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 Fire Weather Planning Forecast
 National Weather Service Charleston WV
 336 AM EST Mon Dec 8 2025
 
 .DISCUSSION...
 A disturbance arrives overnight into Monday, bringing precipitation 
 to locations mainly southeast of the Ohio River. A rain and snow mix 
 to start will quickly transition to snow for most locations by 
 daybreak Monday, with total accumulations of one to four inches 
 expected by Monday evening across southwest Virginia, southern and 
 central West Virginia, and parts of northeast Kentucky.
 
 Dry weather returns briefly on Tuesday, with the next system 
 crossing north of the area on Wednesday bringing rain across most of 
 the area, along with gusty winds.
 
 Following this, additional disturbances will bring a mix of rain and 
 snow for late in the work week, and then eventually all snow by 
 the weekend, as temperatures gradually trend lower.
 
 
 Buchanan-
 Including the cities of Grundy, Hurley, Davenport, and Vansant
 336 AM EST Mon Dec 8 2025
 
                       Today        Tonight      Tue          
 
 Cloud cover           Mcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        
 Precip type           Snow/Fz Ra   None         None         
 Chance precip (%)     90           0            0            
 Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            
 Max/Min TEMP          34           22           43           
 Min/Max RH %          93           100          61           
 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph)   Lgt/Var                   Lgt/Var      
 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  6        
 Precip amount         0.25         0.00         0.00         
 Precip duration       9                                      
 Precip begin          6 AM                                   
 Precip end            5 PM                                   
 Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)1820                      2560         
 Transport wnd (mph)   N  5                      SW  8        
 Vent rate (kt-ft)     8290                      20450        
 Dispersion                         VERY POOR                 
 ADI early             6 VERY POOR  2 VERY POOR  11 POOR      
 ADI late              8 POOR       2 VERY POOR  17 GEN POOR  
 Max LVORI early       9            10           7            
 Max LVORI late        8            9            3            
 
 Remarks...None.
 
 .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
 .WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with rain likely. Lows in the lower
 30s. Highs in the mid 40s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
 .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with snow and rain likely. Colder. Lows
 in the upper 20s. Highs in the lower 30s. West winds around
 10 mph. 
 .FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow and rain. Lows in
 the mid 20s. Highs in the lower 30s. West winds 10 to 15 mph. 
 .SATURDAY...Breezy. Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow. Colder. Lows
 around 14. Highs in the lower 20s. West winds 20 to 25 mph. 
 .SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 10. Highs in the mid 20s.
 West winds 15 to 20 mph.

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