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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
224 PM EDT Sun Sep 6 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Last day of getting wetting showers and these will be
scattered around with the best coverage in North Carolina
and far southwest Virginia. We dry out and cool back
to seasonal normals Monday into Tuesday. Temperatures 
warm back above normal late in the week. Storm chances
increase Thursday into Friday with a front.

VAZ023-070815-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
224 PM EDT Sun Sep 6 2026

                      Tonight      Mon          Mon Night    Tue          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Mclear       Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           None         None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          60           82           58           84           
Max/Min RH %          99           54           95           49           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  E  3         NE  3        E  3         Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      E  4         Lgt/Var      S  3         
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                                           
Precip Begin                                                              
Precip End                                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 5080                      5270         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SE  6                     S  3         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 30480                     15810        
Dispersion            Poor                      Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         12 Poor      41 Gen Good  34 Fair      15 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          3 Very Poor  43 Gen Good  2 Very Poor  18 Gen Poor  
Max LVORI Early       5            7            4            7            
Max LVORI Late        6            2            7            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds
around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH
49 percent. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 54 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
lower 80s. Minimum RH 53 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 60s. East winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 58 percent.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
53 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph.

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

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