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
249 PM EDT Wed May 6 2026

.DISCUSSION...

A wetting rain is expected for much of the area today
into Thursday with cooler temperatures to follow into the 
weekend. Fire weather concerns become limited through early
next week.

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VAZ023-070830-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
249 PM EDT Wed May 6 2026

                      Tonight      Thu          Thu Night    Fri          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Mcldy        Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           Tstms        Showers      None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     80           60           0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 50           0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          54           67           42           73           
Max/Min RH %          89           43           72           29           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  W  5 G19     N  3         NW  5 G19    Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   NW  3        NW  3        NW  3        W  5 G17     
Precip Amount         0.09         0.09         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       7            3                                      
Precip Begin          6 PM         Continuing                             
Precip End            Continuing   4 PM                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 4040                      7960         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SE  5                     SW 12        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 20200                     95520        
Dispersion            Poor                      Poor                      
Max ADI Early         31 Fair      10 Poor      13 Gen Poor  58 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          5 Very Poor  19 Gen Poor  5 Very Poor  96 Good      
Max LVORI Early       5            5            3            3            
Max LVORI Late        5            3            3            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. South winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH
43 percent. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
46 percent. South winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the upper 60s. Minimum RH 40 percent. Northwest winds 15 to
20 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cooler. Lows in the mid 40s.
Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 70. Minimum RH 34 percent. West
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 50s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of thunderstorms and a
slight chance of showers. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH
42 percent. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

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

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