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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
212 PM EDT Fri Sep 4 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Temperatures will stay above normal through Saturday.
Showers and thunderstorm chances remain through Sunday.
A frontal passage will bring drier weather and
lower temperatures to the area for early next week, before the 
heat rebuilds over the region towards the middle of next week.

VAZ018-050815-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
212 PM EDT Fri Sep 4 2026

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Pcldy        Pcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           None         Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            30           50           70           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            30           50           20           
Min/Max Temp          68           91           63           79           
Max/Min RH %          86           49           100          71           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      NW  3        NW  3        Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      NW  6        Lgt/Var      E  3         
Precip Amount         0.00         0.02         0.05         0.19         
Precip Duration                    1            2            6            
Precip Begin                       2 PM         Continuing   Continuing   
Precip End                         Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 5060                      2950         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NW 15                     E  5         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 75900                     14750        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         50 Gen Good  15 Gen Poor  49 Gen Good  30 Fair      
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  90 Good      4 Very Poor  31 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       4            5            6            9            
Max LVORI Late        5            2            8            4            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows
around 60. East winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
61 percent. East winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
51 percent. South winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. South winds around
5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH
47 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 49 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 45 percent.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

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

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