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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
1233 PM 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 mainly in the mountains, however coverage will 
increase for Saturday as the cold front draws closer. Some 
storms could be strong to severe with damaging winds as the
main threat. Despite smoke from wildfires in Canada passing 
across the region, strong heating today will allow for minimum 
RH values this afternoon to fall into the 30s and 40s percent 
across the Piedmont, and mainly higher values over the 
mountains. Winds today will remain less than 10 mph areawide.

VAZ019-180830-
Alleghany VA-
Including the cities of Clifton Forge and Covington
1233 PM EDT Fri Jul 17 2026

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            60           30           20           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            50           30           20           
Min/Max Temp          68           86           67           87           
Max/Min RH %          92           57           97           49           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      W  5 G19     W  4 G18     
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      W  6 G17     W  4 G19     NW  3        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.04         0.03         0.00         
Precip Duration                    1            1            0            
Precip Begin                       11 AM        Continuing   2 PM         
Precip End                         Continuing   6 AM         Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 4730                      6040         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W 15                      W  8         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 70950                     48320        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Fair                      
Max ADI Early         33 Fair      45 Gen Good  55 Gen Good  48 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  69 Good      7 Poor       60 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       4            6            5            7            
Max LVORI Late        7            1            6            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s. North winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 58 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 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 showers likely and a chance
of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
57 percent. West winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
46 percent. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
50 percent. West winds around 5 mph.

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