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
212 PM EDT Fri Sep 4 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Temperatures will stay above normal through Saturday.
Showers and thunderstorm chances remain through Sunday.
A frontal passage will bring drier weather and
lower temperatures to the area for early next week, before the 
heat rebuilds over the region towards the middle of next week.

WVZ042-050815-
Mercer-
Including the cities of Bluefield and Flat Top
212 PM EDT Fri Sep 4 2026

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Pcldy        Pcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           None         Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            50           60           50           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            50           50           50           
Min/Max Temp          67           85           63           78           
Max/Min RH %          93           61           100          70           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      W  3         Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      NW  5        Lgt/Var      NE  3        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.06         0.19         0.13         
Precip Duration                    1            3            2            
Precip Begin                       8 AM         Continuing   Continuing   
Precip End                         Continuing   Continuing   6 PM         
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 4660                      3220         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NW 17                     NE  6        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 79220                     19320        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         47 Gen Good  26 Fair      43 Gen Good  19 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  88 Good      6 Very Poor  20 Gen Poor  
Max LVORI Early       5            7            7            10           
Max LVORI Late        6            3            10           4            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 60. East winds 5 to
10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH
62 percent. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 53 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. South winds around
5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
53 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 57 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 53 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph.

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

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