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
151 PM EDT Thu Jul 16 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Dry weather is expected to last until tomorrow, when showers and
thunderstorms return to mainly the mountains.  

Temperatures in the 80s and 90s continue through Saturday for 
urban areas and the Piedmont. Minimum RH values will fall into
the 30s to 40s percent range for most locations east of the Blue Ridge
today and tomorrow. Light winds prevail, with an increasing NE
wind for the Piedmont tomorrow. By Saturday stronger WSW winds 
are expected with gusts to 25 mph for the higher peaks and
ridges. Showers and storms become more widespread for the weekend into
early next week. Some storms Saturday could be strong to severe
with strong to damaging wind gusts as the primary threat.
Total rainfall Saturday is forecast to be mainly one to two 
tenths of an inch with locally higher from storms.

VAZ023-170815-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
151 PM EDT Thu Jul 16 2026

                      Tonight      Fri          Fri Night    Sat          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         None         Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            70           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            50           
Min/Max Temp          70           95           71           94           
Max/Min RH %          85           44           87           51           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  5        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.05         
Precip Duration                                              5            
Precip Begin                                                 8 AM         
Precip End                                                   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 6130                      6440         
Transport Wnd (mph)                S  2                      W 15         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 12260                     96600        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         22 Fair      28 Fair      22 Fair      59 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  30 Fair      3 Very Poor  66 Good      
Max LVORI Early       3            5            4            6            
Max LVORI Late        5            2            5            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 54 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. North winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 53 percent.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Minimum RH 53 percent. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows around 70. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 52 percent. West
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
48 percent. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.

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