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
143 PM EDT Sat Sep 5 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Temperatures will stay above normal through today.
Showers and thunderstorm chances remain through Sunday.
A frontal passage will bring drier weather and
lower temperatures to the area for early next week, before the 
heat rebuilds over the region towards the middle of next week.
There are no fire weather concerns at this time.

WVZ042-060815-
Mercer-
Including the cities of Bluefield and Flat Top
143 PM EDT Sat Sep 5 2026

                      Tonight      Sun          Sun Night    Mon          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        None         
Chance Precip (%)     40           70           60           0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 40           50           50           0            
Min/Max Temp          63           78           58           77           
Max/Min RH %          100          73           100          59           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      E  3         SE  4        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      E  4         SE  5        
Precip Amount         0.04         0.12         0.02         0.00         
Precip Duration       2            6            1                         
Precip Begin          6 PM         Continuing   Continuing                
Precip End            Continuing   Continuing   11 PM                     
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 3430                      5680         
Transport Wnd (mph)                E  5                      SE  7        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 17150                     39760        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Poor                      
Max ADI Early         44 Gen Good  12 Poor      21 Fair      61 Good      
Max ADI Late          1 Very Poor  22 Fair      8 Poor       67 Good      
Max LVORI Early       10           10           8            9            
Max LVORI Late        10           4            8            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 52 percent.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds
around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
52 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
63 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the lower 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
upper 70s. Minimum RH 59 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs
in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 53 percent. South winds around
5 mph.

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

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