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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
238 PM EDT Tue Jun 30 2026

.DISCUSSION...

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...

Heat risk increases to hazardous levels this week into
the holiday weekend. 

An upper level ridge of high pressure will build across the
eastern U.S. this week. This feature will facilitate warming
temperatures with highs in the 80s to lower 90s in the mountains
and upper 90s to around 100 for the foothills and piedmont. 
The hot temperatures will combine with elevated dewpoints near
70 to produce peak heat indices of 95 to 100 in the mountains 
and 100 to 107 in the foothills and piedmont.

VAZ034-010815-
Bedford-
Including the city of Bedford
238 PM EDT Tue Jun 30 2026

                      Tonight      Wed          Wed Night    Thu          

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          67           98           70           100          
Max/Min RH %          88           38           97           34           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  S  3         Lgt/Var      S  3         Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      E  3         
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                                           
Precip Begin                                                              
Precip End                                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 6450                      8070         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SW  1                     N  1         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 6450                      8070         
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         47 Gen Good  26 Fair      29 Fair      22 Fair      
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  26 Fair      1 Very Poor  21 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       4            6            4            8            
Max LVORI Late        5            2            7            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Minimum RH 34 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 90s. Minimum RH 36 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Minimum RH 43 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 55 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Northwest winds
around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 58 percent.
North winds around 5 mph.

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