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FNUS71 KRLX 101136  
FWSRLX  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR MARLINTON POLLINATOR GARDEN...USFS MONONGAHELA NATIONAL FOREST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV  
736 AM EDT TUE MAR 10 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 EDT ON MARCH 10.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
A STEADY WARMING TREND WILL CONTINUE INTO MIDWEEK. ISOLATED  
SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A RUMBLE OF THUNDER ARE POSSIBLE LATER TODAY,  
BUT MUCH OF THE AREA WILL REMAIN DRY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES  
WILL REMAIN HIGHER THIS AFTERNOON THAN YESTERDAY, GENERALLY  
BOTTOMING OUT IN THE 50 TO 60 PERCENT RANGE. LIGHT WEST-SOUTHWEST  
FLOW IS EXPECTED TODAY, WITH OCCASIONAL BREEZES OF 10 TO 20 MPH  
THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. GOOD RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY OF 80 TO  
90 PERCENT IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.  
 
MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED GOING THROUGH THE  
DAY ON WEDNESDAY AS A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH  
THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE  
LATE WEDNESDAY AS THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT SYSTEM  
CROSSES THROUGH THE AREA, WITH THE PRIMARY HAZARD BEING STRONG  
WINDS.  
 
BY THURSDAY, MUCH COOLER CONDITIONS, AS WELL AS THE POSSIBILITY FOR  
SNOW OR A RAIN SNOW MIX, WILL TAKE HOLD ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA,  
THE SNOW BEING PRIMARILY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.  
   
TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN  
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SLIGHT  
CHANCE OF RAIN LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CWR.................4 PERCENT INCREASING TO 23 PERCENT EARLY IN THE  
AFTERNOON, THEN INCREASING TO 33 PERCENT LATE  
IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 15 PERCENT LATE  
IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...22 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.  
MIN HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED  
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5600 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 1 TO 7 MPH.  
LVORI...............4.  
ADI.................1 TO 31.  
 
TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........19 16 7 9 18 11 14 60 65 56 38  
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC SCH  
WEATHER TYPE.... RN RN RN RN  
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH SCH  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 30 20 10  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 10 10 40 50 30 20  
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 10 10 20 20 20 20  
TEMP............47 47 49 56 61 65 69 70 70 70 70  
RH..............78 86 92 85 77 69 61 58 57 59 60  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 2  
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 6 6 7 10 10 11 11 11 10  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.0 0.9 1.5 2.1 2.9 3.8 4.6 5.6 5.0 4.5 3.7  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW W W W W W SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.1 1 1 2 3 5 5 6 7 7 7  
LVORI...........4 6 7 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 1  
ADI.............1 1 2 6 12 21 25 25 29 27 31  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.  
CHANCE OF RAIN AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING.  
CWR.................7 PERCENT INCREASING TO 15 PERCENT EARLY IN THE  
MORNING.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...18 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54.  
MAX HUMIDITY........99 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED  
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING. GUSTY  
AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS  
EARLY IN THE MORNING.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 2 TO 6 MPH.  
LVORI...............6.  
ADI.................1 TO 3.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........43 38 50 31 31 36 34 36 43 51 58 79  
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH CHC  
WEATHER TYPE....RN RN RN  
TSTM COV........SCH SCH SCH  
CWR.............10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20  
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 30  
CHC OF THDR (%).20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 20  
TEMP............68 65 61 59 58 56 56 55 54 54 54 55  
RH..............66 73 83 87 89 92 93 96 95 96 97 95  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
20 FT WIND GUST.10 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6  
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.0 1.5 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.1  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2  
LVORI...........3 3 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 9  
ADI.............3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
   
WEDNESDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). RAIN LIKELY AND  
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.  
CWR.................28 PERCENT INCREASING TO 60 PERCENT EARLY IN  
THE MORNING, THEN DECREASING TO 38 PERCENT LATE  
IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......70 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...24 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.  
MIN HUMIDITY........51 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH WITH  
GUSTS TO AROUND 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY  
AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......6700 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 2 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 29  
MPH.  
LVORI...............5.  
ADI.................4 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 200 IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........80 84 80 80 80 80 80 80 68 68 68 68  
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC  
WEATHER TYPE....RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN  
TSTM COV........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH  
CWR.............20 30 60 60 60 60 60 60 40 40 40 40  
CHC OF PCPN (%).40 40 70 70 70 70 70 70 50 50 50 50  
CHC OF THDR (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10  
TEMP............55 55 55 56 59 63 67 70 73 75 75 75  
RH..............96 99 96 98 94 86 77 68 61 55 52 51  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 2 2 2 3 5 6 7 7 6 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.7 8 10 10 12 14 16 18 18 18 18 18  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.3 1.6 1.9 2.2 2.5 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.3 4.4 5.8 6.7  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.2 2 2 3 5 6 7 8 10 17 24 29  
LVORI...........8 9 7 8 5 4 3 3 1 1 1 1  
ADI.............4 5 5 9 13 14 17 20 35 68 107 200  
 
 
FORECASTER...GW  
REQUESTED BY...SAMUEL URFFER  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2605283.0/RLX  
.DELDT 03/10/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL SAMUEL.URFFER@USDS.GOV  
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