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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
149 PM EDT Tue Sep 29 2026

.DISCUSSION...

No precipitation and a trend towards milder conditions
is expected through Friday. For this weekend and early
next week, rainfall will increase in coverage as the
area is impacted by a two cold fronts and potentially
taps some tropical moisture.

VAZ018-300815-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
149 PM EDT Tue Sep 29 2026

                      Tonight      Wed          Wed Night    Thu          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Pcldy        Mclear       
Precip Type           None         None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          53           83           56           87           
Max/Min RH %          99           37           83           33           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                                           
Precip Begin                                                              
Precip End                                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 5250                      6810         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SW  7                     SW  8        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 36750                     54480        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         7 Poor       32 Fair      12 Poor      68 Good      
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  48 Gen Good  2 Very Poor  80 Good      
Max LVORI Early       7            9            4            5            
Max LVORI Late        9            1            5            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. Southwest winds
around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
44 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Not as
warm. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH 76 percent. East winds
around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds around
5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely. Highs in the upper
60s. Minimum RH 82 percent. Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the lower 50s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH
57 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. North winds
around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Minimum RH 48 percent.
Northeast winds around 5 mph.

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

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