839
FNUS71 KRLX 291802
FWSRLX
SPOT FORECAST FOR LONG RIDGE RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
202 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 EDT ON MARCH 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
VERY DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CREATE AN ELEVATED FIRE
DANGER THIS AFTERNOON WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE LOW TO MID
TEENS TO MID 20S, AND WIND GUSTS OF 15 TO 20 MPH. A RAPID WARMING
TREND WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY, WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES SOARING INTO
THE LOW 80S BY TUESDAY. DEW POINTS WILL ALSO SOAR, SO RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL RISE, MITIGATING FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. SO WILL AN
INCREASING CHANCE FOR SHOWERS, WITH LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS ALSO
BECOMING A POSSIBILITY BY TUESDAY.
MONDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................18 PERCENT DECREASING TO 8 PERCENT IN THE LATE
MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH
IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 25
MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (86100 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................9 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 69 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........80 73 75 69 66 75 77 69 77 75
WEATHER COV.....CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH
CWR.............20 10 10 0 0 0 10 10 10 10
CHC OF PCPN (%).40 20 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20
CHC OF THDR (%).10 10 10 0 0 0 10 10 10 20
TEMP............53 54 57 60 63 64 66 67 68 69
RH..............72 72 71 70 63 60 56 55 54 53
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 7 7 8 9 9 9 9 8
20 FT WIND GUST.14 16 17 18 18 19 19 20 19 18
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.0 1.3 1.7 2.2 2.9 3.2 3.9 3.8 3.4 3.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 10 14 18 22 24 25 24 22 18
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............9 16 25 37 51 60 69 65 56 45
VRATE KT-FT/1K..6 12 22 35 55 75 86 82 68 51
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD FR
MONDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
SHOWERS IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................11 PERCENT INCREASING TO 19 PERCENT EARLY IN
THE EVENING, THEN DECREASING TO 6 PERCENT
OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...22 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.
MAX HUMIDITY........81 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 22 MPH
EARLY IN THE EVENING THEN 22 MPH LATE IN THE
EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 14 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (33600 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (1300 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................4 TO 19.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........70 69 75 81 69 58 58 58 58 60 63 65
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............10 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 10 10 10
CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 40 40 40 40 40 40 20 20 20 20
CHC OF THDR (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10
TEMP............69 68 67 65 64 63 62 62 61 61 61 61
RH..............55 59 64 68 71 72 75 77 79 80 81 81
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..8 7 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
20 FT WIND GUST.18 16 14 14 14 16 16 17 17 18 18 18
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.5 1.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 9 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 10 12 13
LVORI...........2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
ADI.............19 10 4 4 6 7 7 8 8 9 13 14
VRATE KT-FT/1K..34 17 5 1 3 6 7 8 10 12 14 15
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................6 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...14 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81.
MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 31 TO 35
MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (10800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (104500 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (136800
KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................17 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 146 IN
THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM
SKY (%).........65 63 59 46
WEATHER COV.....S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CWR.............10 0 0 10
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 10 10 10
CHC OF THDR (%).10 10 10 10
TEMP............60 63 72 79
RH..............81 75 62 48
20 FT WIND......SW 7G18 SW 9G19 SW 10G24 SW 12G25
MIX HGT (FT)....1300 1700 3800 5800
TRANSPORT WIND..SW 12 SW 17 SW 31 SW 35
LVORI...........3 3 1 1
ADI.............17 30 84 112
VRATE KT-FT/1K..12 28 105 166
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR VYGD EXNT
FORECASTER...TRM
REQUESTED BY...SAM DAUGHERTY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 03/29/26
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