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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
309 AM EDT Sat Sep 19 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Should have more clouds today and cooler temperatures but humidity
stays elevated. Shower chances increase into early next week
with wetting rains likely for most of the area.

VAZ034-192015-
Bedford-
Including the city of Bedford
309 AM EDT Sat Sep 19 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Sun          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Showers      None         Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     30           0            30           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            20           
Max/Min Temp          80           64           86           
Min/Max RH %          64           95           58           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  NE  5        E  3         Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   E  4         Lgt/Var      S  4         
Precip Amount         0.04         0.00         0.12         
Precip Duration       1                         1            
Precip Begin          6 AM                      1 PM         
Precip End            12 PM                     Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    3210                      4790         
Transport Wnd (mph)   E  7                      SW 10        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    22470                     47900        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         23 Fair      15 Gen Poor  25 Fair      
Max ADI Late          22 Fair      2 Very Poor  52 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       5            5            7            
Max LVORI Late        3            7            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 72 percent.
Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a slight chance
of thunderstorms. Cooler. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH
89 percent. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely. Lows in the
upper 50s. Northeast winds 15 to 20 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 60s. Minimum RH
95 percent. Northeast winds 15 to 20 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows
in the mid 50s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs in the
mid 60s. Minimum RH 83 percent. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 50s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny. Highs around 70. Minimum RH 65 percent.
North winds 5 to 10 mph.

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