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 Fire Weather Planning Forecast
 National Weather Service Charleston WV
 537 AM EDT Sat Apr 18 2026
 
 .DISCUSSION...
 A cold front brings potential for storms this afternoon and evening, 
 with a conditional wetting rain into tonight. Temperatures remain 
 unusually warm today, then the front ushers in much colder air with 
 potential for critically low minimum afternoon relative humidity 
 percentages in the 20s Monday and Tuesday of next week.
 
 
 
 Southeast Fayette-
 Including the city of Meadow Bridge
 537 AM EDT Sat Apr 18 2026
 
                       Today        Tonight      Sun          
 
 Cloud cover           Pcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        
 Precip type           Showers      Tstms        Showers      
 Chance precip (%)     30           90           30           
 Chance of Thunder (%) 0            50           0            
 Max/Min TEMP          81           37           53           
 Min/Max RH %          35           99           30           
 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph)   S  5 G18                  NW 11 G24    
 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph)   SW  8 G18    W  6 G18     NW 11 G24    
 Precip amount         0.01         0.41         0.02         
 Precip duration       0            8            2            
 Precip begin          4 PM         Continuing   Continuing   
 Precip end            Continuing   Continuing   2 PM         
 Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)7680                      7450         
 Transport wnd (mph)   SW 20                     NW 25        
 Vent rate (kt-ft)     137940                    171260       
 Dispersion                         POOR                      
 ADI early             36 FAIR      20 GEN POOR  49 GEN GOOD  
 ADI late              92 GOOD      16 GEN POOR  120 VERY GOOD
 Max LVORI early       3            4            5            
 Max LVORI late        1            5            1            
 
 Remarks...None.
 
 .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
 .MONDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of rain showers. Lows in the
 mid 30s. Highs in the lower 50s. West winds around 5 mph. 
 .TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Warmer. Lows in the lower 30s. Highs in
 the upper 60s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
 .WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the
 lower 50s. Highs in the lower 70s. West winds 10 to 15 mph. 
 .THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the
 upper 70s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
 .FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the lower
 80s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.