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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
202 PM EDT Sat Aug 1 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Scattered showers/storms will continue to spread over the area this 
afternoon, and especially overnight tonight as a warm front moves 
into the area. A widespread wetting rainfall is expected tonight, 
with repeated rain chances over the next several days due to a cold 
front stalling across the area. MinRH this afternoon will be around 
50%, but increases to 70-80% over the next several days. 

Winds will be gusty this afternoon from the south, to around 20-25 
knots at times. Winds reduce overnight, but remain elevated through 
late Sunday with gusts up to 20 knots possible. Despite the elevated 
winds, the increase in moisture and expected wetting rainfall should 
keep the fire weather risk quite low through the forecast period.

VAZ023-020815-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
202 PM EDT Sat Aug 1 2026

                      Tonight      Sun          Sun Night    Mon          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     90           80           90           70           
Chance of Thunder (%) 50           70           70           50           
Min/Max Temp          67           79           67           84           
Max/Min RH %          100          85           100          70           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  S  7 G19     SE  4        S  3         Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   SE  6 G20    SE  4        Lgt/Var      S  3         
Precip Amount         0.20         0.39         0.42         0.09         
Precip Duration       5            11           4            4            
Precip Begin          6 PM         Continuing   Continuing   7 AM         
Precip End            Continuing   Continuing   6 AM         Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 2570                      4360         
Transport Wnd (mph)                S 16                      SW 12        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 41120                     52320        
Dispersion            Fair                      Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         25 Fair      25 Fair      35 Fair      37 Fair      
Max ADI Late          11 Poor      50 Gen Good  4 Very Poor  50 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       4            7            8            8            
Max LVORI Late        6            4            8            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. South
winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the
lower 80s. Minimum RH 78 percent. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 76 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds around
5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 71 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds around
5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 67 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds around
5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 65 percent. West
winds around 5 mph.

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