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
257 PM EDT Wed Aug 26 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Winds turn southerly through today, with increasing moisture
across the region, bringing minimum relative humidity values into the 45
to 65 percent range, with higher values over the southern Blue 
Ridge. This is also where shower and storm chances are highest
for today/Wednesday. Thursday and Friday will see higher and more 
widespread chances for showers and storms. Dry weather returns by Sunday,
and temperatures increase to 5 to 10 degrees above seasonal normals early
next week.

VAZ023-270815-
Botetourt-
Including the city of Fincastle
257 PM EDT Wed Aug 26 2026

                      Tonight      Thu          Thu Night    Fri          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            50           50           20           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            50           50           20           
Min/Max Temp          64           91           63           89           
Max/Min RH %          98           50           100          49           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  S  3         Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      S  3         Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.00         0.11         0.07         0.00         
Precip Duration                    1            1            0            
Precip Begin                       1 PM         Continuing   2 PM         
Precip End                         Continuing   12 AM        6 PM         
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 5450                      6390         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SW  7                     W  6         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 38150                     38340        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         31 Fair      35 Fair      12 Poor      13 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          1 Very Poor  46 Gen Good  2 Very Poor  41 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       6            9            7            9            
Max LVORI Late        8            2            10           2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. North winds
around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
59 percent. East winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 53 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 44 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 45 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70. West winds around
5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 48 percent.
West winds around 5 mph.

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

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