Heat Builds in the West; Extremely Critical Fire Weather in the Northwest

A heat wave over the Southwest will intensify this week, peaking and expanding into the Intermountain West and northern High Plains this weekend. Critical to extremely critical fire weather conditions are forecast from the Northwest and the northern Great Basin this weekend. Particularly Dangerous Situation Red Flag Warnings have been issued. Read More >

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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
224 AM EDT Sun Aug 2 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Scattered showers/storms will continue over the area as a warm 
front moves into the area. A widespread wetting rainfall is 
expected today and tonight, with repeated rain chances over the 
next several days due to a cold front stalling across the area. 
RH values will be very high.

Winds will be gusty this afternoon from the south, to around
20 knots at times. Despite the elevated winds, the increase in 
moisture and expected wetting rainfall should keep the fire 
weather risk quite low through the forecast period.

VAZ034-022015-
Bedford-
Including the city of Bedford
224 AM EDT Sun Aug 2 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Mon          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     90           70           50           
Chance of Thunder (%) 70           70           50           
Max/Min Temp          83           67           85           
Min/Max RH %          86           100          70           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  SE  5        S  4         Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   S  6         Lgt/Var      SW  4        
Precip Amount         0.64         0.48         0.03         
Precip Duration       10           4            1            
Precip Begin          6 AM         Continuing   2 PM         
Precip End            Continuing   3 AM         Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    2540                      4510         
Transport Wnd (mph)   S 16                      SW  8        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    40640                     36080        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         23 Fair      21 Fair      24 Fair      
Max ADI Late          45 Gen Good  4 Very Poor  37 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       9            9            9            
Max LVORI Late        4            9            4            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. East winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 78 percent.
East winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. East winds
around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 75 percent. South
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 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
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds around
5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 72 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds around
5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 69 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.

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

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