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
200 PM EDT Thu May 21 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Arrival and passage of a cold front is currently leading to shower
and thunderstorm development across the area this afternoon. These
showers and thunderstorms look to continue through the remainder
of the afternoon and evening today before thunderstorm activity
looks to dissipate tonight. Thunderstorm chances decrease after 
today, but showers remain possible through the end of the weekend 
and into early next week.

Fire concerns remain low through next week given the daily rain
chances.

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VAZ019-220815-
Alleghany VA-
Including the cities of Clifton Forge and Covington
200 PM EDT Thu May 21 2026

                      Tonight      Fri          Fri Night    Sat          

Cloud Cover           Cloudy       Mcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        Showers      
Chance Precip (%)     100          90           80           90           
Chance of Thunder (%) 50           20           20           0            
Min/Max Temp          52           62           48           63           
Max/Min RH %          100          87           100          87           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  NE  3        E  3         E  3         Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      E  3         E  3         Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.38         0.05         0.07         0.06         
Precip Duration       10           10           9            9            
Precip Begin          6 PM         Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   
Precip End            Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 1600                      1450         
Transport Wnd (mph)                E 14                      SE  7        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 22400                     10150        
Dispersion            Poor                      Poor                      
Max ADI Early         18 Gen Poor  23 Fair      20 Gen Poor  9 Poor       
Max ADI Late          6 Very Poor  28 Fair      6 Very Poor  12 Poor      
Max LVORI Early       6            9            7            9            
Max LVORI Late        7            5            9            8            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 50s. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 71 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the
upper 70s. Minimum RH 73 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the
upper 70s. Minimum RH 73 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the lower 60s. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 66 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows around 60. West winds around
5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 58 percent.
Southeast winds around 5 mph.

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