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
255 PM EDT Sat Jun 20 2026

.DISCUSSION...
Dry weather is expected through Sunday night. Scattered showers 
and thunderstorms are forecasted for Monday, some of which may 
produce damaging wind gusts and localized flash flooding. This 
will be followed by widely scattered afternoon & evening storms 
through the remainder of the week. 

FYI...The summer solstice is Sunday June 21 at 424 AM EDT.

VAZ023-210815-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
255 PM EDT Sat Jun 20 2026

                      Tonight      Sun          Sun Night    Mon          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Pcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         None         Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            90           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            50           
Min/Max Temp          60           88           63           92           
Max/Min RH %          81           37           75           49           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  NW  4        Lgt/Var      NE  3        S  4 G20     
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      W  5         Lgt/Var      SW  8 G21    
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.15         
Precip Duration                                              5            
Precip Begin                                                 7 AM         
Precip End                                                   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 7310                      5800         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W 12                      SW 20        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 87720                     116000       
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         75 Good      88 Good      57 Gen Good  77 Good      
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  113 Very Good1 Very Poor  85 Good      
Max LVORI Early       3            5            3            4            
Max LVORI Late        4            1            4            1            

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. West winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the mid 80s. Minimum RH 47 percent. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 41 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 49 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 46 percent. West
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 43 percent.
West winds around 5 mph.

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