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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
257 PM EDT Wed Aug 26 2026
.DISCUSSION...
Winds turn southerly through today, with increasing moisture
across the region, bringing minimum relative humidity values into the 45
to 65 percent range, with higher values over the southern Blue
Ridge. This is also where shower and storm chances are highest
for today/Wednesday. Thursday and Friday will see higher and more
widespread chances for showers and storms. Dry weather returns by Sunday,
and temperatures increase to 5 to 10 degrees above seasonal normals early
next week.
VAZ034-270815-
Bedford-
Including the city of Bedford
257 PM EDT Wed Aug 26 2026
Tonight Thu Thu Night Fri
Cloud Cover Pcldy Pcldy Pcldy Pcldy
Precip Type None Tstms Tstms Tstms
Chance Precip (%) 0 40 40 20
Chance of Thunder (%) 0 40 40 20
Min/Max Temp 65 91 65 89
Max/Min RH % 100 53 100 53
Wind 20ft/early(mph) S 3 Lgt/Var Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
Wind 20ft/late(mph) Lgt/Var S 4 Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
Precip Amount 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.00
Precip Duration 1 1 0
Precip Begin 2 PM Continuing 2 PM
Precip End Continuing 12 AM Continuing
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 5980 6280
Transport Wnd (mph) SW 8 W 5
Vent Rate (mph-ft) 47840 31400
Dispersion Very Poor Very Poor
Max ADI Early 41 Gen Good 39 Fair 24 Fair 15 Gen Poor
Max ADI Late 3 Very Poor 60 Gen Good 2 Very Poor 31 Fair
Max LVORI Early 5 8 7 10
Max LVORI Late 9 2 10 2
Remarks...None.
.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
61 percent. East winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds
around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 55 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 44 percent.
West winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70. West winds around
5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 45 percent.
West winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. West winds
around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 47 percent.
West winds around 5 mph.
.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
Temperatures above normal. Precipitation near normal.