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
233 PM EDT Sun Aug 30 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Temperatures and heat index values increase next week. Minimum RH
values may drop to between 30 and 40 percent Monday through
Friday
for the eastern Piedmont. Not much rain, if any, is expected
until 
the middle of next week.

VAZ019-310845-
Alleghany VA-
Including the cities of Clifton Forge and Covington
233 PM EDT Sun Aug 30 2026

                      Tonight      Mon          Mon Night    Tue          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           None         None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          63           89           65           91           
Max/Min RH %          96           48           94           45           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      NW  3        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                                           
Precip Begin                                                              
Precip End                                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 6420                      6080         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NW  9                     NW 13        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 57780                     79040        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         17 Gen Poor  48 Gen Good  19 Gen Poor  93 Good      
Max ADI Late          1 Very Poor  71 Good      2 Very Poor  96 Good      
Max LVORI Early       6            8            5            7            
Max LVORI Late        7            1            7            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH
44 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70. Northwest winds
around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 48 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 upper 80s. Minimum RH 53 percent.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
55 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. North
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
58 percent. East winds around 5 mph.

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