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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
201 PM EDT Mon Sep 14 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Drier weather expected through at least Wednesday with
lower humidity. Min RH values each afternoon are expected to fall into
the upper 30s to lower 40s percent range east of the mountains, and
mid 40 to low 50 percent range west of the Blue Ridge mountains. 
An increasing chance of rain, along with more humid conditions 
will return for late week and into the weekend; however, rain
chances look to remain low at this time, with no significant
upper level feature forecast to bring widespread rain at this time.
Overall, there are no fire weather concerns at this time; however,
continued dry and hot conditions may increase concerns without a substantial
wetting rain over the coming weeks.

VAZ018-150830-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
201 PM EDT Mon Sep 14 2026

                      Tonight      Tue          Tue Night    Wed          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           None         None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          54           80           57           88           
Max/Min RH %          80           53           89           44           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      SE  3        Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                                           
Precip Begin                                                              
Precip End                                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 3530                      3880         
Transport Wnd (mph)                S  5                      NE  6        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 17650                     23280        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         18 Gen Poor  22 Fair      18 Gen Poor  6 Very Poor  
Max ADI Late          7 Poor       23 Fair      3 Very Poor  22 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       3            4            4            6            
Max LVORI Late        4            2            6            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. Southeast winds
around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs in the
upper 80s. Minimum RH 45 percent. South winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs
in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 50 percent. Northwest winds around
5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH
53 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH
53 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 67 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.

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