Heat Builds in the West; Extremely Critical Fire Weather in the Northwest

A heat wave over the Southwest will intensify this week, peaking and expanding into the Intermountain West and northern High Plains this weekend. Critical to extremely critical fire weather conditions are forecast from the Northwest and the northern Great Basin this weekend. Particularly Dangerous Situation Red Flag Warnings have been issued. Read More >

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

.DISCUSSION...

Winds will shift from the south today, with gusts increasing 
into the 15 mph to 25 mph range, as a low pressure system 
approaches from the west. The southerly winds will make for 
increasing moisture/humidity compared to the past few days, with 
minimum afternoon relative humidity holding above 40 percent 
under a mixture of clouds and sunshine. A few showers and storms 
will develop along the Blue Ridge with afternoon heating, however 
coverage of wetting rainfall will increase tonight through Sunday 
as an associated cold front approaches from the west. Due to the 
scattered nature of the rainfall, totals through Sunday night may 
range from 0.25 inch to locally 2+ inches under strong thunder-
storm activity.

VAZ034-012030-
Bedford-
Including the city of Bedford
407 AM EDT Sat Aug 1 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Sun          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           None         Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            60           80           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            20           50           
Max/Min Temp          87           67           82           
Min/Max RH %          52           97           79           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      SE  8 G19    SE  5        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   S  8 G18     SE  6 G18    SE  5        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.09         0.36         
Precip Duration                    3            8            
Precip Begin                       9 PM         Continuing   
Precip End                         Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    6150                      3650         
Transport Wnd (mph)   S 18                      S 14         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    110700                    51100        
Dispersion                         Good                      
Max ADI Early         48 Gen Good  42 Gen Good  23 Fair      
Max ADI Late          81 Good      10 Poor      50 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       6            3            5            
Max LVORI Late        1            4            4            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Lows in
the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 78 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 76 percent.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. South
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 73 percent. South
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds around
5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 69 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly 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 upper 80s. Minimum RH 67 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.

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

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