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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
255 PM EDT Sat Jun 20 2026
.DISCUSSION...
Dry weather is expected through Sunday night. Scattered showers
and thunderstorms are forecasted for Monday, some of which may
produce damaging wind gusts and localized flash flooding. This
will be followed by widely scattered afternoon & evening storms
through the remainder of the week.
FYI...The summer solstice is Sunday June 21 at 424 AM EDT.
VAZ023-210815-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
255 PM EDT Sat Jun 20 2026
Tonight Sun Sun Night Mon
Cloud Cover Mclear Mclear Pcldy Mcldy
Precip Type None None None Tstms
Chance Precip (%) 0 0 0 90
Chance of Thunder (%) 0 0 0 50
Min/Max Temp 60 88 63 92
Max/Min RH % 81 37 75 49
Wind 20ft/early(mph) NW 4 Lgt/Var NE 3 S 4 G20
Wind 20ft/late(mph) Lgt/Var W 5 Lgt/Var SW 8 G21
Precip Amount 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.15
Precip Duration 5
Precip Begin 7 AM
Precip End Continuing
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 7310 5800
Transport Wnd (mph) W 12 SW 20
Vent Rate (mph-ft) 87720 116000
Dispersion Very Poor Very Poor
Max ADI Early 75 Good 88 Good 57 Gen Good 77 Good
Max ADI Late 2 Very Poor 113 Very Good1 Very Poor 85 Good
Max LVORI Early 3 5 3 4
Max LVORI Late 4 1 4 1
Remarks...None.
.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.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 slight chance of showers. Highs in
the mid 80s. Minimum RH 47 percent. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 41 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 49 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds
around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 46 percent. West
winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 43 percent.
West winds around 5 mph.
.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
Temperatures above normal. Precipitation above normal.