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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
244 PM EDT Fri Jul 24 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Deeper moisture continues to rise over cooler northeasterly air 
hugging the surface through tonight and into tomorrow. This will 
mean scattered showers and drizzle, with just a low chance for a 
thunderstorm tomorrow afternoon. Confidence in widespread wetting 
rain is low to moderate through Saturday, and rainfall totals are
also expected to be low. Minimum relative humidity values drop to
50 to 60 percent by tomorrow and Monday afternoons areawide as 
drier air filters in.

VAZ034-250815-
Bedford-
Including the city of Bedford
244 PM EDT Fri Jul 24 2026

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        Mclear       
Precip Type           Rain         Rain         None         Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     80           60           0            20           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            20           
Min/Max Temp          61           77           61           87           
Max/Min RH %          100          75           100          51           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      NE  3        Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.14         0.09         0.00         0.01         
Precip Duration       5            1                         0            
Precip Begin          7 PM         Continuing                2 PM         
Precip End            Continuing   11 AM                     6 PM         
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 2830                      5910         
Transport Wnd (mph)                N  0                      NW  3        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 0                         17730        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         16 Gen Poor  12 Poor      2 Very Poor  35 Fair      
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  15 Gen Poor  2 Very Poor  35 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       5            10           9            10           
Max LVORI Late        10           5            10           2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH
52 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms and
a slight chance of showers. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 62 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. West winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH
52 percent. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 50 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. North winds
around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 52 percent.
West winds around 5 mph.

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