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
129 PM EDT Thu Sep 3 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Temperatures will stay above normal through Saturday.
Showers and thunderstorms possible this afternoon and evening and
again Friday and Saturday, with damaging winds and lightning being
the greatest threats, though isolated hail and heavy rain are also
possible. A frontal passage will bring drier weather and lower 
temperatures for early next week, before the heat rebuilds over 
the region towards the middle of next week.

WVZ042-040815-
Mercer-
Including the cities of Bluefield and Flat Top
129 PM EDT Thu Sep 3 2026

                      Tonight      Fri          Fri Night    Sat          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Mclear       Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            20           20           60           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            20           20           50           
Min/Max Temp          68           88           67           84           
Max/Min RH %          88           51           96           65           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      W  3         
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      NW  4        Lgt/Var      NW  5        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.12         
Precip Duration                    0            0            4            
Precip Begin                       4 PM         Continuing   8 AM         
Precip End                         Continuing   8 PM         Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 6470                      4260         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NW 13                     NW 17        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 84110                     72420        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         10 Poor      82 Good      40 Fair      61 Good      
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  103 Very Good2 Very Poor  70 Good      
Max LVORI Early       4            6            5            6            
Max LVORI Late        6            1            7            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 72 percent.
East winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH
63 percent. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 54 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60. South winds
around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
55 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
60 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph.

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