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 Wed Jun 24 2026

.DISCUSSION...
High pressure should provide dry conditions into
Thursday. A cold front will arrive towards Friday and the 
upcoming weekend to bring daily chances of showers and 
thunderstorms. Some of the stronger storms could bring 
heavy downpours. Hot and humid weather looks to follow next 
week.

VAZ023-250815-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
238 PM EDT Wed Jun 24 2026

                      Tonight      Thu          Thu Night    Fri          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         None         Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            40           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            40           
Min/Max Temp          57           90           64           94           
Max/Min RH %          76           36           82           40           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  3        Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      SW  3        Lgt/Var      SW  4        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.01         
Precip Duration                                              1            
Precip Begin                                                 2 PM         
Precip End                                                   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 7560                      7230         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SW 10                     SW  7        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 75600                     50610        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         30 Fair      51 Gen Good  75 Good      40 Fair      
Max ADI Late          1 Very Poor  86 Good      2 Very Poor  54 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       3            4            3            5            
Max LVORI Late        3            1            4            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 57 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows around 70. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 60 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. North winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Minimum RH 48 percent. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Minimum RH 41 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH
47 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph.

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