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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
150 PM EDT Sun Aug 23 2026

.DISCUSSION...

A drier airmass will remain across the region through Tuesday
with min RH values falling below 50 percent for both Monday and 
Tuesday. Northwest winds 10 to 20 MPH are expected today. Overall,
fire weather concerns look to remain low given recent rainfall 
across the region.

VAZ034-240815-
Bedford-
Including the city of Bedford
150 PM EDT Sun Aug 23 2026

                      Tonight      Mon          Mon Night    Tue          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           None         None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          58           87           55           87           
Max/Min RH %          83           36           82           35           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  NW  4        W  3         NW  6        Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      W  6         NW  3        Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                                           
Precip Begin                                                              
Precip End                                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 7290                      6570         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W 10                      W  3         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 72900                     19710        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Poor                      
Max ADI Early         61 Good      89 Good      42 Gen Good  39 Fair      
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  100 Good     2 Very Poor  40 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       3            4            3            5            
Max LVORI Late        4            1            4            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH
52 percent. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY 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. 
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 65 percent. South
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH
57 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 61 percent.
Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 63 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.

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