Fire Weather Forecast - Alleghany County, VA

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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
212 PM EDT Fri Sep 4 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Temperatures will stay above normal through Saturday.
Showers and thunderstorm chances remain through Sunday.
A frontal passage will bring drier weather and
lower temperatures to the area for early next week, before the 
heat rebuilds over the region towards the middle of next week.

VAZ019-050815-
Alleghany VA-
Including the cities of Clifton Forge and Covington
212 PM EDT Fri Sep 4 2026

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Pcldy        Pcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           None         Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            40           40           60           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            40           20           20           
Min/Max Temp          67           90           63           78           
Max/Min RH %          91           54           100          69           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  NW  3        NW  3        NW  3        Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      NW  6        Lgt/Var      E  3         
Precip Amount         0.00         0.04         0.04         0.16         
Precip Duration                    1            2            6            
Precip Begin                       7 AM         Continuing   Continuing   
Precip End                         Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 4710                      3270         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W 12                      E  6         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 56520                     19620        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         31 Fair      7 Poor       37 Fair      26 Fair      
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  61 Good      2 Very Poor  25 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       5            6            7            9            
Max LVORI Late        6            3            9            4            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the upper 50s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
60 percent. East winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds
around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
53 percent. South winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. South
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
49 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
52 percent. West winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 46 percent.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

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

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