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
236 PM EDT Wed Jun 10 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Elevated moisture across the area will lead to several days of 
scattered showers and thunderstorms. These scattered showers 
and thunderstorms will bring much needed rainfall to the region; 
however, widespread rainfall totals look to remain less than an 
inch at this time. 

Above normal temperatures can be expected Thursday through Sunday.
Warming temperatures will also lead to greater instability 
and stronger thunderstorms (when they occur). Minimum RH values
do not look to decrease significantly Thursday through Friday; however, 
a frontal boundary passage on Friday will lower Minimum RH values 
into the low 30s through the weekend. While RH values will be low
on Saturday and Sunday, winds look to be quite benign with high pressure
forecast to be directly overhead through the weekend. 

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VAZ023-110845-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
236 PM EDT Wed Jun 10 2026

                      Tonight      Thu          Thu Night    Fri          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Mclear       Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            20           20           50           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            20           20           50           
Min/Max Temp          68           93           70           91           
Max/Min RH %          91           49           89           50           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  W  4         W  3         W  3         W  4 G19     
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      W  4         Lgt/Var      W  7 G19     
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.02         
Precip Duration                    0            0            1            
Precip Begin                       2 PM         Continuing   3 PM         
Precip End                         Continuing   12 AM        Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 6080                      6420         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W 12                      W 15         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 72960                     96300        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         75 Good      94 Good      44 Gen Good  100 Good     
Max ADI Late          3 Very Poor  93 Good      3 Very Poor  100 Good     
Max LVORI Early       4            5            4            5            
Max LVORI Late        6            1            6            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 34 percent.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Minimum RH 42 percent. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY 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. 
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 51 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 56 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows
around 60. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
50 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph.

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