FNUS71 KRLX 241701 FWSRLX SPOT FORECAST FOR RAILROAD FIRE...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 101 PM EDT TUE MAR 24 2009 .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE DRY WEATHER TODAY AND TONIGHT. COMBINATION OF DRY AIR AND TEMPERATURES IN THE MID AND UPPER 50S WILL RESULT IN MINIMUM DAYTIME RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 15 PERCENT. SOUTH WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH SHOULD PREVAIL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE SOUTH WINDS SHOULD BECOME LIGHT AROUND SUNSET AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. EXPECT RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO RECOVER TO NEAR 90 PERCENT BY SUNRISE ON WEDNESDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY... PROVIDING SOME SHOWERS. THE FRONT WILL STALL AS A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES OVER THE AREA ON THURSDAY...PROVIDING SOME MORE RAIN. .REST OF TODAY... TIME (EDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........33 34 34 35 35 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............55 56 57 58 58 RH..............22 18 15 14 13 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..2 5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.6 2.0 2.4 2.6 2.7 MIXNG WIND DIR..S S S S S MIXNG WIND SPD..5 7 8 8 8 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 4 4 .TONIGHT... TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........36 39 40 41 43 45 47 49 50 52 57 61 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............56 53 51 48 45 42 39 37 35 33 32 30 RH..............16 22 26 28 33 36 44 55 62 69 82 90 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S SE 20 FT WIND SPD..5 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 5 5 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.3 1.7 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 MIXNG WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S SE MIXNG WIND SPD..7 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 9 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 .WEDNESDAY... TIME (EDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).........66 76 92 100 WEATHER COV..... S CHC LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............29 32 43 51 RH..............92 100 75 60 20 FT WIND......S 6G15 S 9G25 S 10G30 S 10G30 MIX HGT (FT)....200 200 600 1100 MIXNG WIND......S 10 S 15 S 17 S 17 CWR.............0 10 50 50 LAL.............1 1 1 1 HAINES INDEX....4 4 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...JSH REQUESTED BY...CAMERON CRISP TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090324.RAILR.01/RLX