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
433 AM EDT Fri Jul 3 2026

.DISCUSSION...

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

...EXTREME HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM to 8PM EDT TODAY
AND SATURDAY FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND NORTH
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...

Heat risk increases to hazardous levels this week into
the holiday weekend. Additional advisories/warnings have
encompass much of the region east of the Blue Ridge for the end
of the week into the holiday weekend.

The mid-level ridge currently above us 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 around
68 to 72 to produce peak heat indices of 95 to 100 in the mountains 
and 105 to 115 in the Foothills and Piedmont.

Increasing chances for showers and thunderstorms beginning 
today and into next week may cause issues with lightning- 
started fires.

VAZ018-032030-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
433 AM EDT Fri Jul 3 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Sat          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            40           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            40           
Max/Min Temp          96           69           101          
Min/Max RH %          36           82           34           
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         0.04         
Precip Duration                                 1            
Precip Begin                                    2 PM         
Precip End                                      Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    8090                      7570         
Transport Wnd (mph)   W  5                      W  7         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    40450                     52990        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         5 Very Poor  8 Poor       45 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          41 Gen Good  2 Very Poor  60 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       5            4            4            
Max LVORI Late        2            5            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. West winds around
5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Minimum RH 42 percent.
Southwest 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...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Minimum RH 53 percent. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 56 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 56 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 54 percent.
South winds around 5 mph.

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