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
345 AM EDT Thu Jul 2 2026

.DISCUSSION...

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT FOR TODAY 
AND FRIDAY FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...

...EXTREME HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM to 8PM EDT TODAY
AND FRIDAY FOR BUCKINGHAM COUNTY...

Heat risk increases to hazardous levels this week into
the holiday weekend. Additional advisories/warnings will likely 
encompass much of the region for the end of the week into
the holiday weekend.

An upper level ridge of high pressure will build across the
eastern U.S. this week. This feature will facilitate warming
temperatures with highs in the 80s to lower 90s in the mountains
and upper 90s to around 100 for the foothills and piedmont. 
The hot temperatures will combine with elevated dewpoints near
70 to produce peak heat indices of 95 to 100 in the mountains 
and 105 to 110 in the foothills and piedmont.

VAZ018-022015-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
345 AM EDT Thu Jul 2 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Fri          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           None         None         Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            20           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            20           
Max/Min Temp          95           72           95           
Min/Max RH %          36           81           38           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                 0            
Precip Begin                                    2 PM         
Precip End                                      6 PM         
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    6820                      10700        
Transport Wnd (mph)   N  5                      SW  2        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    34100                     21400        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         30 Fair      21 Fair      20 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          38 Fair      2 Very Poor  27 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       5            3            4            
Max LVORI Late        1            4            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Highs around 90. Minimum RH 41 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Northwest winds
around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 37 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Northwest winds around
5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 45 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Northwest winds around
5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 50 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. North winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 49 percent. West
winds around 5 mph.

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