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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
205 PM EDT Thu Oct 8 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Dry conditions will continue into Saturday morning. 
The remnants of Hurricane Isaias will bring rainfall to the
area by Saturday night and rain will continue into early Monday 
morning. Overall, there are currently no fire weather 
concerns at this time.

WVZ042-090815-
Mercer-
Including the cities of Bluefield and Flat Top
205 PM EDT Thu Oct 8 2026

                      Tonight      Fri          Fri Night    Sat          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         None         Showers      
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            60           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          47           73           51           59           
Max/Min RH %          86           40           89           72           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SE  5 G22    
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SE  9 G25    
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.05         
Precip Duration                                              4            
Precip Begin                                                 8 AM         
Precip End                                                   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 4110                      2670         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NE  3                     SE 18        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 12330                     48060        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         25 Fair      22 Fair      2 Very Poor  37 Fair      
Max ADI Late          1 Very Poor  28 Fair      2 Very Poor  52 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       4            5            5            5            
Max LVORI Late        5            2            5            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Showers. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Showers. Highs in the lower 60s. Minimum RH 98 percent.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Showers. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs in the
mid 60s. Minimum RH 94 percent. West winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH 69 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 50s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH
71 percent. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. South
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 70. Minimum RH 68 percent.
South winds around 5 mph.

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

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