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
149 PM EDT Tue Sep 29 2026

.DISCUSSION...

No precipitation and a trend towards milder conditions
is expected through Friday. For this weekend and early
next week, rainfall will increase in coverage as the
area is impacted by a two cold fronts and potentially
taps some tropical moisture.

VAZ023-300815-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
149 PM EDT Tue Sep 29 2026

                      Tonight      Wed          Wed Night    Thu          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Pcldy        Mclear       
Precip Type           None         None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          55           86           57           90           
Max/Min RH %          100          38           87           30           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  3        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                                           
Precip Begin                                                              
Precip End                                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 5380                      6880         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SW  7                     SW  9        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 37660                     61920        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         5 Very Poor  22 Fair      10 Poor      40 Fair      
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  44 Gen Good  1 Very Poor  66 Good      
Max LVORI Early       6            9            3            6            
Max LVORI Late        9            1            5            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH
41 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a slight chance
of thunderstorms. Not as warm. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH
70 percent. Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Lows around 60. East winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely. Highs around 70.
Minimum RH 78 percent. Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 50s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the lower 70s. Minimum RH 51 percent. Northwest winds around
5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. North winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH 43 percent.
Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.

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

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