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
249 PM EDT Fri Sep 11 2026

.DISCUSSION...
A cold front stalls over parts of VA and NC tonight, then lifts
north tomorrow and tomorrow night back through the area. While 
this front is in the vicinity, showers and thunderstorms are 
expected into Sunday. There are currently no fire weather 
concerns. Drier weather is expected Monday through Wednesday.

WVZ042-120830-
Mercer-
Including the cities of Bluefield and Flat Top
249 PM EDT Fri Sep 11 2026

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        Showers      
Chance Precip (%)     30           80           80           30           
Chance of Thunder (%) 30           50           50           0            
Min/Max Temp          64           79           64           80           
Max/Min RH %          100          77           100          71           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      S  3         Lgt/Var      NW  3        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.25         0.15         0.01         
Precip Duration       0            4            4            1            
Precip Begin          6 PM         11 AM        Continuing   Continuing   
Precip End            8 PM         Continuing   Continuing   6 PM         
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 3710                      3810         
Transport Wnd (mph)                S 12                      NW  9        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 44520                     34290        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         2 Very Poor  17 Gen Poor  20 Gen Poor  22 Fair      
Max ADI Late          4 Very Poor  30 Fair      2 Very Poor  53 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       10           9            9            9            
Max LVORI Late        9            4            10           4            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
62 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds
around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
62 percent. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
57 percent. East winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Sunny with a chance of showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 58 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
66 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph.

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

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