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
258 AM EDT Wed Jul 29 2026

.DISCUSSION...
Dry weather is expected through Friday featuring sunny skies
and lower humidity. Rain chances increase again by this coming
weekend, persisting into early next week.

WVZ042-292015-
Mercer-
Including the cities of Bluefield and Flat Top
258 AM EDT Wed Jul 29 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Thu          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Mclear       Clear        
Precip Type           None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            
Max/Min Temp          75           56           76           
Min/Max RH %          63           100          55           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  NW  6        NW  5 G17    NW  3        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   NW  8 G18    Lgt/Var      NW  5        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                              
Precip Begin                                                 
Precip End                                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    4740                      4780         
Transport Wnd (mph)   NW 20                     NW 13        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    94800                     62140        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         61 Good      84 Good      52 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          103 Very Good7 Poor       74 Good      
Max LVORI Early       6            6            9            
Max LVORI Late        3            9            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest winds
around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 46 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds
around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 57 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 77 percent.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 77 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 70 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.

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

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