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
345 AM EDT Thu Jul 2 2026

.DISCUSSION...

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT FOR TODAY 
AND FRIDAY FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...

...EXTREME HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM to 8PM EDT TODAY
AND FRIDAY FOR BUCKINGHAM COUNTY...

Heat risk increases to hazardous levels this week into
the holiday weekend. Additional advisories/warnings will likely 
encompass much of the region for the end of the week into
the holiday weekend.

An upper level ridge of high pressure will build across the
eastern U.S. this week. This feature will facilitate warming
temperatures with highs in the 80s to lower 90s in the mountains
and upper 90s to around 100 for the foothills and piedmont. 
The hot temperatures will combine with elevated dewpoints near
70 to produce peak heat indices of 95 to 100 in the mountains 
and 105 to 110 in the foothills and piedmont.

VAZ023-022015-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
345 AM EDT Thu Jul 2 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Fri          

Cloud Cover           Clear        Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           None         None         Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            20           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            20           
Max/Min Temp          97           74           98           
Min/Max RH %          34           79           34           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.01         
Precip Duration                                 0            
Precip Begin                                    2 PM         
Precip End                                      6 PM         
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    7060                      11720        
Transport Wnd (mph)   N  3                      SW  5        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    21180                     58600        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         27 Fair      16 Gen Poor  18 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          28 Fair      2 Very Poor  53 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       4            3            4            
Max LVORI Late        2            4            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Highs in the mid 90s. Minimum RH 37 percent. West winds around
5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Northwest winds around
5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Minimum RH 36 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Northwest winds around
5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 44 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Minimum RH 48 percent. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Northeast
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 48 percent.
South winds around 5 mph.

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