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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.
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