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

.DISCUSSION...

Drier weather expected through at least Wednesday with
lower humidity. Min RH values each afternoon fall into
the upper 30 to lower 40 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.

VAZ018-142015-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
245 AM EDT Mon Sep 14 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Tue          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            
Max/Min Temp          85           53           83           
Min/Max RH %          41           82           50           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  NW  3        Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   N  3         Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                              
Precip Begin                                                 
Precip End                                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    5670                      4040         
Transport Wnd (mph)   N 13                      SE  5        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    73710                     20200        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         54 Gen Good  30 Fair      20 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          78 Good      4 Very Poor  19 Gen Poor  
Max LVORI Early       7            4            4            
Max LVORI Late        1            4            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds
around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 49 percent.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 48 percent.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs
in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 53 percent. Northwest winds around
5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs
in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 56 percent. Southwest winds around
5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
61 percent. West winds around 5 mph.

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

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