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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
223 PM EDT Mon Jun 22 2026

.DISCUSSION...
...SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS THIS EVENING...
...STORMS MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...

Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected
through early Tuesday with rain amounts of 0.25 to one inch.
Main hazards in addition to lightning are damaging wind gusts
and localized flash flooding. Front responsible for the 
unsettled weather will move east of the region Tuesday 
afternoon followed by clearing Tuesday night and Wednesday.
A chance for showers and storms will return later in the week.

WVZ042-230830-
Mercer-
Including the cities of Bluefield and Flat Top
223 PM EDT Mon Jun 22 2026

                      Tonight      Tue          Tue Night    Wed          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Mcldy        Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           Tstms        Showers      None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     90           70           0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 70           0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          61           73           52           79           
Max/Min RH %          100          56           96           39           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  SW  5        NW  5        NW  4        Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   W  3         NW  6        Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.20         0.05         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       7            2                                      
Precip Begin          6 PM         Continuing                             
Precip End            Continuing   2 PM                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 3480                      5810         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NW 18                     W  5         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 62640                     29050        
Dispersion            Fair                      Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         29 Fair      35 Fair      71 Good      34 Fair      
Max ADI Late          6 Very Poor  62 Good      5 Very Poor  33 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       7            9            5            7            
Max LVORI Late        9            4            7            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
48 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 57 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 66 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 60 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH
53 percent. West winds around 5 mph.

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