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
321 AM EDT Sun Jun 24 2018

.DISCUSSION...

Low pressure aloft will pass north of the region today into 
tonight allowing a weak surface boundary to shift south across 
the area by Monday. High pressure aloft will build over the 
eastern U.S. during the later half of the week resulting in 
hotter and humid conditions along with the threat of diurnally 
driven showers and storms.

WVZ042-242115-
Mercer-
Including the cities of Bluefield and Flat Top
321 AM EDT Sun Jun 24 2018

                      Today        Tonight      Mon          

Cloud cover           PCldy        PCldy        PCldy        
Precip type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance precip (%)     50           50           20           
Min/Max Temp          81           63           80           
Max/Min RH %          61           98           58           
Wnd20ft2min/Early(mph)W  6         W  4         Lgt/Var      
Wnd20ft2min/Late(mph) W 10G19      Lgt/Var      NW  5        
Precip amount         0.12         0.08         0.01         
Precip duration       5            2            1            
Precip begin          6 AM         Continuing   Continuing   
Precip end            Continuing   Continuing   6 PM         
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL)    5330                      5140         
Transport wnd (mph)   W 22                      W 25         
Vent rate (mph-ft)    117260                    128500       
Dispersion(evening)                POOR                      
LAL                   3            3            2            
Haines Index          3            3            3            
ADI early             40 FAIR      63 GOOD      17 GEN POOR  
ADI late              63 GOOD      5 VERY POOR  75 GOOD      
Max LVORI early       5            4            7            
Max LVORI late        3            6            3            

REMARKS...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
Highs around 80. Minimum RH 61 percent. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers and
thunderstorms likely. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the lower
80s. Minimum RH 62 percent. South winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely and
a chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the mid
80s. Minimum RH 60 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
Minimum RH 52 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
Minimum RH 56 percent. South winds around 5 mph.

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