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
1233 PM EDT Fri Jul 17 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Moisture will gradually increase today into the weekend as a 
cold front approaches from the Great Lakes region. Coverage 
of showers and thunderstorms today will be isolated to widely 
scattered mainly in the mountains, however coverage will 
increase for Saturday as the cold front draws closer. Some 
storms could be strong to severe with damaging winds as the
main threat. Despite smoke from wildfires in Canada passing 
across the region, strong heating today will allow for minimum 
RH values this afternoon to fall into the 30s and 40s percent 
across the Piedmont, and mainly higher values over the 
mountains. Winds today will remain less than 10 mph areawide.

VAZ034-180830-
Bedford-
Including the city of Bedford
1233 PM EDT Fri Jul 17 2026

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            50           40           40           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            50           40           40           
Min/Max Temp          73           93           70           92           
Max/Min RH %          90           46           93           54           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      W  5         W  4         
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      W  7 G17     W  4         NW  3        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.04         0.03         0.00         
Precip Duration                    1            1            1            
Precip Begin                       12 PM        Continuing   2 PM         
Precip End                         Continuing   2 AM         Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 6690                      6040         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W 16                      W  6         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 107040                    36240        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Fair                      
Max ADI Early         47 Gen Good  75 Good      37 Fair      40 Fair      
Max ADI Late          1 Very Poor  104 Very Good5 Very Poor  45 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       3            6            5            6            
Max LVORI Late        6            1            6            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Northeast
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 63 percent. East
winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Minimum RH 57 percent. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 57 percent.
West winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 48 percent.
North winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. North
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
51 percent. Southeast winds around 5 mph.

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