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
223 PM EST Fri Nov 6 2026

.DISCUSSION...

The cold front that crossed the region this morning is continuing
its journey eastward. A reinforcing cold front will cross the 
area overnight. With it will come increasing northwest winds with
gusts of 20 to 30 mph across the mountains and 15 to 25 mph over
the Piedmont region. These gusty winds will continue through
mid-day Saturday, before a slow decrease through Saturday evening.
Other than some isolated showers across portions of Southeast
West Virginia this evening, no precipitation is expected for the
region until the latter half of next week.

Temperatures will be coolest on Sunday, then gradually increase
through mid-week. Minimum relative humidities for the early to
middle part of next week will generally be in the 20s and 30s
percent range.

The next chance of precipitation will be during the latter half
of next week, along with cooler temperatures.

VAZ023-070915-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
223 PM EST Fri Nov 6 2026

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Clear        Mclear       Clear        
Precip Type           None         None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          38           60           35           68           
Max/Min RH %          81           43           98           28           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  NW  6 G19    NW  8 G23    NW  7 G20    NW  5        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   NW  8 G22    NW  9 G22    NW  5        W  5         
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                                           
Precip Begin                                                              
Precip End                                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 3270                      2920         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NW 20                     W 12         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 65400                     35040        
Dispersion            Good                      Fair                      
Max ADI Early         8 Poor       56 Gen Good  9 Poor       32 Fair      
Max ADI Late          7 Poor       63 Good      5 Very Poor  42 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       3            3            3            6            
Max LVORI Late        3            1            5            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s. West winds 15 to
20 mph. 
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Minimum RH 36 percent.
Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s. West winds 5 to
10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 70. Minimum RH 32 percent. West
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. West winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH
37 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of rain. Highs
around 60. Minimum RH 44 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain.
Lows in the mid 30s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Minimum RH
42 percent. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

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