Fire Weather Forecast - Bedford County, VA

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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
148 PM EDT Tue Sep 15 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Drier weather expected through at least Wednesday with
lower humidity. Temperatures increase to above normal through the
week, and moisture gradually trends higher, though afternoon 
mixing will keep minimum RH values in the upper 30s to lower 40s 
percent range east of the mountains, and mid 40 to low 50 percent 
range west of the Blue Ridge mountains through at least the middle
of the week. An increasing chance of rain, along with more humid 
conditions will return for late week and into the weekend; 
however, rain chances will remain low at this time, with no 
significant upper level feature forecast to bring widespread rain.
Continued dry and hot conditions may increase fire weather 
concerns without a substantial wetting rain over the coming weeks.

VAZ034-160830-
Bedford-
Including the city of Bedford
148 PM EDT Tue Sep 15 2026

                      Tonight      Wed          Wed Night    Thu          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Clear        Mclear       
Precip Type           None         None         None         Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            20           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            20           
Min/Max Temp          56           87           61           93           
Max/Min RH %          97           44           93           40           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      SE  3        Lgt/Var      W  3         
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                              0            
Precip Begin                                                 2 PM         
Precip End                                                   6 PM         
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 4110                      5880         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SE  3                     W  6         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 12330                     35280        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         14 Gen Poor  9 Poor       13 Gen Poor  12 Poor      
Max ADI Late          1 Very Poor  19 Gen Poor  1 Very Poor  50 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       4            7            4            6            
Max LVORI Late        7            2            6            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. West
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 55 percent.
North winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Northeast
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
62 percent. East winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 56 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
62 percent. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
74 percent. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.

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