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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
300 PM EDT Mon Aug 24 2026

.DISCUSSION...

A drier airmass will remain across the region through Tuesday 
with min RH values falling below 50 percent. Northwest winds 
around 5 MPH are expected Tuesday. Overall, fire weather concerns 
look to remain low given recent rainfall across the region.

VAZ018-250815-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
300 PM EDT Mon Aug 24 2026

                      Tonight      Tue          Tue Night    Wed          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Mclear       Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         None         Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            30           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            20           
Min/Max Temp          50           83           57           85           
Max/Min RH %          85           35           81           50           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  NW  4        Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      S  3         
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.01         
Precip Duration                                              0            
Precip Begin                                                 2 PM         
Precip End                                                   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 5970                      5980         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NW  6                     S 12         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 35820                     71760        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         65 Good      36 Fair      19 Gen Poor  46 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  50 Gen Good  1 Very Poor  72 Good      
Max LVORI Early       3            5            4            5            
Max LVORI Late        5            1            5            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 60 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 59 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 58 percent.
East winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
56 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH
51 percent. West winds around 5 mph.

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