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
238 PM EDT Fri Jul 31 2026

.DISCUSSION...

High pressure over the area will promote fair weather 
through early Saturday.  Clouds will be on the 
increase Saturday afternoon with an increasing chance
for wetting rain for the latter half of the weekend and
into early next week.

VAZ019-010830-
Alleghany VA-
Including the cities of Clifton Forge and Covington
238 PM EDT Fri Jul 31 2026

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            60           90           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            50           50           
Min/Max Temp          60           85           65           78           
Max/Min RH %          84           49           100          81           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SE  7 G26    SE  3 G18    
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      S  6 G19     SE  6 G26    SE  4        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.07         0.28         
Precip Duration                                 3            11           
Precip Begin                                    8 PM         Continuing   
Precip End                                      Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 6070                      2290         
Transport Wnd (mph)                S 18                      S 17         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 109260                    38930        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Fair                      
Max ADI Early         15 Gen Poor  66 Good      60 Gen Good  17 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          1 Very Poor  110 Very Good12 Poor      45 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       3            6            3            7            
Max LVORI Late        5            1            5            4            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Lows in
the upper 60s. South winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 80 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 74 percent. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 69 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest winds around
5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 65 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. West winds around
5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 64 percent. West
winds around 5 mph.

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