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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
229 PM EDT Thu Jun 4 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Temperatures increase steadily into Saturday. Dry weather persists 
areawide, with minimum RHs between 25% to 35% for most, and 
between 40% to 50% for some of the mountains over the southern 
Blue Ridge and parts of southeast WV, through Saturday afternoon.
However, winds do remain light. A cold front dips south into the 
region late Sunday, which will bring the next opportunity for 
showers and thunderstorms. Rainfall amounts look to be less than
a third of an inch across the area, and the probability for half 
an inch of rain or greater is less than 15%. 


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VAZ018-050815-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
229 PM EDT Thu Jun 4 2026

                      Tonight      Fri          Fri Night    Sat          

Cloud Cover           Clear        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          56           89           60           89           
Max/Min RH %          86           32           74           32           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      W  3 G17     
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      W  3         Lgt/Var      W  5 G17     
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                                           
Precip Begin                                                              
Precip End                                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 6810                      7280         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W  9                      W 16         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 61290                     116480       
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         7 Poor       48 Gen Good  73 Good      111 Very Good
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  74 Good      3 Very Poor  128 Very Good
Max LVORI Early       3            5            3            3            
Max LVORI Late        3            1            3            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 47 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 41 percent. East
winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows around 60. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs
around 80. Minimum RH 44 percent. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 42 percent. South
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 42 percent.
West winds around 5 mph.

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