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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
334 AM EDT Wed Aug 19 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Dry conditions are forecasted for today areawide under mostly 
sunny skies. Winds today will be from the northwest, with gusts
holding at 10 mph or less. Afternoon minimum RH will fall to 
around 35 percent across the Piedmont, with the mountains at
40 percent or higher.

Showers and thunderstorms will return on Thursday, resulting in 
rounds of wetting rainfall. This activity will be scattered on 
Thursday, with signals that heavy rain will occur from the foot-
hills of North Carolina through the Southside of Virginia on 
Friday evening. Scattered wetting rainfall will continue on 
Saturday before drier air returns on Sunday.

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Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
334 AM EDT Wed Aug 19 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Thu          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            50           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            50           
Max/Min Temp          90           66           87           
Min/Max RH %          44           86           58           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   W  3         Lgt/Var      W  5         
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.03         
Precip Duration                                 1            
Precip Begin                                    8 AM         
Precip End                                      Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    6450                      6690         
Transport Wnd (mph)   W  8                      W 14         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    51600                     93660        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         20 Gen Poor  33 Fair      63 Good      
Max ADI Late          59 Gen Good  1 Very Poor  93 Good      
Max LVORI Early       7            3            6            
Max LVORI Late        2            5            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the
upper 70s. Minimum RH 76 percent. East winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 66 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds around
5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
55 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 51 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
55 percent. West winds around 5 mph.

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