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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
439 AM EDT Mon May 25 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Fire weather concerns will remain low through the early half 
of the week as rounds of rain, with a few thunderstorms, pass 
across the lower Mid-Atlantic. Minimum relative humidity is 
is forecast to remain mainly above 70 percent areawide through 
Thursday morning, and surface wind speeds are forecast to 
remain less than 10 mph. An additional 0.5" to 1.5" of wetting 
rain is forecast to fall areawide through Thursday morning, 
with locally higher amounts occurring with thunderstorm 
activity.


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VAZ023-252030-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
439 AM EDT Mon May 25 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Tue          

Cloud Cover           Cloudy       Mcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     90           80           90           
Chance of Thunder (%) 50           50           50           
Max/Min Temp          74           63           79           
Min/Max RH %          82           100          80           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.15         0.05         0.18         
Precip Duration       11           5            9            
Precip Begin          6 AM         Continuing   Continuing   
Precip End            Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    1890                      2290         
Transport Wnd (mph)   S  2                      NE  8        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    3780                      18320        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         7 Poor       4 Very Poor  11 Poor      
Max ADI Late          9 Poor       3 Very Poor  21 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       9            7            8            
Max LVORI Late        6            8            5            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Highs around
80. Minimum RH 81 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
52 percent. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. North
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 54 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the upper 50s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
mid 70s. Minimum RH 61 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 50s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH 65 percent.
Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.

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

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