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
200 PM EDT Sun Sep 13 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Drier weather expected through at least Wednesday with
lower humidity. Min RH values each afternoon fall into
the upper 30 to lower 40 percent range east of the mountains, and
mid 40 to low 50 percent range west of the Blue Ridge mountains. 
An increasing chance of rain, along with more humid conditions 
will return for late week and into the weekend; however, rain
chances look to remain low at this time, with no significant upper
level feature forecast to bring widespread rain at this time.

VAZ023-140815-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
200 PM EDT Sun Sep 13 2026

                      Tonight      Mon          Mon Night    Tue          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           None         None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          65           88           54           83           
Max/Min RH %          97           35           82           45           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  NW  4        N  3         NE  3        Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      N  4         Lgt/Var      SE  3        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                                           
Precip Begin                                                              
Precip End                                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 6030                      3770         
Transport Wnd (mph)                N 10                      S  2         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 60300                     7540         
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         38 Fair      71 Good      21 Fair      17 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  75 Good      2 Very Poor  17 Gen Poor  
Max LVORI Early       5            7            3            5            
Max LVORI Late        7            1            4            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 47 percent.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 46 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
upper 80s. Minimum RH 52 percent. North winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s. Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 57 percent.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
61 percent. West winds around 5 mph.

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