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
238 PM EDT Sun Jul 5 2026

.DISCUSSION...


A slight cooling period will continue, with temperatures in the 
Mountains expected to be in the low to mid 80s, and Piedmont 
locations likely remaining in the 90s. This will mean heat index 
values will peak in the low 90s across the mountains, and the low
upper 90s across the Piedmont. Each day the region looks to cool 
by a few degrees, which will bring temperatures back to seasonal 
values for this time of the year. 

Increasing chances for showers and thunderstorms beginning 
today and into next week may cause issues with lightning- 
started fires; however, they will also bring much needed rainfall
to the region.

VAZ034-060815-
Bedford-
Including the city of Bedford
238 PM EDT Sun Jul 5 2026

                      Tonight      Mon          Mon Night    Tue          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     40           60           60           60           
Chance of Thunder (%) 40           60           60           50           
Min/Max Temp          71           92           67           91           
Max/Min RH %          91           45           100          59           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      SW  3        Lgt/Var      W  3         
Precip Amount         0.02         0.10         0.15         0.08         
Precip Duration       1            3            3            4            
Precip Begin          6 PM         1 PM         Continuing   6 AM         
Precip End            12 AM        Continuing   2 AM         Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 5970                      5970         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W  3                      NW 13        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 17910                     77610        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         25 Fair      16 Gen Poor  13 Gen Poor  55 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          1 Very Poor  22 Fair      3 Very Poor  62 Good      
Max LVORI Early       5            9            6            9            
Max LVORI Late        8            2            9            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 57 percent.
North winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Northeast winds around
5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Minimum RH 51 percent. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. West winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 53 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows around 70. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 55 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH
53 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph.

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