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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
215 PM EDT Fri Aug 21 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Additional widely scattered showers and thunderstorms will 
develop across the lower Mid-Atlantic this afternoon and evening, 
resulting in potentially another round of localized wetting 
rainfall. Minimum RH holding at 50 percent or above areawide, with
most areas holding well above 50 percent for most of the day.
Given this wet pattern, there are currently no fire weather
concerns at this time. 

A drier airmass arrives on Sunday with min RH values falling
below 50 percent. Breezy northwest winds through Monday.

VAZ034-220815-
Bedford-
Including the city of Bedford
215 PM EDT Fri Aug 21 2026

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Mclear       
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        None         
Chance Precip (%)     80           40           40           0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 50           40           40           0            
Min/Max Temp          64           85           62           85           
Max/Min RH %          100          67           100          46           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      NW  6 G17    
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      W  3         NW  8        
Precip Amount         0.31         0.05         0.09         0.00         
Precip Duration       5            2            1                         
Precip Begin          6 PM         Continuing   Continuing                
Precip End            Continuing   Continuing   2 AM                      
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 3650                      7250         
Transport Wnd (mph)                E  2                      W 12         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 7300                      87000        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         11 Poor      9 Poor       13 Gen Poor  61 Good      
Max ADI Late          3 Very Poor  10 Poor      2 Very Poor  93 Good      
Max LVORI Early       6            9            8            9            
Max LVORI Late        9            5            9            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 44 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 51 percent.
North winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds
around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly 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. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 71 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 62 percent. West
winds around 5 mph.

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