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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
249 PM EDT Fri Sep 11 2026

.DISCUSSION...
A cold front stalls over parts of VA and NC tonight, then lifts
north tomorrow and tomorrow night back through the area. While 
this front is in the vicinity, showers and thunderstorms are 
expected into Sunday. There are currently no fire weather 
concerns. Drier weather is expected Monday through Wednesday.

VAZ018-120830-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
249 PM EDT Fri Sep 11 2026

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        None         
Chance Precip (%)     50           70           80           0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 50           50           50           0            
Min/Max Temp          64           81           64           85           
Max/Min RH %          100          73           100          59           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      NW  3        
Precip Amount         0.08         0.18         0.19         0.00         
Precip Duration       1            3            5                         
Precip Begin          6 PM         Continuing   Continuing                
Precip End            Continuing   Continuing   4 AM                      
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 2430                      4590         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SE  6                     NW 14        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 14580                     64260        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         9 Poor       12 Poor      10 Poor      46 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          5 Very Poor  16 Gen Poor  3 Very Poor  69 Good      
Max LVORI Early       9            9            9            9            
Max LVORI Late        8            4            9            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
53 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
61 percent. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
54 percent. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 50 percent. West
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
62 percent. South winds around 5 mph.

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

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