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
224 PM EDT Wed May 13 2026

.DISCUSSION...

A cold front looks to pass through the area tonight. Scattered
to numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected along and 
ahead of it with best coverage over the mountains of WV.

Outside of any thunderstorms, rainfall totals look to remain
meager. Behind the front, gusty northwest winds are anticipated,
and dry weather looks to funnel into the region on Friday 
with minimum RH values dropping into the 20-35% range areawide. 
By Saturday, southerly/southwesterly flow returns, and minimum
RH values look to rebound into the 30-40% range through the
weekend. 

Temperatures warm over the weekend into next week with mainly
isolated storms expected. Next best chance of wetting rain will be
Wednesday ahead of a front.


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WVZ042-140815-
Mercer-
Including the cities of Bluefield and Flat Top
224 PM EDT Wed May 13 2026

                      Tonight      Thu          Thu Night    Fri          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        Mclear       
Precip Type           Tstms        None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     60           0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 60           0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          41           56           41           70           
Max/Min RH %          88           49           84           30           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  W  5 G20     NW  8 G19    NW  6 G19    NW  3        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   NW  4        NW  8 G20    NW  3        W  4         
Precip Amount         0.10         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       2                                                   
Precip Begin          6 PM                                                
Precip End            1 AM                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 5670                      4280         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NW 23                     W 12         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 130410                    51360        
Dispersion            Fair                      Poor                      
Max ADI Early         41 Gen Good  57 Gen Good  69 Good      77 Good      
Max ADI Late          12 Poor      71 Good      11 Poor      68 Good      
Max LVORI Early       4            4            3            4            
Max LVORI Late        4            1            4            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 43 percent. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest winds around
5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
39 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. South winds around
5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 37 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds
around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 42 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds around
5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 51 percent. West winds
around 5 mph.

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