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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
319 AM EDT Sun Jun 21 2026

.DISCUSSION...
Dry weather is expected through tonight. Scattered showers 
and thunderstorms are forecasted for Monday, some of which may 
produce damaging wind gusts and localized flash flooding. This 
will be followed by widely scattered afternoon & evening storms 
later this week.

VAZ034-212015-
Bedford-
Including the city of Bedford
319 AM EDT Sun Jun 21 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Mon          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            80           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            70           
Max/Min Temp          90           63           92           
Min/Max RH %          35           89           51           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      S  3 G18     
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   W  4         Lgt/Var      SW  9 G18    
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.16         
Precip Duration                                 3            
Precip Begin                                    12 PM        
Precip End                                      Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    8220                      6070         
Transport Wnd (mph)   W 12                      SW 20        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    98640                     121400       
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         41 Gen Good  46 Gen Good  121 Very Good
Max ADI Late          94 Good      1 Very Poor  102 Very Good
Max LVORI Early       5            3            6            
Max LVORI Late        1            4            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms
likely. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 46 percent.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 38 percent.
North winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds
around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 51 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 49 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 44 percent.
West winds around 5 mph.

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