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 Fire Weather Planning Forecast
 National Weather Service Charleston WV
 237 AM EDT Sun Apr 19 2026
 
 .DISCUSSION...
 A cold front has provided a wetting rain for the area suppressing 
 fire danger for today. Much colder air settles in for the new work 
 week with potential for critically low minimum afternoon relative 
 humidity percentages in the 20s Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday brings 
 a disturbance that may provide additional rainfall amounts to the 
 area which should suppress fire danger for Wednesday, however drier 
 weather comes back for Thursday and Friday as well as lower RH 
 values and elevated wind.
 
 
 
 Wood-
 Including the cities of Parkersburg and Vienna
 237 AM EDT Sun Apr 19 2026
 
                       Today        Tonight      Mon          
 
 Cloud cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Mclear       
 Precip type           None         Showers      None         
 Chance precip (%)     0            30           0            
 Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            
 Max/Min TEMP          57           34           53           
 Min/Max RH %          27           78           25           
 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph)   W  8 G18                  NW  5        
 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph)   W 10 G21     W  7 G19     NW  7        
 Precip amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         
 Precip duration                    1                         
 Precip begin                       8 PM                      
 Precip end                         2 AM                      
 Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)10710                     8030         
 Transport wnd (mph)   W 24                      NW 16        
 Vent rate (kt-ft)     233110                    110970       
 Dispersion                         FAIR                      
 ADI early             85 GOOD      26 FAIR      89 GOOD      
 ADI late              148 VERY GOOD7 POOR       135 VERY GOOD
 Max LVORI early       4            3            4            
 Max LVORI late        1            4            1            
 
 Remarks...None.
 
 .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
 .TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s. Highs in the
 upper 60s. Light winds. 
 .WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the
 lower 50s. Highs in the lower 70s. West winds 10 to 15 mph. 
 .THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the
 upper 70s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
 .FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the lower
 80s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
 .SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely. Lows in the upper
 50s. Highs in the mid 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

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