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
204 PM EDT Fri Oct 30 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Dry and warm conditions continue for this afternoon and evening, 
with highs in the 70s/80s. A dry cold front will pass through later 
today, increasing wind gusts to around 15-20 mph until post-sunset 
tonight. Dry weather persists through at least next Tuesday, with 
MinRH values in the 30-40% range each day. With high pressure 
dominating the weather pattern, winds will remain light through 
Tuesday. 

Temperatures fall back to around normal beginning Saturday, with 
highs in the 60s/70s. This is in part due to the passing cold front, 
but also due to heavy cloud cover that moves in late Saturday and 
lingers through the weekend and most of next week. Despite this, the 
next chance of rain does not arrive until Wednesday afternoon at the 
earliest, with a more likely chance next Thursday.

VAZ023-310815-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
204 PM EDT Fri Oct 30 2026

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Pcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          43           67           43           68           
Max/Min RH %          94           43           90           40           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                                           
Precip Begin                                                              
Precip End                                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 2540                      3100         
Transport Wnd (mph)                E  3                      SE  5        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 7620                      15500        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         11 Poor      10 Poor      4 Very Poor  11 Poor      
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  12 Poor      1 Very Poor  16 Gen Poor  
Max LVORI Early       3            6            3            5            
Max LVORI Late        4            2            4            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Minimum RH
50 percent. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. East winds
around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH
62 percent. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. East winds
around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs in the
mid 60s. Minimum RH 82 percent. East winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows
in the upper 50s. East winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs in the
upper 60s. Minimum RH 78 percent. East winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 50s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
upper 60s. Minimum RH 68 percent. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

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