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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
215 PM EDT Fri Aug 21 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Additional widely scattered showers and thunderstorms will 
develop across the lower Mid-Atlantic this afternoon and evening, 
resulting in potentially another round of localized wetting 
rainfall. Minimum RH holding at 50 percent or above areawide, with
most areas holding well above 50 percent for most of the day.
Given this wet pattern, there are currently no fire weather
concerns at this time. 

A drier airmass arrives on Sunday with min RH values falling
below 50 percent. Breezy northwest winds through Monday.

VAZ023-220815-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
215 PM EDT Fri Aug 21 2026

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Mclear       
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        None         
Chance Precip (%)     70           30           60           0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 50           30           50           0            
Min/Max Temp          64           85           61           83           
Max/Min RH %          100          62           98           44           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      NW  5 G17    
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      W  3         NW  7 G17    
Precip Amount         0.22         0.03         0.04         0.00         
Precip Duration       4            1            2                         
Precip Begin          6 PM         Continuing   Continuing                
Precip End            Continuing   Continuing   2 AM                      
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 4040                      6690         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W  1                      W 14         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 4040                      93660        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         9 Poor       9 Poor       10 Poor      74 Good      
Max ADI Late          3 Very Poor  10 Poor      3 Very Poor  110 Very Good
Max LVORI Early       7            9            7            7            
Max LVORI Late        9            4            8            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 43 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 47 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 58 percent. South
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 67 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 59 percent. West
winds around 5 mph.

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