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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
202 PM EDT Sat Aug 1 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Scattered showers/storms will continue to spread over the area this 
afternoon, and especially overnight tonight as a warm front moves 
into the area. A widespread wetting rainfall is expected tonight, 
with repeated rain chances over the next several days due to a cold 
front stalling across the area. MinRH this afternoon will be around 
50%, but increases to 70-80% over the next several days. 

Winds will be gusty this afternoon from the south, to around 20-25 
knots at times. Winds reduce overnight, but remain elevated through 
late Sunday with gusts up to 20 knots possible. Despite the elevated 
winds, the increase in moisture and expected wetting rainfall should 
keep the fire weather risk quite low through the forecast period.

VAZ034-020815-
Bedford-
Including the city of Bedford
202 PM EDT Sat Aug 1 2026

                      Tonight      Sun          Sun Night    Mon          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     70           80           90           60           
Chance of Thunder (%) 20           70           70           50           
Min/Max Temp          67           81           69           85           
Max/Min RH %          100          87           100          76           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  S  7 G18     SE  5        SE  4        S  3         
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   SE  5 G17    SE  5        Lgt/Var      S  5         
Precip Amount         0.09         0.52         0.55         0.05         
Precip Duration       4            10           5            4            
Precip Begin          6 PM         Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   
Precip End            Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 2860                      3800         
Transport Wnd (mph)                S 16                      SW 14        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 45760                     53200        
Dispersion            Fair                      Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         32 Fair      23 Fair      35 Fair      36 Fair      
Max ADI Late          9 Poor       48 Gen Good  5 Very Poor  49 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       5            8            9            9            
Max LVORI Late        7            4            9            4            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. South
winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 82 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 80 percent.
South winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds around
5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 75 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds around
5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 71 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds around
5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 69 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.

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