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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
315 AM EDT Mon Jul 20 2026

.DISCUSSION...


Scattered showers and thunderstorms look to continue in the
forecast through Wednesday, with more widespread shower and 
thunderstorm activity expected Tuesday afternoon and evening 
with the passage of a cold front. A moist and humid airmass looks
to hang around through Wednesday, with surface high pressure 
advecting much drier air into the region Wednesday night into 
Thursday. While minimum RH values don't look to change much 
during the afternoon hours due to cooler temperatures, the 
dewpoints across the region look to fall into the upper 50s to
low 60s areawide. Overall, there are no major fire weather concerns
at this time with the current moist airmass over the region.

VAZ018-202015-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
315 AM EDT Mon Jul 20 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Tue          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     40           70           70           
Chance of Thunder (%) 40           50           50           
Max/Min Temp          80           65           87           
Min/Max RH %          64           99           64           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  4 G17    
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  6 G18    
Precip Amount         0.09         0.05         0.08         
Precip Duration       1            3            2            
Precip Begin          1 PM         Continuing   Continuing   
Precip End            Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    4050                      4390         
Transport Wnd (mph)   SW  6                     W 15         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    24300                     65850        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         20 Gen Poor  35 Fair      57 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          36 Fair      3 Very Poor  77 Good      
Max LVORI Early       9            9            8            
Max LVORI Late        3            8            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Lows in
the upper 60s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
61 percent. West winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 57 percent.
East winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows around 60. East winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 63 percent.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 66 percent.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds around
5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
58 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph.

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