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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
309 PM EDT Fri Sep 18 2026

.DISCUSSION...

A cold front over the northern Mid-Atlantic will cross the 
forecast area tonight, then stall over the area for this
weekend. This will bring daily opportunity for scattered 
showers and thunderstorms with best coverage Sunday through
Tuesday. The combination of cloud cover, higher humidity
and showers should mitigate fire concerns. Temperatures are
also expected to trend cooler.

VAZ034-190815-
Bedford-
Including the city of Bedford
309 PM EDT Fri Sep 18 2026

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Showers      None         Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     50           20           0            40           
Chance of Thunder (%) 50           0            0            20           
Min/Max Temp          65           79           65           85           
Max/Min RH %          95           67           98           63           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  NE  3        NE  6        E  3         Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   NE  4        E  5         Lgt/Var      S  4         
Precip Amount         0.12         0.05         0.00         0.10         
Precip Duration       2            1                         1            
Precip Begin          6 PM         Continuing                2 PM         
Precip End            Continuing   1 PM                      Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 2820                      4200         
Transport Wnd (mph)                E  5                      SW  9        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 14100                     37800        
Dispersion            Poor                      Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         9 Poor       20 Gen Poor  14 Gen Poor  26 Fair      
Max ADI Late          5 Very Poor  17 Gen Poor  1 Very Poor  30 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       6            6            6            8            
Max LVORI Late        6            4            8            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 68 percent.
Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a slight chance
of thunderstorms. Cooler. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH
89 percent. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Northeast winds
15 to 20 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs in the
mid 60s. Minimum RH 93 percent. Northeast winds 15 to 20 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows
in the upper 50s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
upper 60s. Minimum RH 82 percent. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 50s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the lower 70s. Minimum RH 65 percent. North winds 5 to 10 mph.

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