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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
229 PM EDT Thu Jul 9 2026

.DISCUSSION...
Seasonably warm and humid conditions expected through 
Friday with scattered afternoon and evening showers
and thunderstorms. Rainfall coverage will be hit and miss
with rainfall amounts generally a quarter inch or less. 
There will be some localized amounts upwards of one inch
associated with the stronger thunderstorms. Isolated wind
damage is also possible.

Greater coverage of showers and thunderstorms is likely for the
weekend with the passage of a cold front. Somewhat drier
conditions follow the frontal passage for the beginning of next
week, along with a few days of below normal temperatures.
After that, thing warm back up for the end of the week with 
a return to seasonably warm temperatures.

WVZ042-100815-
Mercer-
Including the cities of Bluefield and Flat Top
229 PM EDT Thu Jul 9 2026

                      Tonight      Fri          Fri Night    Sat          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     30           70           80           90           
Chance of Thunder (%) 20           50           50           50           
Min/Max Temp          64           80           64           76           
Max/Min RH %          100          72           100          84           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  W  4         W  4         W  5         W  5         
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   W  3         W  6         W  4         W  5         
Precip Amount         0.03         0.20         0.19         0.29         
Precip Duration       1            4            5            9            
Precip Begin          6 PM         7 AM         Continuing   Continuing   
Precip End            6 AM         Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 3430                      2500         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W 13                      W 16         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 44590                     40000        
Dispersion            Poor                      Fair                      
Max ADI Early         62 Good      33 Fair      34 Fair      14 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  54 Gen Good  4 Very Poor  43 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       8            9            8            9            
Max LVORI Late        9            4            9            5            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 72 percent.
East winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 60 percent.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
48 percent. East winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. Southwest winds
around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 50 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 55 percent. West
winds around 5 mph.

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