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
238 PM EDT Fri Jul 31 2026

.DISCUSSION...

High pressure over the area will promote fair weather 
through early Saturday.  Clouds will be on the 
increase Saturday afternoon with an increasing chance
for wetting rain for the latter half of the weekend and
into early next week.

VAZ023-010830-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
238 PM EDT Fri Jul 31 2026

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            50           80           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            50           50           
Min/Max Temp          63           88           67           81           
Max/Min RH %          82           49           96           78           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      S  8 G25     SE  5 G17    
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      S  8 G20     SE  7 G25    SE  5        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.05         0.26         
Precip Duration                                 1            9            
Precip Begin                                    2 AM         Continuing   
Precip End                                      Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 6320                      2810         
Transport Wnd (mph)                S 20                      S 14         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 126400                    39340        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Good                      
Max ADI Early         16 Gen Poor  68 Good      50 Gen Good  18 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          1 Very Poor  120 Very Good16 Gen Poor  49 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       3            5            3            6            
Max LVORI Late        4            1            4            4            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Lows in
the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 79 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds around
5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of thunderstorms and a
slight chance of showers. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
72 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds around
5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 67 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 62 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. West winds around
5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 61 percent.
West winds around 5 mph.

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