Northwest Raleigh, WV Fire Weather Outlook



 Fire Weather Planning Forecast
 National Weather Service Charleston WV
 509 AM EDT Tue Apr 23 2024
 
 .DISCUSSION...
 
 Warm and breezy conditions are expected today in advance of cold 
 frontal passage tonight. Winds will be out of the southwest, with 
 gusts of 20 to 25 miles per hour possible during the afternoon and 
 evening hours. Relative humidity values will bottom out in the low 
 20s to low 30s. 
 
 Light rain arrives tonight, and then continues into  early 
 Wednesday, as a cold front crosses the region. Drier weather returns 
 from west to east on Wednesday, and then persists until another 
 system approaches late on Friday into the weekend.
 
 Temperatures will remain seasonably cool for early spring through 
 much of the work week, then a warming trend takes hold beginning on 
 Friday ahead of the next system.
 
 
 
 Northwest Raleigh-
 Including the cities of Bradley, Prosperity, and Sophia
 509 AM EDT Tue Apr 23 2024
 
                       Today        Tonight      Wed          
 
 Cloud cover           Mclear       Mcldy        Pcldy        
 Precip type           None         Showers      Showers      
 Chance precip (%)     0            90           60           
 Max/Min TEMP          71           48           66           
 Min/Max RH %          21           97           41           
 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph)   Lgt/Var                   W  8         
 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph)   SW  9 G18    SW  9 G18    NW  9        
 Precip amount         0.00         0.11         0.05         
 Precip duration                    4            2            
 Precip begin                       11 PM        Continuing   
 Precip end                         Continuing   2 PM         
 Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)6110                      6160         
 Transport wnd (mph)   SW 18                     NW 12        
 Vent rate (kt-ft)     102530                    68460        
 Dispersion                         FAIR                      
 LAL                   1            1            1            
 Haines Index          4            4            3            
 ADI early             48 GEN GOOD  22 FAIR      29 FAIR      
 ADI late              80 GOOD      14 GEN POOR  60 GEN GOOD  
 Max LVORI early       4            2            5            
 Max LVORI late        1            5            2            
 
 Remarks...None.
 
 .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
 .THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the mid
 60s. North winds around 5 mph. 
 .FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the
 lower 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph. 
 .SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the
 upper 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph. 
 .SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the
 lower 80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. 
 .MONDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the lower
 60s. Highs around 80. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.