Snow and Extreme Cold Expected for Much of the Area

A winter storm with snow will continuing impacting primarily the southern portion of the region through Saturday night. Dangerously cold wind chills will conclude the event Saturday night and early Sunday. Click here for more details. Read More >

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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
332 AM EST Sat Jan 31 2026

.DISCUSSION... 

...Below Normal Temperatures Through Next Week...
...Light to Moderate Snow Possible Today and Saturday...
...Blowing and Drifting Snow Saturday Night and Sunday...

A winter storm will continue impacting the lower Mid-Atlantic
and southeast US through Saturday night. The highest
accumulations for our region will be along and south of
the VA/NC border.
 
Visit weather.gov/rnk/winter for the latest snowfall projections.

With Arctic air holding in place during the weekend, snow and
ice melt will be minimum to none during the and more weekend.
Temperatures will stay below normal into next week, so any
melting will be limited. Fire danger is expected to remain low
through the first full week of February. There is potential for
another round of a wintry mix of precipitation during the middle
of the week.

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VAZ034-312115-
Bedford-
Including the city of Bedford
332 AM EST Sat Jan 31 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Sun          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Pcldy        Mclear       
Precip Type           Snow Showers Snow Showers None         
Chance Precip (%)     60           40           0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            
Max/Min Temp          22           8            31           
Min/Max RH %          61           70           38           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  NE  5        N  8 G23     NW 14 G31    
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   NE  7        NW 12 G27    NW 13 G28    
Precip Amount         0.03         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       3            1                         
Precip Begin          6 AM         Continuing                
Precip End            Continuing   9 PM                      
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    2680                      3270         
Transport Wnd (mph)   NE 13                     NW 25        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    34840                     81750        
Dispersion                         Excellent                 
Max ADI Early         23 Fair      20 Gen Poor  57 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          28 Fair      20 Gen Poor  64 Good      
Max LVORI Early       4            3            2            
Max LVORI Late        3            2            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY...Breezy. Mostly clear. Lows around 14. Highs in the
upper 30s. Minimum RH 39 percent. West winds 15 to 25 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 18. Highs in the lower 40s.
Minimum RH 52 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow and rain. Lows
in the upper 20s. Highs in the upper 30s. Minimum RH 64 percent.
Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow. Lows in the lower
20s. Highs in the mid 30s. Minimum RH 45 percent. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 18. Highs around 40. Minimum
RH 47 percent. West winds 10 to 15 mph.

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

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