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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
255 PM EDT Wed Apr 1 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Showers and thunderstorms are expected today, along and west of
the Blue Ridge, as well as north of Interstate 64, where storms
look to be more organized. Primary hazard with storms today are
damaging winds and hail. Convective activity will wind down
tonight.

High pressure will be centered just offshore of the Mid- Atlantic
coast the next several days, and clockwise flow around the high 
will result in southwest winds. This pattern will favor warm 
weather for the rest of the week along with some increasing 
moisture. Dewpoints will trend up resulting in higher minimum 
relative humidity along with periodic cloud cover and a chance of
mainly afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. The 
precipitation is expected to be scattered and mainly confined to 
the mountains.

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VAZ023-020815-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
255 PM EDT Wed Apr 1 2026

                      Tonight      Thu          Thu Night    Fri          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Mclear       Mclear       Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     50           20           0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 50           20           0            0            
Min/Max Temp          58           84           58           83           
Max/Min RH %          92           43           86           38           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  SW  3        Lgt/Var      S  6 G19     S  4 G17     
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      S  6 G19     S  4         S  6 G18     
Precip Amount         0.08         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       1            0                                      
Precip Begin          6 PM         2 PM                                   
Precip End            1 AM         5 PM                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 6380                      6640         
Transport Wnd (mph)                S 16                      SW  8        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 102080                    53120        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Fair                      
Max ADI Early         29 Fair      30 Fair      56 Gen Good  34 Fair      
Max ADI Late          3 Very Poor  82 Good      5 Very Poor  47 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       3            7            3            5            
Max LVORI Late        6            1            4            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Lows around 60. Highs in the lower 80s.
Minimum RH 43 percent. South winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Showers, cooler. Lows around 60. Highs in the upper
60s. Minimum RH 45 percent. West winds 15 to 20 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly clear. A slight chance of showers. Lows in the
lower 40s. Highs in the lower 60s. Minimum RH 26 percent.
Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 40. Highs in the lower 60s.
Minimum RH 28 percent. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the
upper 50s. Minimum RH 26 percent. East winds 5 to 10 mph.

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

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