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
151 PM EDT Thu Jul 16 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Dry weather is expected to last until tomorrow, when showers and
thunderstorms return to mainly the mountains.  

Temperatures in the 80s and 90s continue through Saturday for 
urban areas and the Piedmont. Minimum RH values will fall into
the 30s to 40s percent range for most locations east of the Blue Ridge
today and tomorrow. Light winds prevail, with an increasing NE
wind for the Piedmont tomorrow. By Saturday stronger WSW winds 
are expected with gusts to 25 mph for the higher peaks and
ridges. Showers and storms become more widespread for the weekend into
early next week. Some storms Saturday could be strong to severe
with strong to damaging wind gusts as the primary threat.
Total rainfall Saturday is forecast to be mainly one to two 
tenths of an inch with locally higher from storms.

WVZ042-170815-
Mercer-
Including the cities of Bluefield and Flat Top
151 PM EDT Thu Jul 16 2026

                      Tonight      Fri          Fri Night    Sat          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            40           90           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            40           50           
Min/Max Temp          66           89           68           84           
Max/Min RH %          95           49           97           68           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      W  5         
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.03         0.15         
Precip Duration                                 1            6            
Precip Begin                                    7 PM         Continuing   
Precip End                                      Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 5760                      4490         
Transport Wnd (mph)                S  7                      W 15         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 40320                     67350        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         31 Fair      45 Gen Good  25 Fair      39 Fair      
Max ADI Late          1 Very Poor  52 Gen Good  1 Very Poor  56 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       5            8            6            7            
Max LVORI Late        8            1            8            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Lows in
the upper 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 72 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 56 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 61 percent. West
winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance
of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 64 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows around 60. North winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 56 percent.
Northeast winds around 5 mph.

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