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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
238 PM EDT Fri Jul 31 2026

.DISCUSSION...

High pressure over the area will promote fair weather 
through early Saturday.  Clouds will be on the 
increase Saturday afternoon with an increasing chance
for wetting rain for the latter half of the weekend and
into early next week.

VAZ018-010830-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
238 PM EDT Fri Jul 31 2026

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            60           90           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            50           50           
Min/Max Temp          61           86           64           79           
Max/Min RH %          81           50           100          85           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SE  6 G23    SE  3        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      S  6 G18     SE  5 G23    SE  4        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.05         0.24         
Precip Duration                                 2            11           
Precip Begin                                    8 PM         Continuing   
Precip End                                      Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 6050                      2560         
Transport Wnd (mph)                S 20                      S 18         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 121000                    46080        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Fair                      
Max ADI Early         22 Fair      93 Good      68 Good      22 Fair      
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  126 Very Good13 Gen Poor  50 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       3            5            4            8            
Max LVORI Late        4            1            5            4            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Lows in
the mid 60s. South winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 80 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 74 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 68 percent.
Southwest 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 mid 80s. Minimum RH 63 percent. West
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. West winds around
5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 62 percent. West
winds around 5 mph.

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