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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
233 PM EDT Tue Oct 13 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Warmer and dry into Wednesday. A cold front brings some wetting
showers
to mainly the mountains Thursday. A stronger front but mainly dry
one
will pass through Friday with breezy/windy west winds following
it.
Turning colder and drier air will for the weekend.

VAZ018-140815-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
233 PM EDT Tue Oct 13 2026

                      Tonight      Wed          Wed Night    Thu          

Cloud Cover           Clear        Clear        Pcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         None         Showers      
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            60           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          58           86           63           75           
Max/Min RH %          89           53           99           79           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  W  3         W  3         Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   W  3         W  4         Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.06         
Precip Duration                                              5            
Precip Begin                                                 6 AM         
Precip End                                                   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 4200                      2320         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W 12                      W 10         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 50400                     23200        
Dispersion            Poor                      Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         17 Gen Poor  50 Gen Good  16 Gen Poor  12 Poor      
Max ADI Late          4 Very Poor  60 Gen Good  4 Very Poor  28 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       6            6            6            8            
Max LVORI Late        5            1            6            5            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the upper 70s.
Minimum RH 65 percent. West winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Much colder. Lows in the lower 40s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Much cooler. Highs in the mid 50s.
Minimum RH 46 percent. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Minimum RH 45 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s. South winds around
5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Minimum RH
51 percent. South winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH
54 percent. Northeast winds around 5 mph.

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

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