Fire Weather Forecast - Botetourt County, VA

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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
426 AM EDT Tue Jun 23 2026

.DISCUSSION...

...STORMS MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...

Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected
through this afternoon with rain amounts of 0.25 to one inch.
Main hazards in addition to lightning are damaging wind gusts
and localized flash flooding. The front responsible for the 
unsettled weather will move east of the region Tuesday 
afternoon followed by clearing Tuesday night and Wednesday.
A chance for showers and storms will return later in the week.
Ample recent wetting rainfall will keep fire danger low.

VAZ023-232015-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
426 AM EDT Tue Jun 23 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Wed          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Mclear       Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     80           0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 70           0            0            
Max/Min Temp          81           54           83           
Min/Max RH %          57           88           36           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      NW  7 G21    Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   NW  7 G22    NW  3        Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.47         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       4                                      
Precip Begin          6 AM                                   
Precip End            5 PM                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    4300                      6990         
Transport Wnd (mph)   N 18                      NW  2        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    77400                     13980        
Dispersion                         Fair                      
Max ADI Early         16 Gen Poor  74 Good      17 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          77 Good      4 Very Poor  23 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       9            3            6            
Max LVORI Late        4            5            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 42 percent.
South winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 49 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 57 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. West
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Minimum RH 49 percent. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. North winds
around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 46 percent.
West winds around 5 mph.

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

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