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FNUS71 KRLX 240941
FWSRLX
SPOT FORECAST FOR UPPER GREENBRIER RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
541 AM EDT FRI APR 24 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 EDT ON APRIL 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
DRY WEATHER HOLDS WITH A WARMING TREND IN PLAY THROUGH TODAY,
TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S ACROSS THE GREENBRIER
VALLEY TODAY WITH DEW POINTS IN THE 40S RESULTING IN RH VALUES IN THE
LOW TO MID 30S. WINDS WILL BE WEST TO SOUTHWEST AND WILL BE LIGHT IN
SPEED BETWEEN 5 AND 10 KNOTS. A FEW GUSTS UP TO 15 KNOTS ARE POSSIBLE.
WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH
A COLD FRONT ARRIVE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, AND LINGER THROUGH THE DAY.
BRIEF DRY PERIOD IS EXPECTED SUNDAY, BUT ACTIVE WEATHER LOOMS FOR THE
START OF NEXT WEEK WITH ANOTHER COLD FRONT AND ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).
CWR.................4 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...8 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MIN HUMIDITY........42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN
THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 1 TO 7 MPH INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 12 TO
16 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (0 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (93400 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................1 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 121 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........42 33 30 15 19 24 30 39 33 37 34
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10
TEMP............49 52 57 61 64 66 68 68 69 68 68
RH..............81 77 67 59 53 48 45 43 42 42 42
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..1 2 2 3 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.7 10 10 11 14 14 14 14 13 13 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 2.4 4.6 6.2 7.0 7.1 7.7 7.9 7.7 7.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W NW NW NW NW NW W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.1 2 7 13 16 16 15 13 13 13 12
LVORI...........6 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............1 2 21 73 110 121 114 101 103 102 90
VRATE KT-FT/1K..0 1 28 61 87 93 91 84 85 83 75
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR GD GD GD GD GD GD GD GD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................7 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...8 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MAX HUMIDITY........86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 2 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
AROUND 2 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (51400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (0 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................1 TO 4.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........19 25 17 16 7 11 21 25 17 28 45 50
WEATHER COV..... SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20
CHC OF THDR (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 10
TEMP............67 65 61 58 56 55 53 52 52 51 50 51
RH..............43 46 55 62 64 68 71 75 79 82 85 85
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W S SW SW SW SW SW SW W
20 FT WIND SPD..5 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.11 10 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...6.6 4.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W SW SW SW SW SW W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
LVORI...........2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
ADI.............4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
VRATE KT-FT/1K..51 24 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
VENTRATE CAT....FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. RAIN SHOWERS
THROUGH THE DAY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CWR.................9 PERCENT INCREASING TO 95 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......100 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...33 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64.
MIN HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN
THE MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 2 TO 7 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (0 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (20200 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................2 TO 25.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........55 51 88 88 88 88 88 88 98 98 98 98
WEATHER COV.....SCH CHC DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC SCH
CWR.............10 10 80 80 80 80 80 80 100 100 100 100
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 30 80 80 80 80 80 80 100 100 100 100
CHC OF THDR (%).10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 30 30 30 20
TEMP............51 52 54 56 58 61 62 63 63 62 61 59
RH..............86 85 82 79 76 74 73 73 74 75 76 78
20 FT WIND DIR..W SW SW W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 3 3 5 5 5 5 6 6 5
20 FT WIND GUST.7 8 10 10 11 12 13 13 13 13 13 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.5 0.7 1.9 3.3 3.9 3.8 3.1 2.7 2.2 2.1 2.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W SW SW W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.2 2 2 3 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
LVORI...........6 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
ADI.............2 2 2 8 16 21 25 22 21 18 18 18
VRATE KT-FT/1K..0 0 1 7 14 20 20 19 17 16 14 13
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...LTC
REQUESTED BY...SALVADOR BENABE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2610849.4/RLX
.DELDT 04/24/26
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