346  
FNUS71 KRLX 161856  
FWSRLX  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR PINE CREEK RX UNIT I & J...WAYNE NATIONAL FOREST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV  
256 PM EDT WED APR 16 2025  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 EDT ON APRIL 17.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
THE REST OF TODAY WILL BE DRY AND BREEZY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS  
INTO THE AREA. RH VALUES ARE CURRENTLY IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S  
AND WILL RISE BACK INTO THE 40S AFTER SUNSET. TIMING OF THE LOWEST RHS  
TODAY WILL BE NOW THROUGH 6 PM.  
 
THURSDAY WILL REMAIN DRY AND NOT QUITE AS BREEZY. EXPECT THE DAY TO BEGIN  
WITH RHS IN THE LOWER 70S 8 AM THURSDAY, FALLING INTO THE UPPER 20S BY 2-3 PM.  
TIMING OF THE LOWEST RHS WILL BE 2 PM TO 6 PM. RHS WILL THEN RISE THEREAFTER,  
RECOVERING INTO THE 50S THURSDAY NIGHT.  
 
THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE FRIDAY NIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY AS ANOTHER  
SYSTEM BRINGS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.  
   
THURSDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY  
SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT).  
CWR.................2 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66.  
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......4200 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 2 TO 5 MPH.  
LVORI...............3.  
ADI.................2 TO 24.  
 
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........2 1 6 18 29 52 50 62 67 68  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE.... MOSTLY CLEAR... PARTLY CLOUDY...  
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 10  
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............38 44 50 55 58 61 64 65 66 66  
RH..............72 63 52 44 39 34 31 29 28 29  
20 FT WIND DIR..SE S S S S S S S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2  
20 FT WIND GUST.5 6 6 6 6 7 9 9 9 9  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.9 1.9 2.7 3.3 3.6 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.2  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE S S S S S S S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.2 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5  
LVORI...........3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2  
ADI.............2 4 9 16 19 21 23 23 24 24  
   
THURSDAY NIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT).  
CWR.................2 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...2 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52.  
MAX HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 2 TO 6 MPH.  
LVORI...............3.  
ADI.................1 TO 4.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........81 78 82 85 80 60 70 63 55 48 42 35  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....MOSTLY CLOUDY...  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 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............66 64 62 60 58 57 56 55 54 54 54 54  
RH..............31 34 38 40 43 45 48 50 52 54 55 57  
20 FT WIND DIR..S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 5 5  
20 FT WIND GUST.7 6 6 6 7 8 10 10 10 11 12 13  
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.6 1.0 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 3 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6  
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3  
ADI.............2 2 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 3  
   
FRIDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).  
CWR.................1 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...2 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.  
MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 26 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 13 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 17 TO  
25 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............2.  
ADI.................6 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 100 IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........37 40 42 36 30 24 24 24 24 26 28 30  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....PARTLY CLOUDY... MOSTLY SUNNY...  
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............54 55 57 60 64 68 71 75 77 79 79 79  
RH..............58 58 57 55 53 49 45 41 38 36 35 35  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 10 10  
20 FT WIND GUST.14 16 17 18 18 19 20 20 21 21 21 21  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.7 1.3 2.1 2.9 3.5 4.1 4.4 4.5 4.3 3.8  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 8 13 17 22 24 24 24 25 25 24  
LVORI...........3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
ADI.............6 6 8 21 46 78 85 91 94 100 98 88  
 
 
FORECASTER...26  
REQUESTED BY...SCOTTIE KISER  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2510732.0/RLX  
.DELDT 04/16/25  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
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