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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
207 PM EDT Sat Jul 5 2025

.DISCUSSION...

High pressure will keep conditions dry through Sunday morning. 
Tropical Storm Chantal will move onshore in South Carolina by 
Sunday pushing showers and a few storms toward the Blue Ridge 
and Piedmont. This system weakens early next week but combined 
with increasing moisture and a front to the north will keep 
shower and thunderstorm chances around.

VAZ023-060815-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
207 PM EDT Sat Jul 5 2025

                      Tonight      Sun          Sun Night    Mon          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            30           40           40           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            30           40           40           
Min/Max Temp          62           88           69           92           
Max/Min RH %          90           56           96           53           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      E  3         Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      SE  3        Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.01         0.02         
Precip Duration                    0            2            2            
Precip Begin                       3 PM         Continuing   Continuing   
Precip End                         Continuing   Continuing   6 PM         
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 5580                      8130         
Transport Wnd (mph)                E  3                      NW  9        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 16740                     73170        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         41 Gen Good  5 Very Poor  25 Fair      34 Fair      
Max ADI Late          1 Very Poor  28 Fair      1 Very Poor  85 Good      
Max LVORI Early       3            6            6            8            
Max LVORI Late        6            3            8            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Showers and thunderstorms likely. Lows
in the lower 70s. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 57 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Highs around 90. Minimum RH
58 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms likely. Lows
in the lower 70s. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 68 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms likely. Lows
around 70. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 63 percent. West
winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Lows around 70. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 64 percent. West
winds around 5 mph.

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

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