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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
335 AM EDT Mon Oct 5 2026

.DISCUSSION...

A period of drying is expected Monday through Friday.
High pressure will build across the region today and
linger through the week. 

Next chance of wetting rain...Oct 11-12.

VAZ023-052015-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
335 AM EDT Mon Oct 5 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Tue          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            
Max/Min Temp          78           44           72           
Min/Max RH %          31           86           38           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      N  4         Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   NW  4        Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                              
Precip Begin                                                 
Precip End                                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    5040                      4150         
Transport Wnd (mph)   NW 14                     SW  1        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    70560                     4150         
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         29 Fair      21 Fair      14 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          76 Good      2 Very Poor  12 Poor      
Max LVORI Early       6            3            5            
Max LVORI Late        1            5            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. South winds around
5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
41 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 39 percent. West
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northwest winds
around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 40 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH
44 percent. East winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 50s. East winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs around 70. Minimum RH 56 percent.
East winds around 5 mph.

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

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