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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
222 PM EDT Wed Jul 22 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Slow moving front will keep wetting showers/few storms in
the forecast into Thursday. However, better chances will be across
southern VA into North Carolina. Should be drier Friday into the weekend
but a few storms will be possible each afternoon.

VAZ023-230815-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
222 PM EDT Wed Jul 22 2026

                      Tonight      Thu          Thu Night    Fri          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           Showers      Showers      None         Showers      
Chance Precip (%)     20           20           0            10           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          62           77           59           78           
Max/Min RH %          95           57           92           60           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  W  3         NE  3        Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   N  3         Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SE  3        
Precip Amount         0.02         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       1            1                         1            
Precip Begin          6 PM         Continuing                8 AM         
Precip End            Continuing   11 AM                     2 PM         
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 4010                      3930         
Transport Wnd (mph)                E  5                      SE  6        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 20050                     23580        
Dispersion            Poor                      Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         45 Gen Good  31 Fair      18 Gen Poor  31 Fair      
Max ADI Late          7 Poor       29 Fair      1 Very Poor  33 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       7            5            6            7            
Max LVORI Late        7            2            6            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.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
71 percent. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s. South winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 59 percent. West
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 51 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 54 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 50 percent.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

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