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
353 AM EDT Sat Sep 5 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Temperatures will stay above normal through today.
Showers and thunderstorm chances remain through Sunday.
A frontal passage will bring drier weather and
lower temperatures to the area for early next week, before the 
heat rebuilds over the region towards the middle of next week.
There are no fire weather concerns at this time.

WVZ042-052100-
Mercer-
Including the cities of Bluefield and Flat Top
353 AM EDT Sat Sep 5 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Sun          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     40           30           60           
Chance of Thunder (%) 40           30           50           
Max/Min Temp          85           63           78           
Min/Max RH %          47           100          73           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  W  3         Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   NW  5        Lgt/Var      NE  3        
Precip Amount         0.04         0.07         0.02         
Precip Duration       1            1            3            
Precip Begin          10 AM        Continuing   7 AM         
Precip End            Continuing   2 AM         Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    4930                      4180         
Transport Wnd (mph)   NW 17                     N  3         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    83810                     12540        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         9 Poor       36 Fair      7 Poor       
Max ADI Late          97 Good      3 Very Poor  21 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       6            9            10           
Max LVORI Late        2            10           5            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows around 60. East winds 5 to
10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH
65 percent. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 56 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60. South winds
around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
54 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 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. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the lower 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
upper 70s. Minimum RH 57 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph.

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

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