SW 20        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 22380                     75400        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         63 Good      15 Gen Poor  13 Gen Poor  69 Good      
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  27 Fair      3 Very Poor  75 Good      
Max LVORI Early       6            10           8            8            
Max LVORI Late        9            3            8            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Lows in
the upper 60s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 63 percent.
West winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows around 60. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
57 percent. Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the upper 50s. East winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 59 percent.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 60s. South winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 66 percent.
East winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest winds around
5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 61 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph.

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