Fire Weather Forecast - Bedford County, VA

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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
230 PM EDT Fri Aug 14 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Scattered shower and thunderstorms will be with us into 
early next week, but not everyone will see wetting rain.
Humidity levels remain elevated.

VAZ034-150815-
Bedford-
Including the city of Bedford
230 PM EDT Fri Aug 14 2026

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     40           50           40           20           
Chance of Thunder (%) 40           50           40           20           
Min/Max Temp          70           87           68           91           
Max/Min RH %          100          62           100          63           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  NW  3        Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  5        
Precip Amount         0.15         0.06         0.05         0.01         
Precip Duration       3            2            1            1            
Precip Begin          6 PM         Continuing   Continuing   8 AM         
Precip End            Continuing   Continuing   2 AM         6 PM         
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 3770                      4950         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NE  1                     W 20         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 3770                      99000        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         41 Gen Good  12 Poor      9 Poor       49 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  11 Poor      2 Very Poor  107 Very Good
Max LVORI Early       6            9            9            9            
Max LVORI Late        7            3            9            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. West winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Minimum RH 59 percent. West winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 57 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Northeast winds around
5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH
56 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70. Southwest winds
around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Minimum RH 55 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the upper 60s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 61 percent. East
winds around 5 mph.

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

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