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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
126 PM EDT Sun Jun 21 2026

.DISCUSSION...
Dry weather is expected through tonight. Scattered showers 
and thunderstorms are forecasted for Monday, some of which may 
produce damaging wind gusts and localized flash flooding. 
Total rainfall could be in the 0.25-0.75 inch range with 
locally higher possible. This will be followed by widely 
scattered afternoon & evening storms later this week.

VAZ023-220815-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
126 PM EDT Sun Jun 21 2026

                      Tonight      Mon          Mon Night    Tue          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Mclear       
Precip Type           None         Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            80           60           20           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            70           60           20           
Min/Max Temp          64           91           64           84           
Max/Min RH %          75           51           94           48           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  4        NW  5 G17    
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      SW  6 G18    Lgt/Var      NW  6 G17    
Precip Amount         0.00         0.18         0.14         0.00         
Precip Duration                    3            2            0            
Precip Begin                       12 PM        Continuing   2 PM         
Precip End                         Continuing   1 AM         6 PM         
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 6260                      5350         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SW 22                     N 13         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 137720                    69550        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Poor                      
Max ADI Early         49 Gen Good  77 Good      30 Fair      60 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          1 Very Poor  92 Good      6 Very Poor  77 Good      
Max LVORI Early       3            3            6            5            
Max LVORI Late        4            2            6            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60. Northwest winds
10 to 15 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 36 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 49 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 51 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 48 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Minimum RH 45 percent. West winds
around 5 mph.

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