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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
255 PM EDT Sat Jun 20 2026
.DISCUSSION...
Dry weather is expected through Sunday night. Scattered showers
and thunderstorms are forecasted for Monday, some of which may
produce damaging wind gusts and localized flash flooding. This
will be followed by widely scattered afternoon & evening storms
through the remainder of the week.
FYI...The summer solstice is Sunday June 21 at 424 AM EDT.
VAZ018-210815-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
255 PM EDT Sat Jun 20 2026
Tonight Sun Sun Night Mon
Cloud Cover Mclear Mclear Pcldy Mcldy
Precip Type None None None Tstms
Chance Precip (%) 0 0 0 90
Chance of Thunder (%) 0 0 0 70
Min/Max Temp 57 85 63 90
Max/Min RH % 84 39 75 50
Wind 20ft/early(mph) NW 4 Lgt/Var Lgt/Var SW 4 G22
Wind 20ft/late(mph) Lgt/Var W 5 Lgt/Var SW 7 G22
Precip Amount 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.19
Precip Duration 5
Precip Begin 7 AM
Precip End Continuing
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 6750 5960
Transport Wnd (mph) W 12 SW 23
Vent Rate (mph-ft) 81000 137080
Dispersion Very Poor Very Poor
Max ADI Early 86 Good 95 Good 44 Gen Good 84 Good
Max ADI Late 2 Very Poor 110 Very Good1 Very Poor 97 Good
Max LVORI Early 3 5 3 4
Max LVORI Late 5 1 4 1
Remarks...None.
.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the lower 80s. Minimum RH 50 percent. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
40 percent. West winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds around
5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 48 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds around
5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 45 percent. West
winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 43 percent. West
winds around 5 mph.
.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
Temperatures above normal. Precipitation above normal.