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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
255 PM EDT Mon May 25 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Fire weather concerns will remain low through mid-week per 
daily opportunity for wetting rain.  Stationary front 
over the area will result in periodic rainfall in addition
to a few thunderstorms. Minimum relative humidity is 
is forecast to remain mainly above 70 percent areawide through 
Thursday morning, and surface wind speeds are forecast to 
remain less than 10 mph. An additional 0.5" to 1.5" of wetting 
rain is forecast to fall areawide through Thursday morning, 
with locally higher amounts occurring with thunderstorm 
activity.

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VAZ034-260815-
Bedford-
Including the city of Bedford
255 PM EDT Mon May 25 2026

                      Tonight      Tue          Tue Night    Wed          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     80           90           90           90           
Chance of Thunder (%) 50           50           50           50           
Min/Max Temp          61           80           62           84           
Max/Min RH %          97           81           97           72           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      W  3         
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      W  5         
Precip Amount         0.34         0.41         0.55         0.10         
Precip Duration       8            6            4            5            
Precip Begin          6 PM         Continuing   Continuing   8 AM         
Precip End            Continuing   Continuing   2 AM         Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 3020                      3480         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SW 10                     W 20         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 30200                     69600        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         16 Gen Poor  14 Gen Poor  17 Gen Poor  62 Good      
Max ADI Late          4 Very Poor  35 Fair      2 Very Poor  70 Good      
Max LVORI Early       9            9            10           9            
Max LVORI Late        9            5            10           4            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
56 percent. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. North
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
54 percent. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH 61 percent.
North winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 50s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH 61 percent.
Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. North winds
around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH 52 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph.

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