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
244 PM EDT Fri Jul 24 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Deeper moisture continues to rise over cooler northeasterly air 
hugging the surface through tonight and into tomorrow. This will 
mean scattered showers and drizzle, with just a low chance for a 
thunderstorm tomorrow afternoon. Confidence in widespread wetting 
rain is low to moderate through Saturday, and rainfall totals are
also expected to be low. Minimum relative humidity values drop to
50 to 60 percent by tomorrow and Monday afternoons areawide as 
drier air filters in.

VAZ023-250815-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
244 PM EDT Fri Jul 24 2026

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        Mclear       
Precip Type           Rain         Rain         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     80           40           0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          60           79           60           87           
Max/Min RH %          100          72           100          48           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.11         0.06         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       6            1                                      
Precip Begin          7 PM         Continuing                             
Precip End            Continuing   2 PM                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 2530                      6020         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SE  0                     NW  5        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 0                         30100        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         13 Gen Poor  10 Poor      1 Very Poor  31 Fair      
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  12 Poor      1 Very Poor  36 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       6            10           7            9            
Max LVORI Late        10           6            8            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH
50 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 61 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. West winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
51 percent. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 48 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Sunny with a chance of showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 50 percent.
West winds around 5 mph.

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