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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
154 PM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop across the lower
Mid-Atlantic late this afternoon and evening, resulting in 
potentially another round of localized wetting rainfall. Minimum 
RH holding at 60 percent or above areawide today. Given this wet 
pattern, there are currently no fire weather concerns at this 
time. 

A drier airmass arrives tomorrow, with min RH values falling 
below 50 percent into the mid 30% to 50% range. Breezy northwest 
winds are expected through Monday.

VAZ034-230815-
Bedford-
Including the city of Bedford
154 PM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026

                      Tonight      Sun          Sun Night    Mon          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Clear        Clear        Clear        
Precip Type           Tstms        None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     40           0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 20           0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          62           86           57           86           
Max/Min RH %          99           38           86           35           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  S  3         NW  7 G18    NW  5        W  3         
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   W  4         NW  8        Lgt/Var      W  6         
Precip Amount         0.11         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       1                                                   
Precip Begin          6 PM                                                
Precip End            2 AM                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 7060                      7510         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NW 16                     W  9         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 112960                    67590        
Dispersion            Poor                      Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         21 Fair      76 Good      66 Good      88 Good      
Max ADI Late          4 Very Poor  101 Very Good2 Very Poor  94 Good      
Max LVORI Early       8            7            3            5            
Max LVORI Late        8            1            5            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 38 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH
50 percent. East winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 67 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 slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 61 percent. West
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 59 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph.

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