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
223 PM EST Fri Nov 6 2026

.DISCUSSION...

The cold front that crossed the region this morning is continuing
its journey eastward. A reinforcing cold front will cross the 
area overnight. With it will come increasing northwest winds with
gusts of 20 to 30 mph across the mountains and 15 to 25 mph over
the Piedmont region. These gusty winds will continue through
mid-day Saturday, before a slow decrease through Saturday evening.
Other than some isolated showers across portions of Southeast
West Virginia this evening, no precipitation is expected for the
region until the latter half of next week.

Temperatures will be coolest on Sunday, then gradually increase
through mid-week. Minimum relative humidities for the early to
middle part of next week will generally be in the 20s and 30s
percent range.

The next chance of precipitation will be during the latter half
of next week, along with cooler temperatures.

WVZ042-070915-
Mercer-
Including the cities of Bluefield and Flat Top
223 PM EST Fri Nov 6 2026

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Mclear       
Precip Type           None         None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          32           51           30           60           
Max/Min RH %          97           48           100          30           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  NW  5        NW  6 G17    NW  4        W  3         
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   NW  5 G18    NW  7 G17    Lgt/Var      W  5         
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                                           
Precip Begin                                                              
Precip End                                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 3200                      2380         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NW 20                     W 13         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 64000                     30940        
Dispersion            Fair                      Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         10 Poor      51 Gen Good  8 Poor       27 Fair      
Max ADI Late          9 Poor       63 Good      4 Very Poor  39 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       4            5            5            8            
Max LVORI Late        5            1            9            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s. West winds 15 to
20 mph. 
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Minimum RH 38 percent.
West winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s. West winds around
5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Minimum RH 34 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40. West winds around
5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Minimum RH
43 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of rain. Highs in
the mid 50s. Minimum RH 49 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows in
the lower 30s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of rain and snow.
Highs in the upper 40s. Minimum RH 48 percent. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph.

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