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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
201 PM EST Wed Nov 11 2026

.DISCUSSION...
Moisture starts increasing ahead of a front that moves across
Thursday. Should bring some wetting showers to the mountains,
but appears most will be limited to none at all for rain.

Colder air pushes in behind this front Thursday night
into Friday and west to northwest winds also increase. Look
for snow showers at times in the mountains while things stay
dry to the east. Wind gusts 15 to 30 mph will be common Friday
into Saturday.

Dry and unseasonably cool weather remains into early next week.

VAZ018-120930-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
201 PM EST Wed Nov 11 2026

                      Tonight      Thu          Thu Night    Fri          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Showers      Showers      Showers      Showers      
Chance Precip (%)     30           40           20           10           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          43           58           34           47           
Max/Min RH %          98           68           92           56           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  SW  3        W  4 G21     NW  9 G24    NW 10 G26    
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      NW  9 G23    NW 10 G26    NW  9 G20    
Precip Amount         0.02         0.02         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       0            2            0            1            
Precip Begin          3 AM         Continuing   Continuing   11 AM        
Precip End            Continuing   Continuing   2 AM         6 PM         
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 3530                      4430         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W 20                      NW 17        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 70600                     75310        
Dispersion            Poor                      Excellent                 
Max ADI Early         5 Very Poor  50 Gen Good  23 Fair      44 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          6 Very Poor  56 Gen Good  24 Fair      50 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       4            6            4            4            
Max LVORI Late        5            3            4            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Minimum RH
55 percent. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s. Minimum RH 52 percent.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Minimum RH
49 percent. North winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. North winds
around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Minimum RH 46 percent.
East winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s. North winds
around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Minimum RH
36 percent. Northeast winds around 5 mph.

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