704
FNUS71 KRLX 301005
FWSRLX
SPOT FORECAST FOR LONG RIDGE RX UNIT 41/47...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
605 AM EDT MON MAR 30 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0600 EDT ON MARCH 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
SCATTERED SHOWERS OR AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ARE POSSIBLE TODAY
AS SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW BEGINS TO INCREASE. MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL
LIKELY OCCUR THIS MORNING BEFORE DEW POINTS BEGIN TO RECOVER.
WARM AFTERNOONS WITH COOL NIGHTS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS WEEK. A
COLD FRONT WILL TRY TO PUSH INTO THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE
RETREATING BACK NORTHWARD, CREATING THE HIGHEST CHANCES OF
PRECIPITATION FOR THE WEEK.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 23 MPH
IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 17 TO 21
MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (60200 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................6 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 53 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........88 84 79 78 80 79 71 73 68 71 82 79
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............10 10 20 10 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10
CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 40 30 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20
CHC OF THDR (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............53 53 54 55 56 59 61 64 66 67 68 68
RH..............50 55 60 65 65 62 60 55 55 60 60 60
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 14 16 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 0.8 0.9 1.3 1.6 2.0 2.4 2.8 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 6 7 10 15 18 21 21 21 21 20 17
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............8 6 8 16 25 36 44 47 52 53 51 43
VRATE KT-FT/1K..3 3 6 13 22 33 43 53 59 60 57 49
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR GD FR FR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................9 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...22 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.
MAX HUMIDITY........83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 21 MPH
EARLY IN THE EVENING THEN 22 MPH IN THE LATE
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE
EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 14 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (34700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (1400 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................5 TO 19.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........80 82 68 55 64 55 57 64 59 52 64 66
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 20 20 20 20 20 10 10 10 10
CHC OF THDR (%).10 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 10 10 10
TEMP............69 68 67 65 64 63 63 63 61 61 61 59
RH..............59 61 64 68 72 74 73 75 78 79 79 83
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
20 FT WIND GUST.17 14 14 14 16 17 17 18 18 17 18 18
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.6 1.2 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 10 7 7 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 9
LVORI...........2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
ADI.............19 9 5 5 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 8
VRATE KT-FT/1K..35 18 5 1 3 6 7 8 8 9 9 10
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT).
CWR.................4 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...13 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 22 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 28 TO 29
MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (5900 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (100000 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (117500
KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................12 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 123 IN
THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........63 64 67 70 72 73 68 63 58 51 43 36
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
CHC OF THDR (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............60 60 60 63 66 68 71 73 75 77 79 79
RH..............82 82 82 76 72 69 65 61 57 53 49 47
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.18 18 18 18 18 19 20 21 22 22 22 21
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.2 1.3 1.2 2.0 2.4 3.0 3.5 4.1 4.5 5.1 5.4 5.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 8 9 14 18 23 24 25 25 26 29 28
LVORI...........4 4 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............12 12 13 26 39 55 63 71 74 82 123 117
VRATE KT-FT/1K..7 6 10 23 41 59 74 88 100 118 130 127
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD VGD VGD VGD VGD
FORECASTER...JP
REQUESTED BY...SAMUEL DAUGHERTY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2608464.0/RLX
.DELDT 03/30/26
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.EMAIL SAMUEL.DAUGHERTY@USDA.GOV
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