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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
201 PM EDT Mon Sep 14 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Drier weather expected through at least Wednesday with
lower humidity. Min RH values each afternoon are expected to fall into
the upper 30s to lower 40s percent range east of the mountains, and
mid 40 to low 50 percent range west of the Blue Ridge mountains. 
An increasing chance of rain, along with more humid conditions 
will return for late week and into the weekend; however, rain
chances look to remain low at this time, with no significant
upper level feature forecast to bring widespread rain at this time.
Overall, there are no fire weather concerns at this time; however,
continued dry and hot conditions may increase concerns without a substantial
wetting rain over the coming weeks.

VAZ034-150830-
Bedford-
Including the city of Bedford
201 PM EDT Mon Sep 14 2026

                      Tonight      Tue          Tue Night    Wed          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           None         None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          57           81           58           89           
Max/Min RH %          72           49           93           42           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  NE  6        NE  3        Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   NE  4        SE  3        Lgt/Var      SE  3        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                                           
Precip Begin                                                              
Precip End                                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 4270                      4150         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SE  5                     SE  2        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 21350                     8300         
Dispersion            Fair                      Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         26 Fair      23 Fair      15 Gen Poor  13 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          11 Poor      22 Fair      1 Very Poor  13 Gen Poor  
Max LVORI Early       3            3            4            7            
Max LVORI Late        3            2            7            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 60. Southeast winds around
5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 41 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Sunny with a chance of showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 44 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. North winds
around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH
49 percent. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Sunny with a chance of showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 49 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 60s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
63 percent. South winds 5 to 10 mph.

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