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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
244 AM EDT Wed Jul 1 2026

.DISCUSSION...

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

Heat risk increases to hazardous levels this week into
the holiday weekend. Advisories will likely be extended
and expanded to encompass much of the region for the
end of the week.

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 102 to 108 in the foothills and piedmont.

VAZ018-012015-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
244 AM EDT Wed Jul 1 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Thu          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Clear        Mclear       
Precip Type           None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            
Max/Min Temp          93           68           96           
Min/Max RH %          40           87           34           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                              
Precip Begin                                                 
Precip End                                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    6430                      9260         
Transport Wnd (mph)   NW  6                     N  7         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    38580                     64820        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         38 Fair      35 Fair      15 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          42 Gen Good  2 Very Poor  68 Good      
Max LVORI Early       9            4            5            
Max LVORI Late        1            5            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 70s. West winds around
5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 40 percent.
East winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Northwest winds
around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Minimum RH 37 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows around 70. West winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Minimum RH 38 percent. West
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 48 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Northwest winds around
5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of thunderstorms and a
slight chance of showers. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH
49 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph.

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