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
233 PM EDT Tue Oct 13 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Warmer and dry into Wednesday. A cold front brings some wetting
showers
to mainly the mountains Thursday. A stronger front but mainly dry
one
will pass through Friday with breezy/windy west winds following
it.
Turning colder and drier air will for the weekend.

WVZ042-140815-
Mercer-
Including the cities of Bluefield and Flat Top
233 PM EDT Tue Oct 13 2026

                      Tonight      Wed          Wed Night    Thu          

Cloud Cover           Clear        Mclear       Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         None         Showers      
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            60           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          58           80           62           78           
Max/Min RH %          94           62           100          74           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  SW  3        W  3         Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   W  3         W  4         Lgt/Var      SW  3        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.06         
Precip Duration                                              4            
Precip Begin                                                 6 AM         
Precip End                                                   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 4020                      3420         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W 10                      W 12         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 40200                     41040        
Dispersion            Poor                      Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         20 Gen Poor  40 Fair      14 Gen Poor  21 Fair      
Max ADI Late          3 Very Poor  51 Gen Good  5 Very Poor  34 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       7            6            8            9            
Max LVORI Late        6            3            9            4            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Showers. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH 79 percent.
West winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Much colder. Lows in the upper 30s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Much cooler. Highs around 50. Minimum
RH 52 percent. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 30s. Northeast winds
around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Minimum RH 44 percent.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Southeast winds
around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Minimum RH
49 percent. South winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Minimum RH
56 percent. Light and variable wind.

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

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