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
207 PM EDT Wed Oct 28 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Dry weather is expected through the end of the month with
near to above normal temperatures. Rainfall chances have decreased
for Sunday's system, but opportunities for rain during the first 
week of November are still high for the middle to end of next week.

With respect to the next few days, tomorrow will feature variable
amounts of low cloud cover and fog early in the morning, with stable
conditions with poor mixing. These conditions should dissipate by
the late morning hours. Friday is expected to the most favorable 
with respect to burning conditions, temperatures warming 10 
degrees above normal. Some locations in the Piedmont may reach 80 
degrees.

Transport winds will be from an easterly direction today
and near calm Thursday. Friday will be the best day for
ventilation and mixing, transport winds from the northwest. 
 
Pattern change will bring above normal chance for rainfall
November 1-7.

VAZ023-290830-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
207 PM EDT Wed Oct 28 2026

                      Tonight      Thu          Thu Night    Fri          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Mclear       Clear        Mclear       
Precip Type           None         None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          48           73           46           79           
Max/Min RH %          97           43           95           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)                 3510                      4640         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W  7                      NW 13        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 24570                     60320        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         6 Very Poor  7 Poor       4 Very Poor  23 Fair      
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  25 Fair      4 Very Poor  69 Good      
Max LVORI Early       6            7            4            5            
Max LVORI Late        7            3            5            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Light winds. 
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Minimum RH
48 percent. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s. Minimum RH
47 percent. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the upper 40s. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the mid
60s. Minimum RH 63 percent. East winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows around 50. Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the upper 60s. Minimum RH 64 percent. East winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 50s. Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
upper 60s. Minimum RH 74 percent. East winds 5 to 10 mph.

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