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
241 PM EDT Thu Jul 2 2026

.DISCUSSION...

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

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

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

An upper level ridge of high pressure will build across the
eastern U.S. this week. This feature 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 near
70 to produce peak heat indices of 95 to 100 in the mountains 
and 105 to 110 in the foothills and piedmont.

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

VAZ018-030815-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
241 PM EDT Thu Jul 2 2026

                      Tonight      Fri          Fri Night    Sat          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Mclear       Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         None         Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            40           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            40           
Min/Max Temp          67           98           67           100          
Max/Min RH %          81           36           83           34           
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         0.01         
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                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         11 Poor      5 Very Poor  8 Poor       45 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  41 Gen Good  2 Very Poor  60 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       4            5            4            4            
Max LVORI Late        4            2            5            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Minimum RH 41 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. North winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Minimum RH 51 percent. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 54 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...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 55 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows
in the mid 60s. North winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 55 percent. West
winds around 5 mph.

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