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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
212 PM EDT Fri Sep 4 2026
.DISCUSSION...
Temperatures will stay above normal through Saturday.
Showers and thunderstorm chances remain through Sunday.
A frontal passage will bring drier weather and
lower temperatures to the area for early next week, before the
heat rebuilds over the region towards the middle of next week.
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Including the city of New Castle
212 PM EDT Fri Sep 4 2026
Tonight Sat Sat Night Sun
Cloud Cover Mclear Pcldy Pcldy Mcldy
Precip Type None Tstms Tstms Tstms
Chance Precip (%) 0 30 50 70
Chance of Thunder (%) 0 30 50 20
Min/Max Temp 68 91 63 79
Max/Min RH % 86 49 100 71
Wind 20ft/early(mph) Lgt/Var NW 3 NW 3 Lgt/Var
Wind 20ft/late(mph) Lgt/Var NW 6 Lgt/Var E 3
Precip Amount 0.00 0.02 0.05 0.19
Precip Duration 1 2 6
Precip Begin 2 PM Continuing Continuing
Precip End Continuing Continuing Continuing
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 5060 2950
Transport Wnd (mph) NW 15 E 5
Vent Rate (mph-ft) 75900 14750
Dispersion Very Poor Very Poor
Max ADI Early 50 Gen Good 15 Gen Poor 49 Gen Good 30 Fair
Max ADI Late 2 Very Poor 90 Good 4 Very Poor 31 Fair
Max LVORI Early 4 5 6 9
Max LVORI Late 5 2 8 4
Remarks...None.
.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows
around 60. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
61 percent. East winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
51 percent. South winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. South winds around
5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH
47 percent. West winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds
5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 49 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 45 percent.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
Temperatures above normal. Precipitation near normal.