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
324 AM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026

.DISCUSSION...


Scattered showers and thunderstorms look to continue in the
forecast through Wednesday, with more widespread shower and 
thunderstorm activity expected this afternoon and evening 
with the passage of a cold front. A moist and humid airmass looks
to hang around through Wednesday, with surface high pressure 
advecting much drier air into the region Wednesday night into 
Thursday. While minimum RH values don't look to change much 
during the afternoon hours due to cooler temperatures, the 
dewpoints across the region look to fall into the upper 50s to
low 60s areawide. Overall, there are no fire weather concerns at 
this time given the aforementioned moist airmass currently in 
place across the region.

VAZ023-212015-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
324 AM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Wed          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     80           90           50           
Chance of Thunder (%) 50           70           50           
Max/Min Temp          86           70           86           
Min/Max RH %          59           93           55           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  SW  4 G18    SW  7 G22    SW  4        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   SW  7 G20    SW  5 G20    W  5         
Precip Amount         0.14         0.47         0.11         
Precip Duration       4            9            2            
Precip Begin          6 AM         Continuing   Continuing   
Precip End            Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    4210                      5880         
Transport Wnd (mph)   SW 21                     W  9         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    88410                     52920        
Dispersion                         Fair                      
Max ADI Early         69 Good      42 Gen Good  61 Good      
Max ADI Late          75 Good      5 Very Poor  58 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       7            6            6            
Max LVORI Late        3            7            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
53 percent. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60. East winds
around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
57 percent. East winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the lower 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 with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 56 percent. West
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 53 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph.

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