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
243 PM EDT Thu Jun 18 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Unsettled weather is expected through tonight. Scattered
to numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected through
tonight as a cold front works its way across the region.
Strong wind gusts and the potential for scattered wind damage
and localized flooding are possible. 

Dry weather returns Friday afternoon into the weekend, with
another chance for showers/storms Monday.

WVZ042-190815-
Mercer-
Including the cities of Bluefield and Flat Top
243 PM EDT Thu Jun 18 2026

                      Tonight      Fri          Fri Night    Sat          

Cloud Cover           Cloudy       Pcldy        Mclear       Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Showers      None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     90           70           0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 50           0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          62           74           54           76           
Max/Min RH %          100          53           97           48           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  W  5 G20     NW  3        NW  5 G17    W  3         
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      NW  8 G19    Lgt/Var      NW  6        
Precip Amount         0.25         0.04         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       8            2                                      
Precip Begin          6 PM         Continuing                             
Precip End            Continuing   9 AM                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 5600                      5470         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NW 21                     NW  6        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 117600                    32820        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         59 Gen Good  81 Good      108 Very Good64 Good      
Max ADI Late          8 Poor       113 Very Good2 Very Poor  67 Good      
Max LVORI Early       7            9            5            7            
Max LVORI Late        9            3            8            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 46 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 60s. South winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the
upper 70s. Minimum RH 80 percent. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
mid 70s. Minimum RH 62 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 54 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. West
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 55 percent.
West winds around 5 mph.

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