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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
316 AM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop across the lower
Mid-Atlantic late this afternoon and evening, resulting in 
potentially another round of localized wetting rainfall. Minimum 
RH holding at 60 percent or above areawide today. Given this wet 
pattern, there are currently no fire weather concerns at this 
time. 

A drier airmass arrives on Sunday with min RH values falling 
below 50 percent. Breezy northwest winds through Monday.

VAZ023-222030-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
316 AM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Sun          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Mclear       
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        None         
Chance Precip (%)     30           40           0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 30           40           0            
Max/Min Temp          83           63           83           
Min/Max RH %          59           94           42           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      S  3         NW  6 G19    
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   S  3         W  4         NW  8 G17    
Precip Amount         0.05         0.08         0.00         
Precip Duration       1            1                         
Precip Begin          2 PM         Continuing                
Precip End            Continuing   1 AM                      
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    4330                      7720         
Transport Wnd (mph)   SE  3                     NW 15        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    12990                     115800       
Dispersion                         Poor                      
Max ADI Early         10 Poor      11 Poor      88 Good      
Max ADI Late          14 Gen Poor  3 Very Poor  121 Very Good
Max LVORI Early       8            6            6            
Max LVORI Late        4            7            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 41 percent. West
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 40 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. North winds around
5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 53 percent. South
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 67 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
57 percent. West winds around 5 mph.

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

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