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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
229 PM EDT Thu Jul 9 2026

.DISCUSSION...
Seasonably warm and humid conditions expected through 
Friday with scattered afternoon and evening showers
and thunderstorms. Rainfall coverage will be hit and miss
with rainfall amounts generally a quarter inch or less. 
There will be some localized amounts upwards of one inch
associated with the stronger thunderstorms. Isolated wind
damage is also possible.

Greater coverage of showers and thunderstorms is likely for the
weekend with the passage of a cold front. Somewhat drier
conditions follow the frontal passage for the beginning of next
week, along with a few days of below normal temperatures.
After that, thing warm back up for the end of the week with 
a return to seasonably warm temperatures.

VAZ023-100815-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
229 PM EDT Thu Jul 9 2026

                      Tonight      Fri          Fri Night    Sat          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            60           30           60           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            50           30           50           
Min/Max Temp          66           91           67           86           
Max/Min RH %          94           54           96           65           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  W  4         W  3         W  3         Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      W  5         Lgt/Var      NW  4        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.07         0.05         0.09         
Precip Duration                    2            1            5            
Precip Begin                       12 PM        Continuing   Continuing   
Precip End                         Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 5290                      3830         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W 15                      NW  9        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 79350                     34470        
Dispersion            Poor                      Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         73 Good      55 Gen Good  34 Fair      17 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          3 Very Poor  89 Good      2 Very Poor  37 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       5            7            5            7            
Max LVORI Late        7            1            7            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. North winds
around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 66 percent.
East winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs
around 80. Minimum RH 55 percent. East winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds
around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 45 percent.
Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH
42 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 42 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph.

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