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
213 PM EDT Fri Jun 5 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Will see dry conditions into early Sunday. A front tracks
south Sunday into Monday with scattered showers and storms.
Next week overall looking at more summer pattern with
scattered showers and storms each day and increasing
humidity and temperatures.


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VAZ023-060815-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
213 PM EDT Fri Jun 5 2026

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         None         Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            20           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            20           
Min/Max Temp          61           91           65           91           
Max/Min RH %          82           34           79           46           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      W  3         W  4         W  4 G17     
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      W  5         W  3         W  6 G17     
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                              0            
Precip Begin                                                 2 PM         
Precip End                                                   6 PM         
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 7300                      6310         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W 15                      W 14         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 109500                    88340        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Poor                      
Max ADI Early         53 Gen Good  90 Good      85 Good      59 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  111 Very Good2 Very Poor  75 Good      
Max LVORI Early       3            4            3            4            
Max LVORI Late        3            1            4            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 51 percent. East
winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
51 percent. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 48 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds around
5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Minimum RH 47 percent. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 47 percent.
West winds around 5 mph.

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