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
207 PM EDT Fri May 15 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Dry conditions look to remain across the region through early 
next week. Minimum RH values look to remain in the 30-40 percent 
range through Tuesday of next week, before humidity increases 
areawide with increasing precipitation chances in large part to an
approaching cold front from the west. The front looks to bring 
the region's next chance for a widespread wetting rainfall, with 
only isolated showers and thunderstorms possible across mountain 
locations through the weekend. While RH values look to be low, 
winds will similarly remain low, which should keep any fire 
weather concerns low at this time. 

Temperatures warm over the weekend into next week with some 
record heat possible Monday and Tuesday. Overall, fire weather 
concerns remain low for much of the area at this time, but will 
continue to be monitored.


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VAZ018-160815-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
207 PM EDT Fri May 15 2026

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Pcldy        Pcldy        Mclear       
Precip Type           None         None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          49           85           58           89           
Max/Min RH %          73           35           75           34           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  3        Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      SW  5        Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                                           
Precip Begin                                                              
Precip End                                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 6220                      7880         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SW 15                     S  7         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 93300                     55160        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         35 Fair      29 Fair      35 Fair      43 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          1 Very Poor  87 Good      2 Very Poor  62 Good      
Max LVORI Early       2            4            3            3            
Max LVORI Late        4            1            3            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds
around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 33 percent.
South winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. Minimum RH 31 percent.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 44 percent. West
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 48 percent.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the upper 50s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH 49 percent. East
winds around 5 mph.

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