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
225 PM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Widespread showers and thunderstorms continue through Wednesday as 
a cold front slowly sinks south through the region. There will
continue to be quite a bit of lightning through Thursday. A drier
air mass tries to build into SE WV and parts of central VA 
Thursday, while moist air remains elsewhere. Additional chances 
for wetting rain are expected in these more humid locations 
Thursday and Friday. More widespread showers and storms are 
forecast for the weekend. Overall, there are only low fire 
weather concerns at this time given the wetting rains expected.

VAZ023-220815-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
225 PM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026

                      Tonight      Wed          Wed Night    Thu          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        Showers      
Chance Precip (%)     90           40           30           20           
Chance of Thunder (%) 70           40           30           0            
Min/Max Temp          68           86           62           78           
Max/Min RH %          100          56           87           56           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  SW  7 G21    SW  4        NW  3        NE  4        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   SW  5 G21    W  4         N  3         E  3         
Precip Amount         0.61         0.12         0.03         0.00         
Precip Duration       8            1            1            1            
Precip Begin          6 PM         Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   
Precip End            Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 5210                      3780         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W 13                      NE  5        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 67730                     18900        
Dispersion            Fair                      Fair                      
Max ADI Early         29 Fair      66 Good      27 Fair      28 Fair      
Max ADI Late          7 Poor       71 Good      3 Very Poor  23 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       5            6            4            4            
Max LVORI Late        8            3            5            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows around 60. East winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the mid 70s. Minimum RH 65 percent. East winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds
around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH 75 percent.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Warmer. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
58 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 55 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.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...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 54 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph.

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