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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
201 PM EST Wed Nov 11 2026

.DISCUSSION...
Moisture starts increasing ahead of a front that moves across
Thursday. Should bring some wetting showers to the mountains,
but appears most will be limited to none at all for rain.

Colder air pushes in behind this front Thursday night
into Friday and west to northwest winds also increase. Look
for snow showers at times in the mountains while things stay
dry to the east. Wind gusts 15 to 30 mph will be common Friday
into Saturday.

Dry and unseasonably cool weather remains into early next week.

VAZ023-120930-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
201 PM EST Wed Nov 11 2026

                      Tonight      Thu          Thu Night    Fri          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Showers      Showers      None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     20           20           0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          44           62           38           52           
Max/Min RH %          96           59           86           46           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      W  3 G20     NW  9 G23    NW  9 G24    
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      W 10 G23     NW  9 G23    NW  9 G21    
Precip Amount         0.02         0.01         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       0            1                                      
Precip Begin          3 AM         Continuing                             
Precip End            Continuing   4 PM                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 4200                      5200         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W 21                      NW 15        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 88200                     78000        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Excellent                 
Max ADI Early         4 Very Poor  64 Good      23 Fair      51 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          4 Very Poor  59 Gen Good  13 Gen Poor  53 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       4            6            4            4            
Max LVORI Late        5            3            4            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s. Minimum RH 48 percent.
Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 30. Northwest winds
10 to 15 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Minimum RH 45 percent.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Minimum RH 45 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 30. North winds around
5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Minimum RH 43 percent.
Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s. North winds
around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Minimum RH
35 percent. North winds around 5 mph.

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

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