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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
218 AM EDT Thu Jun 4 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Temperatures increase steadily through the end of the week, with 
very warm temperatures in the 80s/90s expected by Friday across 
the mountains/Piedmont respectively. Dry weather persists 
areawide, with minimum RHs between 20% to 35% for most, and 
between 40% to 50% for some of the mountains over the southern 
Blue Ridge and parts of southeast WV, through Saturday afternoon.
However, winds do remain light. A cold front dips south into the 
region late Sunday, which will bring the next opportunity for 
showers and thunderstorms. Rainfall amounts look to be less than
a third of an inch across the area, and the probability for half 
an inch of rain or greater is less than 15%. 


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VAZ023-042015-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
218 AM EDT Thu Jun 4 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Fri          

Cloud Cover           Clear        Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            
Max/Min Temp          87           57           91           
Min/Max RH %          33           82           33           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                              
Precip Begin                                                 
Precip End                                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    6670                      8000         
Transport Wnd (mph)   S  1                      W 10         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    6670                      80000        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         32 Fair      9 Poor       29 Fair      
Max ADI Late          33 Fair      2 Very Poor  95 Good      
Max LVORI Early       4            3            4            
Max LVORI Late        2            4            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH
37 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. West
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 49 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
46 percent. East winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 60s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the lower 80s. Minimum RH 47 percent. Southeast winds around
5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 43 percent. South
winds around 5 mph.

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