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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
418 AM EDT Fri Jul 17 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Moisture will gradually increase today into the weekend as a 
cold front approaches from the Great Lakes region. Coverage 
of showers and thunderstorms today will be isolated to widely 
scattered, however coverage will increase for Saturday as the 
cold front draws closer. Despite smoke from wildfires in 
Canada passing across the region, strong heating today will 
allow for minimum RH values this afternoon to fall as low as 
30 percent across the Piedmont, and hold above 35 percent 
over the mountains. Winds today will remain less than 10 mph 
areawide.

VAZ019-172030-
Alleghany VA-
Including the cities of Clifton Forge and Covington
418 AM EDT Fri Jul 17 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Sat          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         Showers      Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            20           70           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            50           
Max/Min Temp          90           68           87           
Min/Max RH %          47           94           56           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      W  7         
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.07         
Precip Duration                    1            3            
Precip Begin                       6 PM         11 AM        
Precip End                         2 AM         Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    5570                      5730         
Transport Wnd (mph)   SW  2                     W 20         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    11140                     114600       
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         11 Poor      21 Fair      43 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          19 Gen Poor  1 Very Poor  82 Good      
Max LVORI Early       10           5            7            
Max LVORI Late        2            7            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. West winds 10 to
15 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 52 percent.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. North winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 56 percent.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 55 percent.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 51 percent.
West winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
46 percent. North winds 5 to 10 mph.

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