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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
139 PM EDT Sun Oct 11 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Much of the area received 1 to 4 inches of rainfall today.
Scattered showers are possible this afternoon into evening 
then become more confined to the western mountains overnight.
We dry out Monday into Wednesday with temperatures above normal.

WVZ042-120815-
Mercer-
Including the cities of Bluefield and Flat Top
139 PM EDT Sun Oct 11 2026

                      Tonight      Mon          Mon Night    Tue          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        Mclear       
Precip Type           Showers      Showers      None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     90           50           0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          57           69           53           78           
Max/Min RH %          100          77           100          58           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  W  6 G19     NW  9 G23    Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   NW  9 G23    NW  7 G19    Lgt/Var      W  4         
Precip Amount         0.16         0.04         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       11           1                                      
Precip Begin          6 PM         Continuing                             
Precip End            Continuing   11 AM                                  
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 2530                      4640         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NW 17                     W 16         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 43010                     74240        
Dispersion            Good                      Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         15 Gen Poor  38 Fair      17 Gen Poor  9 Poor       
Max ADI Late          16 Gen Poor  40 Fair      2 Very Poor  84 Good      
Max LVORI Early       7            5            10           10           
Max LVORI Late        5            4            10           3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
66 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH
76 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds 5 to
10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely. Highs around 70.
Minimum RH 78 percent. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers.
Colder. Lows in the upper 30s. Northwest winds 20 to 25 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Breezy. Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers.
Much cooler. Highs in the upper 40s. Minimum RH 61 percent.
Northwest winds 20 to 25 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Minimum RH 47 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph.

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

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