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
216 PM EDT Sun Aug 16 2026

.DISCUSSION...

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT FOR PARTS OF 
WV AND VA...

Scattered shower and thunderstorm activity will continue through
Monday. While not everyone will see wetting rain, an extremely 
humid airmass will continue to remain across the region. These
elevated humidity levels will keep any fire weather concerns to
a minimum. Drier conditions return Tuesday and Wednesday, with
additional chances for showers and storms for the end of the week.

VAZ023-170830-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
216 PM EDT Sun Aug 16 2026

                      Tonight      Mon          Mon Night    Tue          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Showers      None         
Chance Precip (%)     40           30           20           0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 40           30           0            0            
Min/Max Temp          68           90           66           87           
Max/Min RH %          93           54           94           49           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  SW  4        W  5 G17     NW  4        Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   W  4 G17     NW  6        Lgt/Var      NW  3        
Precip Amount         0.14         0.11         0.05         0.00         
Precip Duration       2            1            1                         
Precip Begin          6 PM         2 PM         7 PM                      
Precip End            6 AM         6 PM         2 AM                      
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 5280                      6470         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NW 14                     NW  9        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 73920                     58230        
Dispersion            Fair                      Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         31 Fair      62 Good      41 Gen Good  21 Fair      
Max ADI Late          8 Poor       80 Good      2 Very Poor  71 Good      
Max LVORI Early       4            5            5            7            
Max LVORI Late        6            2            7            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH
48 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 59 percent. West
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 71 percent.
East winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds around
5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 69 percent. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 58 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph.

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