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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
221 PM EDT Sun May 3 2026

.DISCUSSION...
Fairly dry for the next few days. Could see isolated
showers in the mountains Monday afternoon.
High confidence in a wetting rain arriving with a front Wednesday, 
and precipitation lasting into Thursday.


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VAZ034-040815-
Bedford-
Including the city of Bedford
221 PM EDT Sun May 3 2026

                      Tonight      Mon          Mon Night    Tue          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           None         None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          41           78           51           82           
Max/Min RH %          66           35           74           30           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      SW  3        SW  6        SW  6 G18    
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      SW  8 G17    SW  6        S 12 G25     
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                                           
Precip Begin                                                              
Precip End                                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 6530                      7520         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W 16                      S 31         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 104480                    233120       
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Fair                      
Max ADI Early         67 Good      59 Gen Good  64 Good      70 Good      
Max ADI Late          1 Very Poor  93 Good      5 Very Poor  147 Very Good
Max LVORI Early       2            3            2            3            
Max LVORI Late        3            1            3            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the lower 60s. South winds 15 to 20 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the
mid 70s. Minimum RH 63 percent. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Lows in
the mid 50s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Cooler. Highs
in the mid 60s. Minimum RH 56 percent. West winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear with a slight chance of showers.
Colder. Lows in the lower 40s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH 36 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the upper 40s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH
51 percent. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the upper 40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs in the mid
70s. Minimum RH 43 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph.

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

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