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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
335 AM EDT Wed Apr 1 2026

.DISCUSSION...

High pressure will be centered just offshore of the Mid-Atlantic 
coast the next several days, and clockwise flow around the high
will result in southwest winds. This pattern will favor warm
weather for the rest of the week along with some increasing
moisture. Dewpoints will trend up resulting in higher minimum
relative humidity along with periodic cloud cover and a chance of
mainly afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. The
precipitation is expected to be scattered and mainly confined to
the mountains.

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VAZ018-012030-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
335 AM EDT Wed Apr 1 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Thu          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     70           70           40           
Chance of Thunder (%) 50           50           20           
Max/Min Temp          80           57           82           
Min/Max RH %          44           91           41           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  W  3 G18     Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   W  4 G18     Lgt/Var      S  5 G18     
Precip Amount         0.05         0.06         0.01         
Precip Duration       3            2            1            
Precip Begin          11 AM        Continuing   8 AM         
Precip End            Continuing   12 AM        6 PM         
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    5890                      5520         
Transport Wnd (mph)   SW 13                     SW 13        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    76570                     71760        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         76 Good      38 Fair      38 Fair      
Max ADI Late          77 Good      3 Very Poor  76 Good      
Max LVORI Early       4            3            6            
Max LVORI Late        1            6            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 41 percent. South winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs around 80.
Minimum RH 44 percent. South winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Showers, cooler. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the mid
60s. Minimum RH 44 percent. West winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers. Lows in
the upper 30s. Highs in the lower 60s. Minimum RH 25 percent.
Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the
lower 60s. Minimum RH 32 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph.

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

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