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
148 PM EST Thu Nov 13 2025

.DISCUSSION...

Key Message:

1) Elevated fire weather conditions ongoing today.

The combination of wind and low humidity will result in 
another day of drying. Now that we have had a widespread 
deep freeze, there is a lot more material available to burn. 
The really low dewpoints the last few days, typical of an Arctic
airmass, and in combination with the wind, has really dried out
the leaf litter. Leaves are crunchy and receptive to fire. A 
higher level of caution is advised if burning.

Temperatures will trend warmer into the upcoming weekend.
Warmest readings are forecast along and east of the Blue Ridge
where readings will return to above normal. Caveat, there will 
be some clouds and showers around and a bit higher Rh, so there 
is a trade off. Winds will diminish for Friday, but increase 
again over the weekend, so not totally out of the woods with 
respect to wind either. 

In a nutshell, several more days of heightened awareness.

As for rain potential... Little or no measurable rain is 
expected until next week. There is a slight chance of showers 
across the mountains this weekend.

VAZ023-140930-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
148 PM EST Thu Nov 13 2025

                      Tonight      Fri          Fri Night    Sat          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Pcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          32           65           43           71           
Max/Min RH %          76           26           91           55           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  W  5 G17     Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   W  3         W  4         Lgt/Var      W  5         
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                                           
Precip Begin                                                              
Precip End                                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 3640                      3630         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NW 16                     W 12         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 58240                     43560        
Dispersion            Poor                      Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         8 Poor       51 Gen Good  2 Very Poor  14 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          3 Very Poor  65 Good      2 Very Poor  31 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       2            3            3            6            
Max LVORI Late        3            2            5            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Lows in the mid
50s. Highs in the mid 60s. Minimum RH 37 percent. West winds
15 to 20 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the upper
50s. Minimum RH 27 percent. West winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows in the upper
30s. Highs in the upper 50s. Minimum RH 47 percent. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows in the lower
40s. Highs around 60. Minimum RH 58 percent. West winds around
5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Lows in the
lower 40s. Highs in the upper 50s. Minimum RH 57 percent. West
winds around 5 mph.

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

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