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SPOT FORECAST FOR RX CAMPGROUND FIRE...WEST VIRGINIA DIVISION OF NATURAL RESOURCES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
707 AM EDT WED OCT 14 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 EDT ON OCTOBER 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TODAY WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 80S.
SKIES WILL BE CLEAR TO START WITH CLOUD COVER RETRUNING LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AS A COLD FRONT DROPS INTO THE REGION. THE FRONT WILL SPARK SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE BURN LOCATION AFTER 4-5PM. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE SCATTERED IN NATURE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AS THE PRIMARY CONCERNS.
BACKGROUND WINDS WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST TODAY AT 5-10 MPH WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT
AT 5 TO 15 MPH AND CONTINUE OUT OF THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST THURSDAY.
CLOUDY SKIES AND SHOWERY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THURSDAY
AS THE FRONT STALLS SOUTH OF THE REGION. HIGHS WILL DROP BACK INTO THE MID 60S.
SOUTHERLY WINDS RETRUN LATE WITH WARMER AND WINDIER CONDITIONS EXPECTED FRIDAY.
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE 60 PERCENT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON WITH
RECOVERIES BACK TOWARD 100 PERCENT TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A TENTH
TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE BURN LOCATION.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT SHADING) THEN BECOMING PARTLY
CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT SHADING).
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...12 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81.
MIN HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH LATE
IN THE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 12 TO 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (5500 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (49500 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........8 19 9 8 34 53 40 40 46 40 45
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 10 0 10 10 10 10 10
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 10 0 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............66 67 68 73 77 78 80 80 80 81 79
RH..............75 73 76 68 64 64 60 60 62 60 67
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..7 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 7 7
20 FT WIND GUST.15 18 20 20 20 20 18 18 18 17 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.6 0.8 1.2 1.7 2.1 3.1 3.5 3.5 2.9 2.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 14 14 16 15 16 17 16 15 15 12
VRATE KT-FT/1K..6 7 9 17 22 30 47 50 46 38 22
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR PR PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT SHADING) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT SHADING). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING, THEN
CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT IN THE
EVENING (AFTER 5PM) AND OVERNIGHT, THEN INCREASING TO 30
PERCENT OVERNIGHT DECREASING TO 20 PERCENT
AFTER 3 AM.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...17 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTH LATE IN THE EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 8 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 8 TO
10 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3200 KNOT-FT).
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........34 59 56 51 52 59 64 67 74 72 61 59
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 30 20 20 20
CHC OF THDR (%).10 20 20 20 20 10 10 10 0 0 0 0
TEMP............77 75 72 70 69 68 67 66 65 63 62 61
RH..............71 76 84 87 87 87 87 84 84 87 87 87
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW N N N N N N NE
20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 13 13 13 12 12 13 13 13 14 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.9 1.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.W NW NW N N N N N N N NE N
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 9 9 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 10 9
VRATE KT-FT/1K..8 6 4 3 3 5 5 4 5 5 8 10
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...TAYLOR
REQUESTED BY...CHELSEY FALLER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 10/14/26
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