Fire Weather Forecast - Alleghany County, VA

News Headlines
Fire Weather Forecast Banner for Alleghany County
FNUS51 KRNK 131824
FWFRNK

Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
224 PM EDT Wed May 13 2026

.DISCUSSION...

A cold front looks to pass through the area tonight. Scattered
to numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected along and 
ahead of it with best coverage over the mountains of WV.

Outside of any thunderstorms, rainfall totals look to remain
meager. Behind the front, gusty northwest winds are anticipated,
and dry weather looks to funnel into the region on Friday 
with minimum RH values dropping into the 20-35% range areawide. 
By Saturday, southerly/southwesterly flow returns, and minimum
RH values look to rebound into the 30-40% range through the
weekend. 

Temperatures warm over the weekend into next week with mainly
isolated storms expected. Next best chance of wetting rain will be
Wednesday ahead of a front.


&&

VAZ019-140815-
Alleghany VA-
Including the cities of Clifton Forge and Covington
224 PM EDT Wed May 13 2026

                      Tonight      Thu          Thu Night    Fri          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           Tstms        None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     70           0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 50           0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          41           60           40           73           
Max/Min RH %          93           46           86           27           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  W  4 G21     NW  7 G23    NW  7 G23    NW  4 G19    
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   NW  3 G20    NW  8 G21    NW  3 G20    NW  4        
Precip Amount         0.09         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       2                                                   
Precip Begin          6 PM                                                
Precip End            10 PM                                               
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 6140                      5210         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NW 23                     W 13         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 141220                    67730        
Dispersion            Poor                      Fair                      
Max ADI Early         26 Fair      91 Good      118 Very Good110 Very Good
Max ADI Late          6 Very Poor  101 Very Good4 Very Poor  102 Very Good
Max LVORI Early       5            4            3            4            
Max LVORI Late        5            1            5            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 50. West winds 5 to
10 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 42 percent.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
38 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. Northwest winds
around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 38 percent.
South winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 40 percent.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 46 percent. West
winds 5 to 10 mph.

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