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
225 AM EDT Wed Jul 22 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Widespread showers and thunderstorms continue today as a frontal
boundary stalls over the region. This will continue to make ground
leaf litter quite moist across the area, as well as maintain
cloudy conditions across much of the region. Any shower and 
thunderstorm chance looks to be relegated to south of the VA 
border on Thursday; however, chances slowly start to increase back
into Virginia by Friday and Saturday. Overall, there are only low
fire weather concerns at this time given the wetting rains 
expected.

VAZ023-222015-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
225 AM EDT Wed Jul 22 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Thu          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        None         
Chance Precip (%)     20           30           0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 20           20           0            
Max/Min Temp          86           63           77           
Min/Max RH %          53           85           55           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  W  4         NW  3        NE  4        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   W  5         N  3         E  3         
Precip Amount         0.04         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       1            1                         
Precip Begin          2 PM         Continuing                
Precip End            Continuing   11 PM                     
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    5500                      4540         
Transport Wnd (mph)   W 15                      S  2         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    82500                     9080         
Dispersion                         Poor                      
Max ADI Early         91 Good      22 Fair      28 Fair      
Max ADI Late          102 Very Good6 Very Poor  17 Gen Poor  
Max LVORI Early       5            4            4            
Max LVORI Late        1            4            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. East
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the upper 70s. Minimum RH 62 percent. East winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 60s. East winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
70 percent. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s. South winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
54 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 52 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY 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. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 55 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph.

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

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