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
336 AM EDT Sun Sep 20 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Wetting rains will become more likely Monday into
Tuesday as a front stalls in the area. Cooler 
temperatures follow for mid to late week. Rainfall
amounts may average around an inch or so for much
of the area through Wednesday.

VAZ023-202015-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
336 AM EDT Sun Sep 20 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Mon          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     30           20           70           
Chance of Thunder (%) 30           20           50           
Max/Min Temp          85           65           82           
Min/Max RH %          63           97           70           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   SW  3        Lgt/Var      SE  3        
Precip Amount         0.11         0.03         0.21         
Precip Duration       1            0            2            
Precip Begin          12 PM        Continuing   8 AM         
Precip End            Continuing   8 PM         Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    4340                      3960         
Transport Wnd (mph)   SW  5                     E  9         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    21700                     35640        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         29 Fair      8 Poor       22 Fair      
Max ADI Late          29 Fair      2 Very Poor  29 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       7            5            8            
Max LVORI Late        3            7            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Lows in
the mid 60s. East winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the
lower 70s. Minimum RH 93 percent. East winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Showers. Lows in the upper 50s. Northeast winds
10 to 15 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely. Highs in the
lower 60s. Minimum RH 92 percent. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely. Lows in the
mid 50s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs in the
mid 60s. Minimum RH 87 percent. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. North
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH
65 percent. North winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 50. North winds 5 to
10 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH
58 percent. North winds 5 to 10 mph.

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

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