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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
319 AM EDT Tue Jun 30 2026

.DISCUSSION...
Heat risk increases to hazardous levels this 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 100 to 110 in the foothills and piedmont.

VAZ023-302015-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
319 AM EDT Tue Jun 30 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Wed          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            
Max/Min Temp          92           68           97           
Min/Max RH %          51           96           39           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      S  3         Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                              
Precip Begin                                                 
Precip End                                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    5140                      9080         
Transport Wnd (mph)   SW  2                     W  6         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    10280                     54480        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         20 Gen Poor  24 Fair      38 Fair      
Max ADI Late          19 Gen Poor  1 Very Poor  51 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       7            5            8            
Max LVORI Late        3            7            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 70s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Minimum RH 34 percent.
Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Minimum RH 35 percent.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Northwest winds around
5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Highs in the upper 90s. Minimum RH 36 percent. West winds around
5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of 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 43 percent. West
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Northwest winds
around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Minimum RH 50 percent. West winds
around 5 mph.

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

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