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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
139 PM EDT Fri Jul 4 2025

.DISCUSSION...
High pressure will keep the area dry through the holiday weekend,
outside of morning fog in the valleys. Shower and thunderstorm 
chances increase next week with heat and humidity increasing once 
again.

VAZ018-050815-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
139 PM EDT Fri Jul 4 2025

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           None         None         None         Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            20           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            20           
Min/Max Temp          62           88           62           87           
Max/Min RH %          86           47           84           49           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                              0            
Precip Begin                                                 2 PM         
Precip End                                                   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 6840                      6780         
Transport Wnd (mph)                S  5                      SE  2        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 34200                     13560        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         36 Fair      18 Gen Poor  33 Fair      5 Very Poor  
Max ADI Late          1 Very Poor  45 Gen Good  1 Very Poor  18 Gen Poor  
Max LVORI Early       3            6            3            5            
Max LVORI Late        5            2            5            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
58 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly clear. A chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH
53 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the mid 80s.
Minimum RH 60 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms likely. Lows
in the upper 60s. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 66 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms likely. Lows
in the upper 60s. 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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