Bramwell, West Virginia Weather
Bramwell, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Bramwell, Mercer County.
Full aviation weather for Bramwell is published on the Mercer County Airport (KBLF) page, 10 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 Bramwell 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 Bramwell: Mountain Empire Airport (KMKJ) 48 km · Tazewell County Airport (KJFZ) 52 km · Raleigh County Memorial Airport (KBKW) 54 km · New River Valley Airport (KPSK) 60 km
Conditions reported at KBLF describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bramwell specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bramwell.
About Bramwell, West Virginia
Bramwell sleeps in a hollow, a quiet place where the mountains fold in on themselves, their slopes thick with the dark green of pine and the rust-colored blush of oak in autumn. It lies 49.8 miles west of Blacksburg, VA (from Blacksburg, VA: bearing 278°T), and is situated 6.2 miles north-west of Bluefield. The Bluestone River, a ribbon of cool, clear water, cuts through the valley floor, its murmur a constant counterpoint to the rustle of leaves overhead. The air here, especially after a rain, carries the clean scent of damp earth and decaying wood, a fragrance as old as the hills themselves. Houses, some grand and lingering reminders of a grander past, others more modest and weathered, cling to the hillsides or cluster along the riverbank, their porches often catching the late afternoon sun in a warm, golden wash. This was once the undisputed capital of coal, a boomtown where fortunes were made and lost with the speed of a miner’s pick. The echo of that era still lingers in the stately, if sometimes faded, mansions that line Bramwell’s main street, testament to the wealth extracted from the earth. Today, the economy has shifted, a quieter hum replacing the roar of industry, with small businesses and the enduring spirit of its people forming the new bedrock. A sense of patient resilience pervades Bramwell, a quiet understanding of the land’s demands and rewards, a place where the past is not forgotten but gently integrated into the present, like moss growing on an old stone wall.
Live animated radar for Bramwell 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Bramwell, Mercer County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.325116°N, 81.311767°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 24715 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bramwell, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bramwell, 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 Bramwell includes coordinates 37.325116°N, 81.311767°W, situated in Mercer County. ZIP code 24715. 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.
