429  
FNUS71 KRLX 091547  
FWSRLX  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR SWISS MINING INCIDENT...WV EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIVISION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV  
1047 AM EST SUN NOV 9 2025  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1100 EST ON NOVEMBER 09.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
A COLD FRONT HAS JUST CROSSED THE AREA THIS MORNING, WHICH MEANS  
THERE WILL BE A SHIFT IN WIND DIRECTION FROM SOUTH-SOUTHWEST TO  
WEST-SOUTHWEST BY 2 PM. WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 6-12 MPH WITH  
OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH TODAY. WINDS WILL BECOME WEST-NORTHWESTERLY  
BY 11 PM TONIGHT, WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT MONDAY AND INTO MONDAY  
NIGHT SUSTAINED AT 6-12 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.  
 
IN ADDITION, CONDITIONS ARE CURRENTLY DRY. HOWEVER, RAIN SHOWERS  
CAN OCCUR ANYTIME TODAY, WITH THE CHANCES RANGING FROM 20 TO 40 PERCENT.  
THESE SHOWERS WILL BE BRIEF AND INTERMITTENT IN NATURE TODAY. RAIN  
CHANCES WILL THEN INCREASE TO 70 PERCENT OR GREATER BY 7 PM THIS EVENING.  
RAIN SHOWERS WILL LIKELY MIX WITH, AND EVENTUALLY TRANSITION TO SNOW BY  
11 PM TONIGHT. THESE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH DAYBREAK MONDAY  
MORNING.  
 
BETWEEN 7 AM AND 11 AM, A BREAK IN THE SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED  
WITH CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION ONLY 20 TO 40 PERCENT. THEN, SNOW  
SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL PICK UP AGAIN BY 12 PM MONDAY, CONTINUING THROUGH  
THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL FINALLY END TUESDAY  
MORNING WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES FROM  
TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.  
 
TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE 50S TODAY, DROPPING INTO THE UPPER 30S  
BY 8 PM, AND DROPPING BELOW 32 DEGREES BY 2 AM. TEMPERATURES WILL THEN  
REMAIN BELOW FREEZING ALL DAY TUESDAY AND INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILL  
VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE 20S BY 11 PM TONIGHT AND INTO THE TEENS BY 6 AM  
MONDAY. WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN IN THE UPPER TEENS AND LOWER 20S ALL DAY  
MONDAY, AND WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY 3 AM TUESDAY MORNING.  
 
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
RAIN EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN  
EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
RAIN LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...11 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57.  
MIN HUMIDITY........74 PERCENT.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).WEST WINDS 10 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 23  
MPH.  
 
TIME (EST) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........90 91 87 76 69 74 82  
WEATHER COV..... SCH CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH  
WEATHER TYPE.... RN RN RN RN RN RN  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 20 40 20 20 20 20  
CHC OF THDR (%).10 10 10 10 10 0 0  
TEMP............55 57 56 55 54 50 47  
RH..............87 84 85 80 74 81 86  
SURFACE WND DIR.SW W W W W W W  
SURFACE WND SPD.10 10 11 13 13 10 11  
SURFACE WND GST.21 23 22 23 22 22 22  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). RAIN AND CHANCE OF SNOW  
IN THE EVENING, THEN SNOW AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
RAIN OVERNIGHT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......80 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...7 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 27.  
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).WEST WINDS 8 TO 11 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 22 MPH IN  
THE EVENING THEN 20 MPH AFTER 3 AM.  
 
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........84 97 96 95 95 91 92 97 96 91 94 96  
WEATHER COV.....CHC DEF LKY CHC LKY CHC CHC DEF LKY CHC CHC CHC  
WEATHER TYPE....RN RN RN RN RN RS SN SN SN SN SN SN  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).30 80 70 50 70 50 40 80 60 50 40 50  
CHC OF THDR (%).0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0  
TEMP............44 42 40 38 36 35 34 33 32 31 31 30  
RH..............91 95 99 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 98 99  
SURFACE WND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W  
SURFACE WND SPD.11 10 10 10 10 9 9 8 9 9 9 9  
SURFACE WND GST.22 21 21 20 20 18 17 16 17 18 20 20  
   
MONDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE  
MORNING, THEN SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......90 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...5 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 31.  
MIN HUMIDITY........78 PERCENT.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).WEST WINDS 9 TO 11 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 22  
MPH.  
 
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........96 93 92 91 95 96 97 97 95 93 92 94  
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC SCH SCH CHC LKY LKY LKY DEF DEF LKY  
WEATHER TYPE....SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).40 10 30 20 20 40 70 60 70 90 80 70  
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10  
TEMP............29 28 27 27 29 30 31 31 31 31 30 29  
RH..............95 95 98 98 95 87 82 80 78 80 83 89  
SURFACE WND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W  
SURFACE WND SPD.9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 10 10  
SURFACE WND GST.20 20 21 22 21 22 22 21 22 22 22 21  
 

 
FORECASTER...26  
REQUESTED BY...MATT BLACKWOOD  
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR  
.TAG 2525459.0/RLX  
.DELDT 11/09/25  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL MATTHEW.J.BLACKWOOD@WV.GOV  
 
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