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 Fire Weather Planning Forecast
 National Weather Service Charleston WV
 241 AM EST Sun Feb 8 2026
 
 .DISCUSSION...
 Arctic high pressure will build into the area overnight tonight. 
 This will make for a very cold night, with low temperatures in the 
 single digits, even below zero in the normally coldest spots. As 
 brisk northwest flow persists in the mountains ahead of the high, 
 wind chills there will be below zero, even as low as 25 below across 
 the highest ridges. The cold weather continues Sunday through Sunday 
 night to finish out the weekend, While it will be as cold if not 
 colder Sunday night, the wind will be light to calm.
 
 A flat clipper system may bring a band of light snow, most likely 
 along and near the Tug Fork, on Sunday.
 
 A significant warm-up is forecast for early next week. Systems could 
 then bring rain showers Tuesday night and Wednesday, and then rain 
 and snow showers later next week, as temperatures settle back down 
 to near normal. This should promote an orderly melt of the snowpack 
 through the week.
 
 
 Ritchie-
 Including the cities of Harrisville and Pennsboro
 241 AM EST Sun Feb 8 2026
 
                       Today        Tonight      Mon          
 
 Cloud cover           Pcldy        Clear        Pcldy        
 Precip type           None         None         None         
 Chance precip (%)     0            0            0            
 Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            
 Max/Min TEMP          25           3            38           
 Min/Max RH %          49           87           39           
 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph)   Lgt/Var                   Lgt/Var      
 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
 Precip amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         
 Precip duration                                              
 Precip begin                                                 
 Precip end                                                   
 Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)3160                      1590         
 Transport wnd (mph)   NW  5                     SE  2        
 Vent rate (kt-ft)     15810                     3110         
 Dispersion                         VERY POOR                 
 ADI early             6 VERY POOR  1 VERY POOR  2 VERY POOR  
 ADI late              21 FAIR      1 VERY POOR  4 VERY POOR  
 Max LVORI early       6            6            5            
 Max LVORI late        2            6            2            
 
 Remarks...None.
 
 .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
 .TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s. Highs in the lower
 50s. South winds around 5 mph. 
 .WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Colder. Lows in the lower 30s. Highs
 around 40. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph. 
 .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s. Highs in the
 upper 30s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
 .FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain and snow. Lows in the
 lower 20s. Highs in the upper 30s. North winds 5 to 10 mph. 
 .SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain and snow. Lows around
 20. Highs in the lower 40s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.

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