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
307 PM EDT Sun Jul 19 2026

.DISCUSSION...
Shower and storm chances diminish tonight into Monday,
but there will still be some around. Better chance of
wetting showers comes with a front Tuesday into Wednesday.

WVZ042-200815-
Mercer-
Including the cities of Bluefield and Flat Top
307 PM EDT Sun Jul 19 2026

                      Tonight      Mon          Mon Night    Tue          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           None         Showers      Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            30           40           70           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            20           50           
Min/Max Temp          62           82           65           83           
Max/Min RH %          100          62           100          69           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  4        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  7 G18    
Precip Amount         0.00         0.04         0.06         0.24         
Precip Duration                    1            2            8            
Precip Begin                       2 PM         Continuing   7 AM         
Precip End                         Continuing   6 AM         Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 4240                      3310         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W  8                      SW 18        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 33920                     59580        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         44 Gen Good  24 Fair      19 Gen Poor  61 Good      
Max ADI Late          3 Very Poor  40 Fair      3 Very Poor  64 Good      
Max LVORI Early       8            10           8            9            
Max LVORI Late        10           3            9            4            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Lows in
the mid 60s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 72 percent.
West winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH
61 percent. Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds
around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 62 percent.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast winds around
5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 67 percent.
East winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the lower 60s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 66 percent. West winds
around 5 mph.

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