Fire Weather Forecast - Bedford County, VA

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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
211 PM EDT Tue May 19 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Hot and dry conditions continue until Wednesday afternoon, when the 
arrivial and passage of a cold front will trigger showers and some 
thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours. Relative 
humidity values will fall into the 20% to 30% range areawide today, 
and then 20% to 30% in the Piedmont, but 40% to 50% in parts of 
southeast WV and far southwest VA for Wednesday. After that, RH will 
remain high through the end of the week and into the weekend as 
moisture and precipitation chances linger. Forecast rainfall amounts 
through Friday rain from half an inch to an inch, which will be 
beneficial for the area, and may lead to some improvements in the 
ongoing dryness, and thus could reduce the overall fire weather 
threat across the area heading into the warmer months. 

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VAZ034-200815-
Bedford-
Including the city of Bedford
211 PM EDT Tue May 19 2026

                      Tonight      Wed          Wed Night    Thu          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            50           80           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            50           20           
Min/Max Temp          65           95           63           69           
Max/Min RH %          73           33           100          83           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  SW  5        Lgt/Var      W  4         NE  5        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   SW  3        SW  5        Lgt/Var      NE  8 G18    
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.04         0.09         
Precip Duration                                 2            6            
Precip Begin                                    6 PM         Continuing   
Precip End                                      Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 8680                      2410         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SW  7                     NE 16        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 60760                     38560        
Dispersion            Poor                      Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         79 Good      76 Good      22 Fair      42 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          3 Very Poor  94 Good      5 Very Poor  40 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       2            3            3            7            
Max LVORI Late        3            1            7            4            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms.
Lows in the mid 50s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a slight chance
of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 60s. Minimum RH 86 percent.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely. Lows in the
mid 50s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH 84 percent.
East winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds
around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 77 percent.
East winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 75 percent. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 71 percent.
East winds around 5 mph.

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