Athens, OH Fire Weather Outlook

 Fire Weather Planning Forecast
 National Weather Service Charleston WV
 237 AM EDT Sat Apr 4 2026
 
 .DISCUSSION...
 Very warm and somewhat humid air remains in place through Saturday, 
 conducive to scattered afternoon and evening showers and 
 thunderstorms again. A low pressure system over the midwest will 
 intensify as it cuts up through the Great Lakes on Saturday, 
 bringing a strong cold front eastward toward the area. That front 
 will enhance shower and thunderstorm development to our west 
 Saturday afternoon, with that activity then trekking east across our 
 neck of the woods Saturday night.
 
 These thunderstorms could be strong to severe Saturday evening. 
 There is a marginal risk for severe thunderstorms over the middle 
 Ohio Valley and northern West Virginia, with damaging wind gusts the 
 primary threat, and a slight risk in interior southeast Ohio, where 
 a tornado is also possible.
 
 The cold front itself will whip across the area overnight Saturday 
 night, ending the rain from west to east first thing Easter Sunday 
 morning. The rest of Easter Sunday will turn out dry, but cooler in 
 the wake of the front. After topping out in the 70s and 80s again on 
 Saturday, high temperatures will be just in the 50s and 60s on 
 Sunday and Monday.
 
 A reinforcing shot of cold air will knock highs down to the 40s and 
 50s for Tuesday. Nights will become colder early next week, with 
 overnight and early morning frost and freeze conditions becoming 
 increasingly likely through Wednesday morning, as a large high 
 pressure system builds into the area.
 
 The second half of next week brings a stout warming trend, with 
 continued dry weather, as the large high moves off to the east.
 
 
 Athens-
 Including the city of Athens
 237 AM EDT Sat Apr 4 2026
 
                       Today        Tonight      Sun          
 
 Cloud cover           Pcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        
 Precip type           Showers      Tstms        None         
 Chance precip (%)     20           100          0            
 Chance of Thunder (%) 0            20           0            
 Max/Min TEMP          84           44           55           
 Min/Max RH %          42           92           47           
 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph)   S  5                      W  7 G17     
 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph)   SW  9 G20    SW  8 G18    W  9 G19     
 Precip amount         0.01         0.37         0.00         
 Precip duration       1            6                         
 Precip begin          6 AM         Continuing                
 Precip end            Continuing   6 AM                      
 Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)6940                      5700         
 Transport wnd (mph)   S 24                      W 20         
 Vent rate (kt-ft)     125380                    97800        
 Dispersion                         FAIR                      
 ADI early             41 GEN GOOD  26 FAIR      55 GEN GOOD  
 ADI late              109 VERY GOOD20 GEN POOR  82 GOOD      
 Max LVORI early       6            3            4            
 Max LVORI late        1            4            1            
 
 Remarks...None.
 
 .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
 .MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the upper
 50s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
 .TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs around 50.
 Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph. 
 .WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Warmer. Lows in the upper 20s. Highs
 in the mid 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. 
 .THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the
 lower 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. 
 .FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the mid
 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.