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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
215 PM EDT Fri Aug 21 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Additional widely scattered showers and thunderstorms will 
develop across the lower Mid-Atlantic this afternoon and evening, 
resulting in potentially another round of localized wetting 
rainfall. Minimum RH holding at 50 percent or above areawide, with
most areas holding well above 50 percent for most of the day.
Given this wet pattern, there are currently no fire weather
concerns at this time. 

A drier airmass arrives on Sunday with min RH values falling
below 50 percent. Breezy northwest winds through Monday.

VAZ018-220815-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
215 PM EDT Fri Aug 21 2026

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Mclear       
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        None         
Chance Precip (%)     60           30           40           0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 50           30           40           0            
Min/Max Temp          62           84           59           80           
Max/Min RH %          100          61           99           48           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      NW  5 G20    
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      W  3 G18     NW  6 G18    
Precip Amount         0.11         0.01         0.01         0.00         
Precip Duration       2            1            1                         
Precip Begin          6 PM         11 AM        Continuing                
Precip End            4 AM         Continuing   2 AM                      
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 4390                      6280         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W  3                      W 15         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 13170                     94200        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         11 Poor      5 Very Poor  15 Gen Poor  79 Good      
Max ADI Late          3 Very Poor  21 Fair      4 Very Poor  119 Very Good
Max LVORI Early       9            9            7            7            
Max LVORI Late        9            4            9            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s. West winds 5 to
10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 45 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
47 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. South winds around
5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 57 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 67 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 60 percent.
West winds around 5 mph.

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