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
201 PM EDT Mon Sep 14 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Drier weather expected through at least Wednesday with
lower humidity. Min RH values each afternoon are expected to fall into
the upper 30s to lower 40s percent range east of the mountains, and
mid 40 to low 50 percent range west of the Blue Ridge mountains. 
An increasing chance of rain, along with more humid conditions 
will return for late week and into the weekend; however, rain
chances look to remain low at this time, with no significant
upper level feature forecast to bring widespread rain at this time.
Overall, there are no fire weather concerns at this time; however,
continued dry and hot conditions may increase concerns without a substantial
wetting rain over the coming weeks.

WVZ042-150830-
Mercer-
Including the cities of Bluefield and Flat Top
201 PM EDT Mon Sep 14 2026

                      Tonight      Tue          Tue Night    Wed          

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          56           81           58           84           
Max/Min RH %          92           54           96           51           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      SE  4        SE  3        Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   E  3         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)                 4340                      5410         
Transport Wnd (mph)                S  5                      NE  5        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 21700                     27050        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         22 Fair      27 Fair      14 Gen Poor  7 Poor       
Max ADI Late          7 Poor       38 Fair      4 Very Poor  38 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       6            5            5            8            
Max LVORI Late        6            3            7            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Sunny with a chance of showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 52 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs
in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 59 percent. Northwest winds around
5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. North winds
around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
58 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
62 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 74 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.

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