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Fire Weather Planning Forecast National Weather Service Charleston WV 1035 AM EDT Fri Apr 19 2024 .DISCUSSION... Showers and thunderstorms will spread east today as a cold front arrives to the Middle Ohio valley this morning. Some thunderstorms could become strong to severe, mainly across the southern coalfields of West Virginia and southwest Virginia this afternoon, with brief periods of torrential rainfall and strong gusty winds. Behind the departing system, cooler and drier weather is expected for the weekend. Next week could hold a couple mornings of frost with cold overnight lows expected. Wirt- Including the city of Elizabeth 1035 AM EDT Fri Apr 19 2024 Today Tonight Sat Cloud cover Mcldy Pcldy Mclear Precip type Tstms None None Chance precip (%) 80 0 0 Max/Min TEMP 70 42 62 Min/Max RH % 62 75 32 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) S 7 Lgt/Var 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) W 9 NW 6 W 10 G19 Precip amount 0.15 0.00 0.00 Precip duration 7 Precip begin 6 AM Precip end 6 PM Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)3630 7450 Transport wnd (mph) SW 8 W 23 Vent rate (kt-ft) 25340 156530 Dispersion POOR LAL 2 1 1 Haines Index 3 4 3 ADI early 23 FAIR 14 GEN POOR 95 GOOD ADI late 30 FAIR 6 VERY POOR 114 VERY GOOD Max LVORI early 4 3 3 Max LVORI late 4 3 1 Remarks...None. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the mid 50s. North winds around 5 mph. .MONDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the lower 60s. West winds around 5 mph. .TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the upper 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the lower 60s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. .THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the lower 60s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.