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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
406 AM EDT Sat Jul 25 2026

.DISCUSSION...

High pressure will remain situated across the lower Mid-Atlantic 
this morning, though will gradually weaken through the day. This 
will allow for a modest decrease of clouds during the afternoon 
and evening, with mostly dry conditions forecasted through the 
day. Though slightly warmer than those of Friday, afternoon 
temperatures will remain below normal, with highs holding in the 
low 70s to low 80s. Minimum relative humidity today will remain 
above 50 percent, and winds will remain less than 10 mph. The 
next chance for widespread wetting rainfall will be Monday night 
through Tuesday night as another cold front triggers scattered 
strong to severe thunderstorms, potentially in two rounds.

VAZ023-252030-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
406 AM EDT Sat Jul 25 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Sun          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           Showers      None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     40           0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            
Max/Min Temp          79           62           84           
Min/Max RH %          66           99           58           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   S  3         Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.05         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       1                                      
Precip Begin          6 AM                                   
Precip End            2 PM                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    3160                      6500         
Transport Wnd (mph)   W  2                      NW  3        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    6320                      19500        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         11 Poor      10 Poor      26 Fair      
Max ADI Late          13 Gen Poor  1 Very Poor  41 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       8            8            10           
Max LVORI Late        5            9            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH
51 percent. West winds around 5 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...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 61 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. West winds
10 to 15 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
53 percent. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 47 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 49 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph.

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