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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
Issued by National Weather Service Raleigh NC
244 AM EDT Mon Jun 8 2026

.DISCUSSION...
A frontal boundary stalls across the western and southern part of
the area today with mainly dry conditions elsewhere. A summer- 
like pattern develops the rest of the week with scattered showers 
and storms each day and increasing humidity and temperatures. Fire
weather concerns will remain low.

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VAZ018-082015-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
244 AM EDT Mon Jun 8 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Tue          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           None         Showers      Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            20           50           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            50           
Max/Min Temp          85           61           84           
Min/Max RH %          45           87           57           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      SE  3        Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   SE  4        SE  3 G17    S  3         
Precip Amount         0.00         0.02         0.03         
Precip Duration                    0            2            
Precip Begin                       8 PM         Continuing   
Precip End                         Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    5410                      2520         
Transport Wnd (mph)   SE 14                     S  6         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    75740                     15120        
Dispersion                         Poor                      
Max ADI Early         49 Gen Good  65 Good      12 Poor      
Max ADI Late          73 Good      11 Poor      15 Gen Poor  
Max LVORI Early       6            3            5            
Max LVORI Late        1            5            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the
mid 80s. Minimum RH 64 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. 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 upper 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 52 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 47 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 47 percent.
West winds around 5 mph.

.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...

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