Snow and Extreme Cold Expected for Much of the Area

A winter storm with snow will continuing impacting primarily the southern portion of the region through Saturday night. Dangerously cold wind chills will conclude the event Saturday night and early Sunday. Click here for more details. Read More >

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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
206 AM EST Sun Feb 1 2026

.DISCUSSION... 

Gusty northwest winds today, with gusts 30 to 40 mph possible, up
to 50 mph in the mountains of the southern Blue Ridge. Upslope 
snow showers linger through midday in the mountains. 

With Arctic air holding in place during the weekend, snow and
ice melt will be minimum to none during this time. Temperatures 
will stay below normal into next week, so any melting will be 
limited. Fire danger is expected to remain low through the first 
full week of February. There is potential for another round of a 
wintry mix of precipitation during the middle of the week.

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VAZ016-012115-
Carroll-
Including the city of Galax
206 AM EST Sun Feb 1 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Mon          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            
Max/Min Temp          18           6            34           
Min/Max RH %          55           80           44           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  NW 19 G44    NW 12 G33    NW  5 G21    
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   NW 16 G34    NW  9 G30    W  4         
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                              
Precip Begin                                                 
Precip End                                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    2320                      2320         
Transport Wnd (mph)   NW 31                     W 13         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    71920                     30160        
Dispersion                         Excellent                 
Max ADI Early         64 Good      18 Gen Poor  18 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          64 Good      17 Gen Poor  34 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       3            3            4            
Max LVORI Late        3            4            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 19. Highs around 40.
Minimum RH 65 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely. Lows in the
lower 30s. Highs in the upper 30s. Minimum RH 76 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of snow. Lows around
16. Highs in the lower 30s. Minimum RH 51 percent. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of snow. Lows around 18.
Highs in the upper 30s. Minimum RH 63 percent. West winds 10 to
15 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Windy. Partly cloudy. A slight chance of snow.
Colder. Lows in the lower 20s. Highs in the upper 20s. Minimum RH
49 percent. Northwest winds 25 to 30 mph.

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

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