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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
319 AM EDT Sun Jun 21 2026

.DISCUSSION...
Dry weather is expected through tonight. Scattered showers 
and thunderstorms are forecasted for Monday, some of which may 
produce damaging wind gusts and localized flash flooding. This 
will be followed by widely scattered afternoon & evening storms 
later this week.

WVZ042-212015-
Mercer-
Including the cities of Bluefield and Flat Top
319 AM EDT Sun Jun 21 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Mon          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            90           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            70           
Max/Min Temp          83           62           81           
Min/Max RH %          42           91           66           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  6 G19    
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   W  4         S  3         SW  9 G19    
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.35         
Precip Duration                                 4            
Precip Begin                                    9 AM         
Precip End                                      Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    6490                      3820         
Transport Wnd (mph)   W  9                      SW 18        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    58410                     68760        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         54 Gen Good  36 Fair      70 Good      
Max ADI Late          71 Good      2 Very Poor  54 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       7            3            5            
Max LVORI Late        1            4            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers with thunderstorms likely. Lows around
60. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
mid 70s. Minimum RH 59 percent. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
43 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 54 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest winds around
5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 57 percent. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 56 percent.
West winds around 5 mph.

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