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
132 AM EST Thu Nov 20 2025

.DISCUSSION...
Expect a pattern with higher humidity with wetting
rain chances returning by Friday especially over
the mountains. Should be drying out over the weekend,
though humidity levels still are not expected to drop
to critical levels of under 30 percent. Another storm
system looks bring another chance of rain by the
middle of next week.

WVZ042-202130-
Mercer-
Including the cities of Bluefield and Flat Top
132 AM EST Thu Nov 20 2025

                      Today        Tonight      Fri          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Cloudy       Mcldy        
Precip Type           None         Rain         Rain         
Chance Precip (%)     0            50           80           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            
Max/Min Temp          60           48           63           
Min/Max RH %          70           100          81           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  3        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   W  5         Lgt/Var      SW  5        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.07         0.14         
Precip Duration                    1            11           
Precip Begin                       11 PM        Continuing   
Precip End                         Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    2630                      2000         
Transport Wnd (mph)   W 12                      W 13         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    31560                     26000        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         26 Fair      9 Poor       15 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          25 Fair      5 Very Poor  23 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       9            5            9            
Max LVORI Late        4            6            5            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY...Rain. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the upper 50s.
Minimum RH 70 percent. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Lows in the
upper 30s. Highs in the upper 50s. Minimum RH 43 percent. West
winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the
upper 50s. Minimum RH 47 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows in the lower
40s. Highs in the upper 50s. Minimum RH 72 percent. South winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain likely. Lows in the upper 40s.
Highs in the upper 50s. Minimum RH 68 percent. West winds 5 to
10 mph.

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

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