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
224 PM EDT Wed May 13 2026

.DISCUSSION...

A cold front looks to pass through the area tonight. Scattered
to numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected along and 
ahead of it with best coverage over the mountains of WV.

Outside of any thunderstorms, rainfall totals look to remain
meager. Behind the front, gusty northwest winds are anticipated,
and dry weather looks to funnel into the region on Friday 
with minimum RH values dropping into the 20-35% range areawide. 
By Saturday, southerly/southwesterly flow returns, and minimum
RH values look to rebound into the 30-40% range through the
weekend. 

Temperatures warm over the weekend into next week with mainly
isolated storms expected. Next best chance of wetting rain will be
Wednesday ahead of a front.


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VAZ018-140815-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
224 PM EDT Wed May 13 2026

                      Tonight      Thu          Thu Night    Fri          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           Tstms        None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     50           0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 50           0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          44           61           42           75           
Max/Min RH %          83           43           76           27           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  W  5 G22     NW  9 G24    NW  7 G23    NW  5 G23    
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   NW  4 G23    NW  9 G22    NW  3 G23    NW  4 G17    
Precip Amount         0.12         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       1                                                   
Precip Begin          6 PM                                                
Precip End            10 PM                                               
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 6030                      4990         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NW 24                     W 14         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 144720                    69860        
Dispersion            Fair                      Fair                      
Max ADI Early         21 Fair      90 Good      110 Very Good103 Very Good
Max ADI Late          9 Poor       112 Very Good10 Poor      95 Good      
Max LVORI Early       4            3            3            3            
Max LVORI Late        4            1            3            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 40 percent.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
37 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 37 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds
around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 40 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 44 percent. West
winds 5 to 10 mph.

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