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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
126 PM EDT Sun Jun 21 2026

.DISCUSSION...
Dry weather is expected through tonight. Scattered showers 
and thunderstorms are forecasted for Monday, some of which may 
produce damaging wind gusts and localized flash flooding. 
Total rainfall could be in the 0.25-0.75 inch range with 
locally higher possible. This will be followed by widely 
scattered afternoon & evening storms later this week.

VAZ034-220815-
Bedford-
Including the city of Bedford
126 PM EDT Sun Jun 21 2026

                      Tonight      Mon          Mon Night    Tue          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            80           70           30           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            70           70           30           
Min/Max Temp          64           93           64           86           
Max/Min RH %          77           46           97           49           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      S  4 G18     SW  4        NW  5        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      SW  9 G19    W  3         NW  7        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.21         0.18         0.00         
Precip Duration                    3            2            1            
Precip Begin                       2 PM         Continuing   2 PM         
Precip End                         Continuing   1 AM         6 PM         
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 6760                      5840         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SW 22                     N 12         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 148720                    70080        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Poor                      
Max ADI Early         49 Gen Good  97 Good      32 Fair      64 Good      
Max ADI Late          1 Very Poor  112 Very Good5 Very Poor  65 Good      
Max LVORI Early       3            4            6            6            
Max LVORI Late        4            1            6            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 38 percent.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. East
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 48 percent.
South winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 51 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 47 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 45 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph.

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