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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
143 PM EDT Sat Sep 5 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Temperatures will stay above normal through today.
Showers and thunderstorm chances remain through Sunday.
A frontal passage will bring drier weather and
lower temperatures to the area for early next week, before the 
heat rebuilds over the region towards the middle of next week.
There are no fire weather concerns at this time.

VAZ034-060815-
Bedford-
Including the city of Bedford
143 PM EDT Sat Sep 5 2026

                      Tonight      Sun          Sun Night    Mon          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        Mclear       
Precip Type           Tstms        Showers      None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     50           40           0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 50           0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          64           80           59           83           
Max/Min RH %          100          64           99           49           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  N  3         NE  5        NE  4        NE  4        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      NE  6        NE  3        E  6         
Precip Amount         0.05         0.04         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       2            2                                      
Precip Begin          6 PM         Continuing                             
Precip End            Continuing   5 PM                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 3550                      6720         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NE 14                     E  6         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 49700                     40320        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Poor                      
Max ADI Early         16 Gen Poor  28 Fair      33 Fair      69 Good      
Max ADI Late          3 Very Poor  47 Gen Good  5 Very Poor  67 Good      
Max LVORI Early       7            9            4            7            
Max LVORI Late        9            4            7            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds
around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 47 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. South winds around
5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH
44 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 45 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the mid 80s. Minimum RH 48 percent. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60. North winds around
5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs
in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 50 percent. Southeast winds around
5 mph.

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

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