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
247 PM EDT Wed Aug 19 2026

.DISCUSSION...
Showers and thunderstorms will return on Thursday, resulting in 
rounds of wetting rainfall. The convection should be scattered 
Thursday, with signals that heavy rain will occur from the foot-
hills of North Carolina through the Southside of Virginia on 
Friday evening. Scattered wetting rainfall will continue on 
Saturday before drier air returns on Sunday.

Minimum afternoon relative humidity values Thursday afternoon 
are forecast to range from the mid-40% range across Central Virginia 
to the mid-60% range west of the Blue Ridge. Winds Thursday will be 
westerly at speeds of 10 mph or less.

VAZ023-200830-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
247 PM EDT Wed Aug 19 2026

                      Tonight      Thu          Thu Night    Fri          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Pcldy        Pcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           None         Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            40           30           90           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            40           20           50           
Min/Max Temp          67           88           64           82           
Max/Min RH %          84           57           100          70           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      W  4         Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.00         0.01         0.01         0.22         
Precip Duration                    1            1            5            
Precip Begin                       2 PM         8 PM         Continuing   
Precip End                         6 PM         Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 5190                      2580         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W  8                      S  3         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 41520                     7740         
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         33 Fair      48 Gen Good  52 Gen Good  5 Very Poor  
Max ADI Late          1 Very Poor  59 Gen Good  3 Very Poor  10 Poor      
Max LVORI Early       3            6            6            9            
Max LVORI Late        5            2            7            4            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 65 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 51 percent.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs in the
lower 80s. Minimum RH 46 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. Northwest winds
around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 55 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 60 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.

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