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
408 AM EDT Sun Jul 26 2026

.DISCUSSION...

High pressure will continue to weaken today, allowing for warmer 
afternoon temperatures in the upper 70s to the mid 80s, and lower 
minimum relative humidity values in the 45 to 60 percent range. A 
disturbance arriving this evening is expected to trigger a broken 
line of showers and a few thunderstorms during the evening, which 
will pass across the Piedmont. Wetting rainfall totals ranging 
from less than 0.10 to locally 0.50 inch are possible. Winds 
today will remain mainly less than 10 mph. The next potential for 
widespread wetting rain will be late Monday night as a line of 
thunderstorms arrives from the north, and again on Tuesday, with 
the redevelopment of storms across the area.

VAZ023-262030-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
408 AM EDT Sun Jul 26 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Mon          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        None         
Chance Precip (%)     20           30           0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 20           20           0            
Max/Min Temp          87           63           88           
Min/Max RH %          47           97           46           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      NW  3        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.02         0.00         
Precip Duration       0            1                         
Precip Begin          4 PM         Continuing                
Precip End            Continuing   2 AM                      
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    5580                      7480         
Transport Wnd (mph)   W  6                      NW 10        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    33480                     74800        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         18 Gen Poor  19 Gen Poor  24 Fair      
Max ADI Late          36 Fair      2 Very Poor  73 Good      
Max LVORI Early       9            5            8            
Max LVORI Late        2            7            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. West winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Showers with thunderstorms likely. Highs in the mid
80s. Minimum RH 66 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
53 percent. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 51 percent.
Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 52 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 57 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.

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