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
143 PM EDT Sat Sep 5 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Temperatures will stay above normal through today.
Showers and thunderstorm chances remain through Sunday.
A frontal passage will bring drier weather and
lower temperatures to the area for early next week, before the 
heat rebuilds over the region towards the middle of next week.
There are no fire weather concerns at this time.

VAZ023-060815-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
143 PM EDT Sat Sep 5 2026

                      Tonight      Sun          Sun Night    Mon          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     40           50           0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 20           20           0            0            
Min/Max Temp          64           79           59           82           
Max/Min RH %          100          69           97           52           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  N  3         NE  3        E  3         Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      E  3         Lgt/Var      E  4         
Precip Amount         0.04         0.09         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       2            2                                      
Precip Begin          6 PM         Continuing                             
Precip End            Continuing   6 PM                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 2780                      6120         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NE 12                     E  3         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 33360                     18360        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         19 Gen Poor  22 Fair      22 Fair      57 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  33 Fair      4 Very Poor  57 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       6            8            5            6            
Max LVORI Late        9            4            6            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds
around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 49 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. South winds around
5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH
45 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 49 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the lower 80s. Minimum RH 50 percent. Northwest winds around
5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. North winds
around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs
in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 51 percent. South winds around
5 mph.

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

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