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
233 PM EDT Tue Oct 13 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Warmer and dry into Wednesday. A cold front brings some wetting
showers
to mainly the mountains Thursday. A stronger front but mainly dry
one
will pass through Friday with breezy/windy west winds following
it.
Turning colder and drier air will for the weekend.

VAZ023-140815-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
233 PM EDT Tue Oct 13 2026

                      Tonight      Wed          Wed Night    Thu          

Cloud Cover           Clear        Clear        Pcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         None         Showers      
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            50           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          59           89           64           74           
Max/Min RH %          92           51           99           84           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  SW  3        Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      W  4         Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.05         
Precip Duration                                              2            
Precip Begin                                                 6 AM         
Precip End                                                   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 4580                      2160         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W 12                      SW  5        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 54960                     10800        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         12 Poor      39 Fair      12 Poor      5 Very Poor  
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  60 Gen Good  2 Very Poor  16 Gen Poor  
Max LVORI Early       6            6            6            9            
Max LVORI Late        6            1            7            6            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 61 percent.
West winds 15 to 20 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cooler. Lows in the mid 40s.
Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Much cooler. Highs in the upper 50s. Minimum
RH 41 percent. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear, colder. Lows in the mid 30s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Minimum RH 44 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s. South winds around
5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Minimum RH 50 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH
51 percent. Northeast winds around 5 mph.

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

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