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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
223 PM EST Fri Nov 6 2026

.DISCUSSION...

The cold front that crossed the region this morning is continuing
its journey eastward. A reinforcing cold front will cross the 
area overnight. With it will come increasing northwest winds with
gusts of 20 to 30 mph across the mountains and 15 to 25 mph over
the Piedmont region. These gusty winds will continue through
mid-day Saturday, before a slow decrease through Saturday evening.
Other than some isolated showers across portions of Southeast
West Virginia this evening, no precipitation is expected for the
region until the latter half of next week.

Temperatures will be coolest on Sunday, then gradually increase
through mid-week. Minimum relative humidities for the early to
middle part of next week will generally be in the 20s and 30s
percent range.

The next chance of precipitation will be during the latter half
of next week, along with cooler temperatures.

VAZ034-070915-
Bedford-
Including the city of Bedford
223 PM EST Fri Nov 6 2026

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Clear        Clear        Clear        
Precip Type           None         None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          40           62           34           68           
Max/Min RH %          80           38           97           29           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  NW  7 G20    NW 10 G23    NW  7 G19    NW  6        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   NW 10 G22    NW 11 G21    NW  6        W  6         
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                                           
Precip Begin                                                              
Precip End                                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 3970                      2720         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NW 18                     W 10         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 71460                     27200        
Dispersion            Good                      Fair                      
Max ADI Early         9 Poor       44 Gen Good  12 Poor      30 Fair      
Max ADI Late          11 Poor      54 Gen Good  6 Very Poor  36 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       4            3            4            5            
Max LVORI Late        4            2            5            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s. West winds 15 to
20 mph. 
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Minimum RH 33 percent.
West winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s. West winds 5 to
10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH 31 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. West winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH
36 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40. Northwest winds
around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Minimum RH
41 percent. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain.
Lows in the upper 30s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Minimum RH
40 percent. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

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