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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
229 PM EDT Mon Oct 19 2026

.DISCUSSION...

High pressure will keep it dry through next weekend with
seasonable temperatures.

VAZ018-200815-
Craig-
Including the city of New Castle
229 PM EDT Mon Oct 19 2026

                      Tonight      Tue          Tue Night    Wed          

Cloud Cover           Clear        Clear        Clear        Clear        
Precip Type           None         None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          39           72           41           70           
Max/Min RH %          66           32           100          47           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      N  3         Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   NW  3        Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                                           
Precip Begin                                                              
Precip End                                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 3490                      3410         
Transport Wnd (mph)                N 10                      NW  9        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 34900                     30690        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         7 Poor       15 Gen Poor  9 Poor       12 Poor      
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  43 Gen Good  2 Very Poor  37 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       3            3            5            9            
Max LVORI Late        3            2            8            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 40. Northwest winds around
5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH 40 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Northwest winds
around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Minimum RH 64 percent.
Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 40. East winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs around 60. Minimum RH 64 percent. East
winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 40. East winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Minimum RH 57 percent.
East winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs around 70. Minimum RH 48 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph.

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

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