953
FNUS71 KRLX 052359
FWSRLX
SPOT FORECAST FOR HB 1+2 SO 4+31...WAYNE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
759 PM EDT SUN APR 5 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 2000 EDT ON APRIL 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
AREAS OF FROST IN THE MORNING, BUT DRYING BY LATER IN THE MORNING.
RH DROPS QUICKLY INTO THE 30% RANGE BETWEEN 11AM AND 12PM. BOTTOMING
OUT IN THE UPPER 20% RANGE BY LATE AFTERNOON BETWEEN 3PM AND 6PM.
HIGHEST TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 60S BETWEEN 2PM AND 6PM. 20 FOOT
WINDS SW IN THE MORNING, INCREASING AND TURNING OUT OF THE WSW BY 12 PM.
STRONGEST WINDS LIKELY TO OCCUR BETWEEN 12PM AND 4PM WITH GUSTS CLOSE
TO 25 MPH ONCE WINDS TURN FROM THE WEST AND EVENTUALLY NORTHWEST.
REST OF TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30 PERCENT). PATCHY FROST
AFTER 3 AM. AREAS OF FROST EARLY IN THE
MORNING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 36.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 TO 17 MPH BECOMING WEST 1 TO 6 MPH
OVERNIGHT, THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
AROUND 2 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (53500 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (0 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................1 TO 12.
TIME (EDT) 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........40 31 30 38 29 14 6 8 6 9
WEATHER COV..... PTY ARS
WEATHER TYPE.... FST FST
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............50 48 46 45 43 42 40 40 38 37
RH..............51 54 57 61 63 63 67 73 78 80
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W SW
20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 5 5 3 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 13 11 10 8 6 6 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.6 4.0 2.3 2.4 2.5 1.3 1.0 1.3 1.1 1.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW W W W SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 17 16 14 10 6 2 1 1 2
LVORI...........2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
ADI.............12 8 7 6 5 3 1 1 1 1
VRATE KT-FT/1K..54 46 38 29 19 9 2 0 1 2
VENTRATE CAT....FR FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
MONDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT). AREAS OF FROST EARLY IN
THE MORNING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST TO WEST-SOUTHWEST
5 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 19 MPH IN THE
LATE MORNING, THEN INCREASING WEST TO
WEST-NORTHWEST TO AROUND 8 TO 12 MPH WITH
GUSTS AROUND 25 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 2 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO WEST 14 TO
23 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (0 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (96100 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (115300
KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................2 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 176 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........10 6 3 3 4 19 26 41 32 16 18 11
WEATHER COV.....ARS ARS PTY
WEATHER TYPE....FST FST FST
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............37 37 38 41 48 52 55 58 60 61 61 62
RH..............80 80 76 65 54 43 39 38 36 34 29 29
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW WSW W W WNW WNW WNW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 3 5 7 9 10 11 12 11 10 9
20 FT WIND GUST.7 8 10 11 15 16 20 21 23 22 19 17
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.4 0.6 1.6 2.9 4.3 5.2 6.0 6.9 7.2 7.0 6.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.2 2 5 9 14 18 21 23 23 23 21 20
LVORI...........4 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............2 2 4 19 52 93 124 153 170 176 156 143
VRATE KT-FT/1K..0 0 2 19 43 69 96 121 137 140 132 115
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR FR GD GD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD
MONDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 35.
MAX HUMIDITY........67 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 21 MPH
EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 12 TO 18 MPH DECREASING TO 5 TO 8 MPH
IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (90900 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (2000 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................2 TO 12.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........11 13 12 9 8 6 9 12 15 15 15 15
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............61 60 55 53 50 48 46 44 42 40 39 37
RH..............30 34 40 45 49 52 55 57 59 62 64 66
20 FT WIND DIR..WNW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N
20 FT WIND SPD..9 8 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.18 16 13 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 12 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...6.2 4.3 2.8 1.3 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 17 15 12 8 6 5 6 6 6 6 6
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
ADI.............12 12 7 5 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 3
VRATE KT-FT/1K..91 62 36 20 10 5 2 3 4 4 4 4
VENTRATE CAT....GD GD PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 3 TO 7 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (25000 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................6 TO 40.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........14 12 11 9 6 4 3 3 2 2 1 1
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............36 35 35 36 39 42 44 47 49 50 52 52
RH..............67 66 63 57 50 43 38 33 30 27 25 25
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.13 13 13 13 12 11 11 10 10 10 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 0.9 1.3 2.1 3.2 4.1 4.6 4.8 5.0 5.5 5.8 5.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 5 5 3 3
LVORI...........3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2
ADI.............6 6 9 16 28 36 40 35 29 31 25 24
VRATE KT-FT/1K..4 4 6 12 20 25 25 23 20 19 19 17
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...JRM
REQUESTED BY...SCOTTIE KISER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2609034.0/RLX
.DELDT 04/05/26
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