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
232 AM EDT Tue Oct 13 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Warmer and dry into Wednesday. A cold front brings some wetting showers
to mainly the mountains Thursday. A stronger front but mainly dry one
will pass through Friday with breezy/windy west winds following it.
Turning colder and drier air will for the weekend.

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Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
232 AM EDT Tue Oct 13 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Wed          

Cloud Cover           Clear        Clear        Clear        
Precip Type           None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            
Max/Min Temp          84           59           87           
Min/Max RH %          48           92           48           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      W  3         Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   W  3         W  3         W  4         
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                              
Precip Begin                                                 
Precip End                                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    5040                      5060         
Transport Wnd (mph)   W 13                      W 14         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    65520                     70840        
Dispersion                         Poor                      
Max ADI Early         7 Poor       11 Poor      41 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          72 Good      2 Very Poor  79 Good      
Max LVORI Early       5            4            6            
Max LVORI Late        3            5            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely. Highs in the mid
70s. Minimum RH 80 percent. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 61 percent.
West winds 15 to 20 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cooler. Lows in the mid 40s.
Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Much cooler. Highs in the upper 50s. Minimum
RH 41 percent. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs around 60. Minimum RH 43 percent. South
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s. South winds around
5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Minimum RH 48 percent.
South winds around 5 mph.

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

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