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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
257 PM EDT Wed Aug 26 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Winds turn southerly through today, with increasing moisture
across the region, bringing minimum relative humidity values into the 45
to 65 percent range, with higher values over the southern Blue 
Ridge. This is also where shower and storm chances are highest
for today/Wednesday. Thursday and Friday will see higher and more 
widespread chances for showers and storms. Dry weather returns by Sunday,
and temperatures increase to 5 to 10 degrees above seasonal normals early
next week.

VAZ034-270815-
Bedford-
Including the city of Bedford
257 PM EDT Wed Aug 26 2026

                      Tonight      Thu          Thu Night    Fri          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            40           40           20           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            40           40           20           
Min/Max Temp          65           91           65           89           
Max/Min RH %          100          53           100          53           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  S  3         Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      S  4         Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.00         0.02         0.02         0.00         
Precip Duration                    1            1            0            
Precip Begin                       2 PM         Continuing   2 PM         
Precip End                         Continuing   12 AM        Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 5980                      6280         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SW  8                     W  5         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 47840                     31400        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         41 Gen Good  39 Fair      24 Fair      15 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          3 Very Poor  60 Gen Good  2 Very Poor  31 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       5            8            7            10           
Max LVORI Late        9            2            10           2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Northeast winds around
5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
61 percent. East winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds
around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 55 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 44 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70. West winds around
5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 45 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 47 percent.
West winds around 5 mph.

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