Fire Weather Forecast - Craig County, VA

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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
319 PM EST Mon Nov 17 2025

.DISCUSSION...

Wind speeds continue to diminish this afternoon as high pressure 
approaches from the west, with gusts across the mountains in the 
20 to 25 mph range, and across the Piedmont in the teens. These 
higher gusts will fall off to less than 10 mph by around sunset. 

Rain chances will increase during late Tuesday morning into late
afternoon, mainly north of Highway 460, with the highest 
chances found in the vicinity of Interstate 64 in Greenbrier 
County, where as much as 0.50" is possible locally in the
western half of the county by sunset. Given that moist air
associated with the low has to overcome the dry air currently 
in place, rainfall amounts will taper down significantly
to only a few hundredths of an inch toward Highways 460 and 220
by sunset.

VAZ018-180915-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
319 PM EST Mon Nov 17 2025

                      Tonight      Tue          Tue Night    Wed          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Pcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         Rain         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            90           0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          31           56           43           66           
Max/Min RH %          57           29           94           62           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  W  4         Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.26         0.00         
Precip Duration                                 7                         
Precip Begin                                    6 PM                      
Precip End                                      6 AM                      
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 2300                      2400         
Transport Wnd (mph)                S  8                      W  3         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 18400                     7200         
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         10 Poor      13 Gen Poor  8 Poor       7 Poor       
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  19 Gen Poor  6 Very Poor  8 Poor       
Max LVORI Early       2            3            3            6            
Max LVORI Late        3            2            6            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Lows in
the upper 40s. Highs in the mid 60s. Minimum RH 58 percent. West
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH 65 percent. West winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain likely. Lows in the lower 50s.
Highs in the lower 60s. Minimum RH 64 percent. West winds 5 to
10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Lows in the
lower 40s. Highs in the upper 50s. Minimum RH 54 percent. West
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs around 60.
Minimum RH 48 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph.

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

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