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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
225 PM EDT Sun Jul 26 2026

.DISCUSSION...

A disturbance arriving this evening is expected to trigger a
broken line of showers and a few thunderstorms during the 
evening, which will pass across the Piedmont. Wetting rainfall 
totals ranging from less than 0.10 to locally 0.50 inch are 
possible. The next potential for widespread wetting rain will
return late Monday night as a line of thunderstorms arrives from 
the north, and again on Tuesday, with the redevelopment of storms 
across the area in the afternoon.

VAZ034-270815-
Bedford-
Including the city of Bedford
225 PM EDT Sun Jul 26 2026

                      Tonight      Mon          Mon Night    Tue          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        None         None         Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     30           0            0            70           
Chance of Thunder (%) 30           0            0            50           
Min/Max Temp          63           89           66           88           
Max/Min RH %          100          50           97           63           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      NW  3        Lgt/Var      SW  5        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      W  9 G20     
Precip Amount         0.11         0.00         0.00         0.15         
Precip Duration       1                                      8            
Precip Begin          6 PM                                   6 AM         
Precip End            2 AM                                   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 5870                      4260         
Transport Wnd (mph)                N  7                      S 12         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 41090                     51120        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         42 Gen Good  17 Gen Poor  25 Fair      46 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  45 Gen Good  1 Very Poor  60 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       8            10           6            8            
Max LVORI Late        10           3            7            4            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the upper 60s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 53 percent.
Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 50 percent.
Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. North winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 51 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 65 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. South
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 78 percent. South
winds around 5 mph.

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