Bluewell, West Virginia Weather
Bluewell, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Bluewell, Mercer County.
Full aviation weather for Bluewell is published on the Mercer County Airport (KBLF) page, 5 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 5 airfields within reach of Bluewell have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Bluewell: Mountain Empire Airport (KMKJ) 47 km · Raleigh County Memorial Airport (KBKW) 54 km · New River Valley Airport (KPSK) 55 km · Tazewell County Airport (KJFZ) 55 km
Conditions reported at KBLF describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bluewell specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bluewell.
About Bluewell, West Virginia
Bluewell rests in a hollow where the land buckles and folds, a place where the Appalachian foothills begin their serious climb. It lies 46.9 miles west of Blacksburg, VA (from Blacksburg, VA: bearing 277°T), and is situated 3.6 miles north-west of Bluefield. Rolling hills, cloaked in dense, dark green forests that whisper secrets in the wind, rise steeply on either side, their slopes often shrouded in a soft, lingering mist, especially in the early morning hours. The sky here feels vast, a canvas of ever-shifting blues and grays, and the air carries the clean, damp scent of earth and pine needles. Small creeks, their water cool and clear, tumble down the inclines, their constant murmur a gentle counterpoint to the quietude of the landscape. The roads, often winding and narrow, follow the contours of the terrain, leading through patches of sun-dappled woods and emerging into small clearings where weathered farmhouses stand sentinel. The history of Bluewell is deeply intertwined with the earth beneath it, a story etched in the very bedrock of the region. For generations, the wealth of this land was drawn from the coal seams that lie hidden, a demanding and often dangerous industry that shaped the character of its people and the rhythms of their lives. While the echoes of that era still resonate, the local economy has slowly diversified, with small businesses and agriculture taking root, offering a different kind of sustenance. The community here possesses a quiet resilience, a hard-won understanding of the land's generosity and its unforgiving nature. There's a palpable sense of connection to the past, a feeling that the stories of those who worked these hills are still alive in the rustling leaves and the persistent flow of the water.
Live animated radar for Bluewell and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
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| Location | Bluewell, Mercer County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.312617°N, 81.259822°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 24701 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bluewell, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bluewell, West Virginia, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Bluewell includes coordinates 37.312617°N, 81.259822°W, situated in Mercer County. ZIP code 24701. Telephone area code: 304. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
