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 Fire Weather Planning Forecast
 National Weather Service Charleston WV
 1229 AM EDT Sun Jul 13 2025
 
 .DISCUSSION...
 Showers and thunderstorms this evening. Thunderstorms will become 
 more numerous Sunday with the approach of a frontal boundary. Then, 
 the main thunderstorm activity shifts towards the mountains Monday. 
 
 A high pressure system lowers chances of precipitation for Tuesday, 
 with chances slowly increasing again for Wednesday through the end 
 of the next work week.
 
 
 Kanawha-
 Including the cities of Charleston, South Charleston, 
 and Saint Albans
 1229 AM EDT Sun Jul 13 2025
 
                       Today        Tonight      Mon          
 
 Cloud cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
 Precip type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
 Chance precip (%)     50           40           60           
 Chance of Thunder (%) 50           40           60           
 Max/Min TEMP          89           69           88           
 Min/Max RH %          73           100          61           
 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph)   Lgt/Var                   Lgt/Var      
 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
 Precip amount         0.02         0.02         0.07         
 Precip duration       1            2            4            
 Precip begin          6 AM         Continuing   Continuing   
 Precip end            Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   
 Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)4780                      5930         
 Transport wnd (mph)   SW  6                     W  7         
 Vent rate (kt-ft)     23910                     36620        
 Dispersion                         VERY POOR                 
 ADI early             20 GEN POOR  3 VERY POOR  14 GEN POOR  
 ADI late              33 FAIR      1 VERY POOR  46 GEN GOOD  
 Max LVORI early       9            10           10           
 Max LVORI late        3            10           3            
 
 Remarks...None.
 
 .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
 .TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms.
 Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the upper 80s. Light winds. 
 .WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely and a chance of
 thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Highs in the upper 80s. Light
 winds. 
 .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely and a chance of
 thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Highs in the upper 80s. Southwest
 winds 5 to 10 mph. 
 .FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
 thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Highs in the mid 80s. West winds
 5 to 10 mph. 
 .SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms.
 Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the mid 80s. West winds around
 5 mph.