544 FNUS71 KRLX 291953 FWSRLX Spot Forecast for Cheat...USFS National Weather Service Charleston WV 353 PM EDT Mon Apr 29 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1600 EDT on April 29. If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Mostly sunny skies and near calm winds provide to unseasonably hot temperatures this afternoon. Upper 80s will be fairly common across various lowland locations, even approaching record territory. High pressure keeping the area dry today with a few fair weather clouds dotting the sky. Remaining mostly dry until late tonight into early Tuesday, when a cold front approaches from the west. As a result, showers and a few thunderstorms return from west to east Tuesday morning, and then end from west to east on Wednesday. Above normal temperatures return on Thursday, with showers and storms to end the week into the weekend. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent). CWR.................10 percent. Chance of pcpn......10 percent. LAL.................No Tstms. Max temperature.....Around 74. Min humidity........38 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 8 mph. Mixing height.......6700 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 9 to 10 mph. LVORI...............1. ADI.................67 to 72. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (EDT) 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........20 9 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............10 10 Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 LAL.............1 1 Temp............74 73 RH..............40 38 20 FT wind dir..SW SW 20 FT wind spd..8 8 20 FT wind gust.12 14 Mix hgt (kft)...6.7 6.3 Transp wind dir.S S Transp wind spd.9 10 LVORI...........1 1 ADI.............67 72 Haines index....4 4 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (50-60 percent). CWR.................10 percent. Chance of pcpn......10 percent. LAL.................No Tstms. Min temperature.....Around 54. Max humidity........77 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 7 to 9 mph. Mixing height.......500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 12 mph. LVORI...............3. ADI.................6 to 8. Haines Index........3 to 5 or very low to moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........6 6 6 12 15 26 22 30 29 26 57 57 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............72 69 67 63 61 59 57 56 55 55 54 54 RH..............43 48 59 65 67 69 71 70 74 75 75 76 20 FT wind dir..SW SW S S S SW SW SW SW SW W W 20 FT wind spd..8 8 7 8 8 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 20 FT wind gust.13 13 11 11 13 14 13 12 12 11 11 11 Mix hgt (kft)...5.5 3.5 1.2 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Transp wind dir.S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW W W Transp wind spd.10 9 9 10 10 12 12 10 10 10 9 9 LVORI...........2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 ADI.............7 6 6 7 7 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 Haines index....3 3 3 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Rain showers likely and chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. CWR.................10 percent increasing to 70 percent. Chance of pcpn......70 percent. LAL.................No Tstms until 1400, then 1-8 strikes. Max temperature.....Around 68. Min humidity........60 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds 8 to 12 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......4800 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 9 to 14 mph. LVORI...............3. ADI.................7 early in the morning increasing to 56 in the afternoon. Haines Index........2 to 4 or very low to low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........57 44 49 69 75 80 81 79 73 76 74 83 Weather cov..... CHC CHC LKY LKY Weather type.... RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ SCH CHC CHC CHC CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 30 50 60 70 Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 30 50 60 70 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 Temp............55 55 56 59 61 63 65 65 66 67 65 64 RH..............77 77 76 72 72 68 63 62 61 60 67 70 20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W SW SW W W 20 FT wind spd..8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 12 20 FT wind gust.11 11 11 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 16 Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.9 2.3 3.3 4.1 4.5 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.4 Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W SW SW W W Transp wind spd.9 9 9 10 10 12 12 12 12 13 14 14 LVORI...........4 4 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 ADI.............7 10 11 28 35 43 45 34 35 38 56 40 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 $$ Forecaster...JZ Requested by...Jim Burke Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2412713.0/RLX .DELDT 04/29/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL pamacc@firenet.gov