Fire Weather Forecast - Craig County, VA

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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
251 AM EST Mon Nov 2 2026

.DISCUSSION...
Wetting rain across the mountains this morning.
Quiet, dry, and seasonable conditions are expected to continue this 
afternoon through Wednesday, thanks to high pressure in place across 
the area. 
MinRh values will be near 40% on this afternoon and to over 50% by Tuesday, 
despite temperatures rising to well above normal. Winds are expected 
to remain light each day, increasing by Wednesday out of the southeast, 
gusting up to 20 mph in the mountains. 

Although rainfall amounts with the mid to late week system are 
trending downward, the entire area is still expected to receive a 
wetting rainfall, particularly along/west of the Blue Ridge.

VAZ018-022115-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
251 AM EST Mon Nov 2 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Tue          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            
Max/Min Temp          63           42           72           
Min/Max RH %          48           96           53           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SE  3        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                              
Precip Begin                                                 
Precip End                                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    2200                      3890         
Transport Wnd (mph)   S  5                      S  7         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    11000                     27230        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         11 Poor      2 Very Poor  5 Very Poor  
Max ADI Late          12 Poor      1 Very Poor  32 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       6            5            7            
Max LVORI Late        3            6            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 50. Southeast winds
around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH
72 percent. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms.
Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a slight chance
of thunderstorms. Highs around 70. Minimum RH 76 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the lower 50s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
upper 60s. Minimum RH 61 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Minimum RH
54 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the lower 60s. Minimum RH 52 percent. West winds around 5 mph.

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