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
258 AM EDT Wed Jul 29 2026

.DISCUSSION...
Dry weather is expected through Friday featuring sunny skies
and lower humidity. Rain chances increase again by this coming
weekend, persisting into early next week.

VAZ023-292015-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
258 AM EDT Wed Jul 29 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Thu          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Clear        
Precip Type           None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            
Max/Min Temp          84           60           85           
Min/Max RH %          50           91           43           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  NW  6 G19    NW  7 G20    NW  4        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   NW  8 G19    NW  4        NW  5        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                              
Precip Begin                                                 
Precip End                                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    5490                      8010         
Transport Wnd (mph)   NW 17                     NW 10        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    93330                     80100        
Dispersion                         Fair                      
Max ADI Early         72 Good      67 Good      39 Fair      
Max ADI Late          93 Good      4 Very Poor  84 Good      
Max LVORI Early       5            4            6            
Max LVORI Late        1            6            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest winds
10 to 15 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 42 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds
around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 54 percent.
Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 74 percent.
Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. East winds 5 to
10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 76 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 68 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.

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

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