Fire Weather Forecast - Mercer County, WV

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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
222 PM EDT Wed Jul 22 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Slow moving front will keep wetting showers/few storms in
the forecast into Thursday. However, better chances will be across
southern VA into North Carolina. Should be drier Friday into the weekend
but a few storms will be possible each afternoon.

WVZ042-230815-
Mercer-
Including the cities of Bluefield and Flat Top
222 PM EDT Wed Jul 22 2026

                      Tonight      Thu          Thu Night    Fri          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           Showers      None         Showers      Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     30           0            20           40           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            20           
Min/Max Temp          59           76           58           74           
Max/Min RH %          99           61           99           77           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  NW  3        Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SE  4        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SE  3        SE  4        
Precip Amount         0.04         0.00         0.00         0.01         
Precip Duration       1                         0            1            
Precip Begin          6 PM                      6 PM         8 AM         
Precip End            2 AM                      9 PM         Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 4200                      3220         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W  3                      SE 10        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 12600                     32200        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         27 Fair      11 Poor      8 Poor       37 Fair      
Max ADI Late          4 Very Poor  18 Gen Poor  4 Very Poor  39 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       7            9            7            8            
Max LVORI Late        8            3            9            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the lower 60s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH 80 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 69 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 63 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 65 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
61 percent. West winds around 5 mph.

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