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
142 PM EDT Wed Sep 2 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Temperatures will stay above normal into Friday.
Rain chance stay on the low side into Thursday with some
increasing moisture ahead of a front Friday and into
the weekend with temperatures dropping back to normal.

VAZ023-030815-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
142 PM EDT Wed Sep 2 2026

                      Tonight      Thu          Thu Night    Fri          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           None         None         Showers      Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            20           20           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            20           
Min/Max Temp          70           99           70           97           
Max/Min RH %          85           38           87           40           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      NW  5        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.01         0.07         
Precip Duration                                 0            0            
Precip Begin                                    11 PM        2 PM         
Precip End                                      2 AM         Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 7240                      7220         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W  7                      W 18         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 50680                     129960       
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         14 Gen Poor  54 Gen Good  17 Gen Poor  95 Good      
Max ADI Late          1 Very Poor  72 Good      2 Very Poor  148 Very Good
Max LVORI Early       4            5            4            6            
Max LVORI Late        4            1            6            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Northwest winds around
5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Minimum RH 54 percent. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
62 percent. East winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 60s. East winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs
around 80. Minimum RH 61 percent. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
52 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH
51 percent. West winds around 5 mph.

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

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