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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
224 PM EDT Sun Sep 6 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Last day of getting wetting showers and these will be
scattered around with the best coverage in North Carolina
and far southwest Virginia. We dry out and cool back
to seasonal normals Monday into Tuesday. Temperatures 
warm back above normal late in the week. Storm chances
increase Thursday into Friday with a front.

VAZ018-070815-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
224 PM EDT Sun Sep 6 2026

                      Tonight      Mon          Mon Night    Tue          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Mclear       Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          57           79           56           82           
Max/Min RH %          100          59           96           52           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  E  3         E  3         Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   E  3         E  3         Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                                           
Precip Begin                                                              
Precip End                                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 4420                      4990         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SE  6                     S  2         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 26520                     9980         
Dispersion            Poor                      Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         27 Fair      41 Gen Good  25 Fair      22 Fair      
Max ADI Late          4 Very Poor  47 Gen Good  4 Very Poor  22 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       6            9            4            7            
Max LVORI Late        7            3            7            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds
around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 49 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 57 percent. West winds 5 to
10 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
55 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows around 60. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
59 percent. South winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. South
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 54 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.

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