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
244 PM EDT Fri Jul 24 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Deeper moisture continues to rise over cooler northeasterly air 
hugging the surface through tonight and into tomorrow. This will 
mean scattered showers and drizzle, with just a low chance for a 
thunderstorm tomorrow afternoon. Confidence in widespread wetting 
rain is low to moderate through Saturday, and rainfall totals are
also expected to be low. Minimum relative humidity values drop to
50 to 60 percent by tomorrow and Monday afternoons areawide as 
drier air filters in.

WVZ042-250815-
Mercer-
Including the cities of Bluefield and Flat Top
244 PM EDT Fri Jul 24 2026

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Pcldy        Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           Rain         None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     60           0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          59           77           58           80           
Max/Min RH %          100          64           100          60           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  SE  3        Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      W  3         Lgt/Var      NW  4        
Precip Amount         0.04         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       2                                                   
Precip Begin          6 PM                                                
Precip End            6 AM                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 4750                      4980         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W  7                      NW  8        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 33250                     39840        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         28 Fair      14 Gen Poor  42 Gen Good  48 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          4 Very Poor  43 Gen Good  2 Very Poor  47 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       7            9            7            10           
Max LVORI Late        9            4            10           2            

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 lower 80s. Minimum RH
60 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the
lower 80s. Minimum RH 74 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 63 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs
around 80. Minimum RH 57 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 57 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph.

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