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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
316 AM EDT Wed Sep 2 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Temperatures will stay above normal into the end of the week.
Rain chance stay on the low side into Thursday with some
increasing moisture ahead of a front Friday and into
the weekend with temperatures dropping back to normal.

VAZ034-022015-
Bedford-
Including the city of Bedford
316 AM EDT Wed Sep 2 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Thu          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            
Max/Min Temp          98           71           99           
Min/Max RH %          41           84           39           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      W  3         
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                              
Precip Begin                                                 
Precip End                                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    7310                      9630         
Transport Wnd (mph)   W  3                      W  8         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    21930                     77040        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         16 Gen Poor  11 Poor      31 Fair      
Max ADI Late          36 Fair      1 Very Poor  85 Good      
Max LVORI Early       5            4            6            
Max LVORI Late        2            5            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Minimum RH 45 percent.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with showers likely and a slight chance
of thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Minimum RH 56 percent. North
winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the lower 80s. Minimum RH 57 percent. East winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 60s. East winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the lower 80s. Minimum RH 57 percent. Southeast winds around
5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds
around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
52 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph.

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

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