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
225 PM EDT Sun Jul 26 2026

.DISCUSSION...

A disturbance arriving this evening is expected to trigger a
broken line of showers and a few thunderstorms during the 
evening, which will pass across the Piedmont. Wetting rainfall 
totals ranging from less than 0.10 to locally 0.50 inch are 
possible. The next potential for widespread wetting rain will
return late Monday night as a line of thunderstorms arrives from 
the north, and again on Tuesday, with the redevelopment of storms 
across the area in the afternoon.

WVZ042-270815-
Mercer-
Including the cities of Bluefield and Flat Top
225 PM EDT Sun Jul 26 2026

                      Tonight      Mon          Mon Night    Tue          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        None         Showers      Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     40           0            70           100          
Chance of Thunder (%) 40           0            0            70           
Min/Max Temp          62           82           65           79           
Max/Min RH %          100          58           100          80           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  NW  3        Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  7 G20    
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      NW  3        SW  3        W  8 G21     
Precip Amount         0.13         0.00         0.16         0.58         
Precip Duration       1                         2            12           
Precip Begin          6 PM                      3 AM         Continuing   
Precip End            2 AM                      Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 4550                      2670         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NW  9                     S 14         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 40950                     37380        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         54 Gen Good  38 Fair      45 Gen Good  20 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          4 Very Poor  49 Gen Good  2 Very Poor  34 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       9            10           7            9            
Max LVORI Late        10           3            7            4            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH
69 percent. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH
64 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 54 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. North winds
around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 67 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH 79 percent. South
winds around 5 mph.

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