Heat Builds in the West; Extremely Critical Fire Weather in the Northwest

A heat wave over the Southwest will intensify this week, peaking and expanding into the Intermountain West and northern High Plains this weekend. Critical to extremely critical fire weather conditions are forecast from the Northwest and the northern Great Basin this weekend. Particularly Dangerous Situation Red Flag Warnings have been issued. Read More >

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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
224 AM EDT Sun Aug 2 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Scattered showers/storms will continue over the area as a warm 
front moves into the area. A widespread wetting rainfall is 
expected today and tonight, with repeated rain chances over the 
next several days due to a cold front stalling across the area. 
RH values will be very high.

Winds will be gusty this afternoon from the south, to around
20 knots at times. Despite the elevated winds, the increase in 
moisture and expected wetting rainfall should keep the fire 
weather risk quite low through the forecast period.

VAZ018-022015-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
224 AM EDT Sun Aug 2 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Mon          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     90           70           50           
Chance of Thunder (%) 70           70           50           
Max/Min Temp          80           64           83           
Min/Max RH %          84           100          68           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  SE  3        Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   S  4         Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.28         0.11         0.06         
Precip Duration       8            3            1            
Precip Begin          6 AM         Continuing   2 PM         
Precip End            Continuing   2 AM         Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    2680                      3940         
Transport Wnd (mph)   S 18                      SW  8        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    48240                     31520        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         20 Gen Poor  39 Fair      22 Fair      
Max ADI Late          54 Gen Good  4 Very Poor  34 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       8            9            9            
Max LVORI Late        4            9            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. North winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 75 percent.
East winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 71 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds around
5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 66 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds around
5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 67 percent. West
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds around
5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 66 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.

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

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