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
220 PM EDT Sun Sep 27 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Quiet, and mostly dry weather expected into late week. A dry
airmass in place will start to see a gradual increase in dewpoints
through the middle of the week. Wetting rain chances will likely
not return til next weekend.

WVZ042-280815-
Mercer-
Including the cities of Bluefield and Flat Top
220 PM EDT Sun Sep 27 2026

                      Tonight      Mon          Mon Night    Tue          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          48           66           51           74           
Max/Min RH %          94           65           97           56           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  NW  5        NW  4        Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   W  3         NW  6        Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                                           
Precip Begin                                                              
Precip End                                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 3060                      4520         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NW 16                     N  2         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 48960                     9040         
Dispersion            Poor                      Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         64 Good      23 Fair      35 Fair      9 Poor       
Max ADI Late          3 Very Poor  38 Fair      3 Very Poor  26 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       5            6            6            8            
Max LVORI Late        6            3            7            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
44 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. South winds
around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 51 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. South
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the mid
70s. Minimum RH 67 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the upper 50s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
upper 60s. Minimum RH 82 percent. North winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 50s. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely. Highs in the mid
60s. Minimum RH 92 percent. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.

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

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