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
334 AM EDT Wed Aug 19 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Dry conditions are forecasted for today areawide under mostly 
sunny skies. Winds today will be from the northwest, with gusts
holding at 10 mph or less. Afternoon minimum RH will fall to 
around 35 percent across the Piedmont, with the mountains at
40 percent or higher.

Showers and thunderstorms will return on Thursday, resulting in 
rounds of wetting rainfall. This activity will be scattered on 
Thursday, with signals that heavy rain will occur from the foot-
hills of North Carolina through the Southside of Virginia on 
Friday evening. Scattered wetting rainfall will continue on 
Saturday before drier air returns on Sunday.

WVZ042-192030-
Mercer-
Including the cities of Bluefield and Flat Top
334 AM EDT Wed Aug 19 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Thu          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            50           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            50           
Max/Min Temp          82           64           79           
Min/Max RH %          53           95           72           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  3        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   NW  4        Lgt/Var      W  6         
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.06         
Precip Duration                                 2            
Precip Begin                                    7 AM         
Precip End                                      Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    5440                      4300         
Transport Wnd (mph)   W  9                      W 16         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    48960                     68800        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         26 Fair      41 Gen Good  45 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          56 Gen Good  2 Very Poor  59 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       10           5            7            
Max LVORI Late        3            7            4            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 79 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 67 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds around
5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 63 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH
57 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. North winds
around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 55 percent.
West winds around 5 mph.

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