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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
439 AM EDT Mon May 25 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Fire weather concerns will remain low through the early half 
of the week as rounds of rain, with a few thunderstorms, pass 
across the lower Mid-Atlantic. Minimum relative humidity is 
is forecast to remain mainly above 70 percent areawide through 
Thursday morning, and surface wind speeds are forecast to 
remain less than 10 mph. An additional 0.5" to 1.5" of wetting 
rain is forecast to fall areawide through Thursday morning, 
with locally higher amounts occurring with thunderstorm 
activity.


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WVZ042-252030-
Mercer-
Including the cities of Bluefield and Flat Top
439 AM EDT Mon May 25 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Tue          

Cloud Cover           Cloudy       Mcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     100          70           100          
Chance of Thunder (%) 50           50           50           
Max/Min Temp          71           60           76           
Min/Max RH %          84           100          78           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.19         0.05         0.20         
Precip Duration       11           5            9            
Precip Begin          6 AM         Continuing   Continuing   
Precip End            Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    2230                      2640         
Transport Wnd (mph)   N  9                      S  5         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    20070                     13200        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         7 Poor       7 Poor       13 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          25 Fair      1 Very Poor  16 Gen Poor  
Max LVORI Early       8            8            10           
Max LVORI Late        5            10           5            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. South
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the
mid 70s. Minimum RH 83 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs
in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 53 percent. Northwest winds around
5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. North winds
around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH 51 percent. West
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 50s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH 59 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s. East winds
around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH 63 percent.
East winds around 5 mph.

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