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FNUS71 KRLX 302052
FWSRLX
SPOT FORECAST FOR LONG RIDGE RX UNIT 41/47...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
452 PM 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
THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE FOR A SHOWER OR STORM ON TUESDAY, MAINLY
IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS, HOWEVER, THE CHANCE FOR A WETTING RAIN
REMAINS LOW.
GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL GENERALLY BECOME LIGHT AFTER SUNSET,
OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST, AND GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH. WINDS WILL
HOWEVER INCREASE AGAIN AFTER 10 AM TUESDAY, WITH WINDS GUSTING
INTO THE UPPER TEENS TO MID 20 MPH RANGE AT TIMES.
A COLD FRONT WILL TRY TO PUSH INTO THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY
BEFORE RETREATING BACK NORTHWARD, CREATING THE HIGHEST CHANCES OF
PRECIPITATION FOR THAT DAY, WITH SHOWERS AND STORMS EXPECTED.
THERE IS UNCERTAINTY IN TERMS OF TIMING AND HOW WIDESPREAD
PRECIPITATION ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE, BUT AT THIS POINT, TIMING
LOOKS MOST FAVORABLE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS.
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................6 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 7 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 22
MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING THEN DECREASING AFTER SUNSET
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH. AN OCCASIONAL GUST IN THE
LOWER TEENS IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (47200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (1000 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................5 TO 22.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........68 66 46 34 32 32 27 28 39 50 64 70
WEATHER COV..... SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 20 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............70 70 69 67 66 65 64 63 62 62 61 61
RH..............56 55 58 64 67 67 69 71 73 75 77 79
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
20 FT WIND GUST.18 16 14 16 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.2 1.5 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 12 8 7 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 9
LVORI...........2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
ADI.............22 13 7 5 5 5 5 6 6 8 8 8
VRATE KT-FT/1K..47 24 6 1 2 6 6 6 7 7 7 8
VENTRATE CAT....FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.
MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 21 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 9 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 29
MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (7600 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (107100 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (122500
KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................12 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 122 IN
THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........69 70 75 70 66 65 54 58 48 47 46 39
WEATHER COV..... SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RN
TSTM COV........ SCH
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 10 10 10
CHC OF THDR (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 10 10 10
TEMP............60 61 61 62 65 69 72 74 77 78 78 79
RH..............80 78 79 78 73 68 64 59 53 50 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 8 8 8 9 10 10 10 10 9
20 FT WIND GUST.18 18 18 18 18 19 20 21 21 21 21 20
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 1.0 1.3 1.8 2.5 2.9 4.0 4.7 5.2 5.3 5.1 5.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 10 13 16 20 23 25 26 28 29 29 28
LVORI...........4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............12 13 19 29 43 54 70 79 116 122 120 115
VRATE KT-FT/1K..8 9 14 25 40 59 83 107 125 135 136 123
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR FR FR GD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD
TUESDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING. SLIGHT
CHANCE OF RAIN EARLY IN THE EVENING, THEN
CHANCE OF RAIN AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................6 PERCENT INCREASING TO 14 PERCENT OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...19 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.
MAX HUMIDITY........86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
19 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING. GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 17 TO 23 MPH DECREASING TO 8 TO 13
MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (88800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (4700 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................7 TO 31.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........47 61 33 33 42 52 52 52 55 58 65 71
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30
CHC OF THDR (%).10 10 20 20 20 10 10 10 20 20 20 20
TEMP............79 77 76 73 71 70 69 68 67 66 65 64
RH..............46 47 50 55 58 60 62 65 67 70 74 78
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
20 FT WIND GUST.19 18 16 17 17 17 18 18 17 17 17 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.2 2.4 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.23 17 13 12 12 13 13 13 13 12 9 8
LVORI...........1 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4
ADI.............31 23 8 8 10 11 11 11 11 10 8 7
VRATE KT-FT/1K..89 47 14 5 7 13 13 14 14 12 10 7
VENTRATE CAT....GD FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...SL
REQUESTED BY...SAMUEL DAUGHERTY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2608464.0/RLX
.DELDT 03/30/26
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