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FNUS71 KRLX 270902
FWSRLX
SPOT FORECAST FOR UPPER GREENBRIER NORTH...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
502 AM EDT MON APR 27 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 EDT ON APRIL 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
DRY WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY AND THIS EVENING.
A COLD FRONT WILL THEN BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT
INTO TUESDAY.
MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ON
WEDNESDAY.
MUCH COOLER AIR ARRIVES FOR THE END OF THE WORK WEEK INTO THE
WEEKEND, BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD FROST AND FREEZE
CONDITIONS.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). AREAS OF FROST EARLY IN
THE MORNING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...1 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH LATE
IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3 TO 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1600 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (25100 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................3 TO 35.
TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........35 26 11 19 13 20 32 32 25 14 21
WEATHER COV.....ARS ARS
WEATHER TYPE....FST FST
TSTM COV........
CWR.............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
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............36 38 41 47 52 57 60 62 62 62 62
RH..............95 90 80 64 53 42 38 36 36 35 36
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 7 7
20 FT WIND GUST.8 8 10 10 12 13 13 13 13 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.9 1.3 1.8 2.2 2.5 2.9 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 3 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 8 8
LVORI...........8 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
ADI.............3 4 8 11 16 18 25 27 29 35 35
VRATE KT-FT/1K..2 3 5 8 11 14 17 19 23 25 25
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................1 PERCENT INCREASING TO 15 PERCENT EARLY IN THE
MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...11 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 39.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 23 MPH
EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (20400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (5600 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................4 TO 11.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........27 51 65 57 42 41 47 48 48 43 65 70
WEATHER COV..... CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
TEMP............61 57 53 50 48 46 45 44 42 41 41 40
RH..............38 44 53 58 63 68 71 72 78 80 84 87
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 16 16 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.3 2.5 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.1 0.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10
LVORI...........2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5
ADI.............4 11 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9
VRATE KT-FT/1K..20 14 8 6 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 8
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS AND
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................31 PERCENT INCREASING TO 86 PERCENT EARLY IN
THE MORNING, THEN DECREASING TO 22 PERCENT LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......90 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...23 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MIN HUMIDITY........69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 18
MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND 6 MPH LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. GUSTY
AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND 7
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (14200 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................7 TO 21.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........86 88 93 93 93 93 93 93 81 75 70 64
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............30 30 90 90 90 90 90 90 20 20 20 20
CHC OF PCPN (%).40 50 90 90 90 90 90 90 40 40 40 40
CHC OF THDR (%).10 10 20 20 20 10 10 10 20 20 20 20
TEMP............41 41 42 43 44 46 48 52 55 57 59 60
RH..............87 88 89 90 92 93 90 85 79 75 71 69
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW W
20 FT WIND SPD..8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.18 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 16 16 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 1.0 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.5 1.9 2.1 2.3 2.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW W
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7
LVORI...........5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 3
ADI.............10 11 7 10 11 12 12 16 19 21 19 18
VRATE KT-FT/1K..7 7 6 7 7 8 10 12 13 14 14 13
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...RPY
REQUESTED BY...PHILIP BRASS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2611726.2/RLX
.DELDT 04/27/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL PHILIP.S.BRASS@USDA.GOV
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