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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
227 PM EST Thu Dec 4 2025

.DISCUSSION... 
Active weather pattern is expected over the next 24 hours. An 
area of low pressure developing along the Gulf coast will move 
northeast across the southern Mid-Atlantic bringing wintry
precipitation. Cold air over our region will set the stage for 
primarily snow, beginning tonight, and continue into Friday,
before ending Friday afternoon. Light to moderate accumulating 
snow is likely. Below normal temperatures continue through the
weekend, before trending more mild for the middle of next week.
Brief periods of snow flurries possible over the mountains during
the weekend, but the next chance, after Friday, for a more
widespread rain comes middle of next week.

VAZ023-050915-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
227 PM EST Thu Dec 4 2025

                      Tonight      Fri          Fri Night    Sat          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Snow/Rain    Snow         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     100          80           0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          24           36           24           48           
Max/Min RH %          93           73           96           59           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   E  3         Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.19         0.09         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       6            2                                      
Precip Begin          10 PM        Continuing                             
Precip End            Continuing   10 AM                                  
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 1800                      2820         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SE  2                     W  8         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 3600                      22560        
Dispersion            Poor                      Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         5 Very Poor  19 Gen Poor  1 Very Poor  17 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          7 Poor       6 Very Poor  1 Very Poor  20 Gen Poor  
Max LVORI Early       3            5            6            8            
Max LVORI Late        6            5            8            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. Highs in the mid
40s. Minimum RH 65 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of rain and freezing
rain. Lows in the upper 20s. Highs in the upper 30s. Minimum RH
50 percent. North winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 20. Highs in the lower 40s.
Minimum RH 48 percent. South winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. Highs in the
upper 40s. Minimum RH 56 percent. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain and freezing rain.
Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the mid 40s. Minimum RH 55 percent.
West winds 10 to 15 mph.

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

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