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
126 PM EDT Sun Jun 21 2026

.DISCUSSION...
Dry weather is expected through tonight. Scattered showers 
and thunderstorms are forecasted for Monday, some of which may 
produce damaging wind gusts and localized flash flooding. 
Total rainfall could be in the 0.25-0.75 inch range with 
locally higher possible. This will be followed by widely 
scattered afternoon & evening storms later this week.

WVZ042-220815-
Mercer-
Including the cities of Bluefield and Flat Top
126 PM EDT Sun Jun 21 2026

                      Tonight      Mon          Mon Night    Tue          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            90           90           40           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            70           70           20           
Min/Max Temp          63           82           60           74           
Max/Min RH %          83           68           100          62           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      SW  4 G19    W  5 G17     NW  5        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      SW  7 G19    W  4         NW  6        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.20         0.19         0.01         
Precip Duration                    4            6            2            
Precip Begin                       8 AM         Continuing   6 AM         
Precip End                         Continuing   5 AM         6 PM         
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 4120                      4210         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SW 21                     N 15         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 86520                     63150        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Fair                      
Max ADI Early         33 Fair      83 Good      47 Gen Good  42 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          3 Very Poor  82 Good      11 Poor      70 Good      
Max LVORI Early       4            5            6            6            
Max LVORI Late        5            3            7            4            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
42 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 52 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 59 percent. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 60 percent. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 55 percent.
West winds around 5 mph.

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