609
FNUS71 KRLX 151124
FWSRLX
SPOT FORECAST FOR BATOFF FIRE...US WILDLAND FIRE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
724 AM EDT WED APR 15 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0800 EDT ON APRIL 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
.DISCUSSION
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE UPPER 30S/LOWER
40S TODAY AMID MAINLY WEST-SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS 5-9 MPH WITH GUSTS
INTO THE MID TEENS.
SUMMER-LIKE WEATHER CONTINUES THROUGH SATURDAY WITH MINIMAL
CHANCES FOR A WETTING RAIN WITH THE BEST CHANCES OF A STORM OR
TWO NEAR THE FIRE ON THURSDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING A
MUCH BETTER CHANCE FOR WETTING RAIN SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83.
MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE
LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 13
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (72200 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................3 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 91 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........29 16 16 25 22 24 20 28 34 31
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
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 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............60 63 68 72 75 77 79 80 81 83
RH..............80 70 55 45 40 38 34 33 31 29
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW W W W W SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.8 10 10 11 12 12 12 13 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 1.4 2.7 3.7 4.2 4.9 5.4 5.9 6.5 6.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW W W W W SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 6 9 12 12 12 10 12 13 13
LVORI...........3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............3 10 32 55 58 65 64 76 90 91
VRATE KT-FT/1K..2 12 26 37 42 45 49 61 71 72
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR FR FR FR GD GD GD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MAX HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (52700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (0 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................2 TO 5.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........30 20 28 32 34 47 41 63 61 58 53 56
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
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............82 80 77 73 71 69 67 67 66 65 63 62
RH..............30 33 35 40 40 42 46 47 49 51 55 57
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.13 11 10 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...6.2 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 7 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3
ADI.............5 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 2
VRATE KT-FT/1K..53 26 3 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 2 2
VENTRATE CAT....FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 16 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 2 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 12 TO
15 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (0 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (92700 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................2 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 118 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........45 44 47 39 46 53 51 49 47 46 46 45
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
TEMP............62 61 62 65 69 73 76 78 79 80 80 80
RH..............57 60 58 55 49 42 39 36 34 32 31 31
20 FT WIND DIR..S S SW SW W W W SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
20 FT WIND GUST.7 8 8 10 12 14 14 16 16 16 16 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 0.8 0.9 1.9 3.4 4.5 5.1 6.0 6.7 7.3 7.5 7.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.2 2 3 7 12 15 15 14 13 14 15 15
LVORI...........3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............2 2 4 17 47 59 63 92 92 107 118 112
VRATE KT-FT/1K..0 0 3 19 40 59 67 71 74 85 93 91
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD GD GD GD GD
FORECASTER...JP
REQUESTED BY...MICHELLE ONEAL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2610386.0/RLX
.DELDT 04/15/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL MICHELLE_Q_FAHERTY@NPS.GOV
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