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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
237 AM EDT Thu Sep 3 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Temperatures will stay above normal through Saturday.
Showers and thunderstorms possible this afternoon and evening and
again Friday and Saturday. A frontal passage will bring drier
weather and lower temperatures for Sunday into early next week.

VAZ018-032015-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
237 AM EDT Thu Sep 3 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Fri          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            
Max/Min Temp          95           67           94           
Min/Max RH %          42           87           46           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      W  4         
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                              
Precip Begin                                                 
Precip End                                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    6970                      5430         
Transport Wnd (mph)   W  6                      NW 18        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    41820                     97740        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         38 Fair      21 Fair      86 Good      
Max ADI Late          48 Gen Good  2 Very Poor  119 Very Good
Max LVORI Early       5            4            5            
Max LVORI Late        1            5            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. West winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 55 percent.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the lower 60s. North winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
66 percent. East winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows around 60. East winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
62 percent. Southeast 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 in the lower 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
49 percent. West winds around 5 mph.

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

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