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
240 PM EDT Wed Oct 14 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Expect a warm day today. Front enters the area tonight into
Thursday though wetting showers look to occur mainly across the 
northern half of the forecast area.

A strong front brings an airmass change later Friday with blustery
winds by Friday evening and colder temperatures for the weekend.

VAZ023-150815-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
240 PM EDT Wed Oct 14 2026

                      Tonight      Thu          Thu Night    Fri          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy        Mclear       
Precip Type           None         Showers      Showers      None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            70           50           0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          65           76           61           86           
Max/Min RH %          99           80           99           48           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  W  3         Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  3        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  8 G21    
Precip Amount         0.00         0.14         0.02         0.00         
Precip Duration                    6            1                         
Precip Begin                       6 AM         Continuing                
Precip End                         Continuing   9 PM                      
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 1650                      5280         
Transport Wnd (mph)                E 10                      W 21         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 16500                     110880       
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         12 Poor      18 Gen Poor  7 Poor       41 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  19 Gen Poor  2 Very Poor  82 Good      
Max LVORI Early       6            8            8            9            
Max LVORI Late        7            5            8            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers.
Lows around 50. Northwest winds 20 to 25 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Minimum RH
46 percent. North winds 15 to 20 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear with a slight chance of rain
showers. Colder. Lows in the mid 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Minimum RH 42 percent.
East winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s. East winds around
5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Minimum RH 49 percent.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Minimum RH
52 percent. Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. North winds
around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH
55 percent. Northeast winds around 5 mph.

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

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