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
238 PM EDT Tue Jun 30 2026

.DISCUSSION...

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...

Heat risk increases to hazardous levels this week into
the holiday weekend. 

An upper level ridge of high pressure will build across the
eastern U.S. this week. This feature will facilitate warming
temperatures with highs in the 80s to lower 90s in the mountains
and upper 90s to around 100 for the foothills and piedmont. 
The hot temperatures will combine with elevated dewpoints near
70 to produce peak heat indices of 95 to 100 in the mountains 
and 100 to 107 in the foothills and piedmont.

WVZ042-010815-
Mercer-
Including the cities of Bluefield and Flat Top
238 PM EDT Tue Jun 30 2026

                      Tonight      Wed          Wed Night    Thu          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           None         None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          67           92           67           94           
Max/Min RH %          99           45           99           37           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                                           
Precip Begin                                                              
Precip End                                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 5200                      5870         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NW  6                     NE  5        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 31200                     29350        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         19 Gen Poor  36 Fair      34 Fair      25 Fair      
Max ADI Late          1 Very Poor  38 Fair      1 Very Poor  33 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       6            10           5            10           
Max LVORI Late        9            2            9            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70. North winds
around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Minimum RH 42 percent. East winds
around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 47 percent. Northwest winds
around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Northwest winds around
5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 51 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 63 percent. West
winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 69 percent.
West winds around 5 mph.

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