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
244 AM EDT Thu Jul 23 2026

.DISCUSSION...

The stalled frontal boundary that was draped across the 460
corridor today has now made it south of the VA/NC border. While
showers are still ongoing across the VA/NC border counties, these 
showers and storms are expected to continue to move out of the 
area by the mid morning hours on Thursday. A couple of mostly
dry and cool days are on tap across the region, with only isolated
to scattered chances for showers and thunderstorms expected across
primarily mountain locations starting late Friday into Saturday. 
Overall, the area has seen enough wetting rains to limit any 
fire weather concerns across the region.

WVZ042-232015-
Mercer-
Including the cities of Bluefield and Flat Top
244 AM EDT Thu Jul 23 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Fri          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           None         Showers      Showers      
Chance Precip (%)     0            20           40           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            
Max/Min Temp          74           60           71           
Min/Max RH %          67           93           75           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SE  4        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      SE  3        SE  5        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.01         
Precip Duration                    1            2            
Precip Begin                       7 PM         Continuing   
Precip End                         Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    3870                      3020         
Transport Wnd (mph)   S  2                      SE 10        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    7740                      30200        
Dispersion                         Poor                      
Max ADI Early         11 Poor      21 Fair      37 Fair      
Max ADI Late          20 Gen Poor  6 Very Poor  38 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       8            6            5            
Max LVORI Late        4            6            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely. Lows in the
lower 60s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH
79 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
68 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 62 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 66 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 68 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph.

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