Area Forecast Discussion
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952 FXUS61 KRLX 300612 AFDRLX AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Charleston WV 212 AM EDT Mon Jun 30 2025 .SYNOPSIS...
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Primarily diurnally driven convection through Monday. Cold frontal passage Tuesday with strong to severe storms. Drier airmass settles in for the rest of the week and holiday weekend.
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&& .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... As of 115 AM Monday... With good instability this afternoon and weak shear much of the activity will be confined to the afternoon with slow moving storms and shower activity. These storms could produce heavy downpours with PWATs nearly 2 inches and a moist column along with sufficient DCAPE, so there could be some isolated instances of localized flooding issues. We are in an marginal for excessive rainfall outlook as well as a marginal for severe storms. Some storms that do develop in the afternoon could be strong to severe with the main threats damaging wind and heavy downpours. By late afternoon instability drops off and so does chances for shower and thunderstorms. The morning should be fairly quiet although we can have some isolated showers and a possibly storm or two. The severe weather threat will be during the afternoon. Chances of shower and storm activity will go into the evening and at night due to possible activity ahead of the cold front shifting into our region which is forecast to pass through in the next period. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
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As of 210 AM Monday... The month of July opens up in the midst of a cold frontal passage marching in from the west. This feature will help promote widespread rain along and out ahead of the boundary by late Tuesday morning and gradually making a departure to the south and east through the course of the evening. An uptick in instability arises during peak heating hours as the front sails overhead, which could yield scattered strong to potentially severe thunderstorms. A weak low level jet focused along the front may aid in supporting localized damaging wind gusts within mature storms with enough steering flow to propel activity northeastward and mitigate widespread flooding concerns. However, localized heavy downpours and repetitive storms could lead to some trouble spots ahead of the frontal passage. Precipitation concludes along the higher terrain overnight Tuesday into Wednesday morning as the front completes its passage through the forecast area. The rest of Wednesday will then feature mostly drier weather, outside of a rogue shower still loitering over the mountains, clearing skies, and near seasonable temperatures for this time of year.
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&& .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
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As of 210 AM Monday... Surface high pressure centered over the Tennessee Valley will support dry weather for the metro valleys and southward on Thursday, while some light chances for rain sneaks back into our northern territories. This will be in response to a frontal boundary sinking down from the Great Lakes into the Ohio Valley, tapping into diurnal heating to stir up a few isolated storms across southeast Ohio and north-central West Virginia. Stretching into the Independence Day holiday, a mostly dry forecast triumphs over the Central Appalachians due to high pressure anchored overhead. A rise in temperatures will also make a return to the lower elevations, with many spots in the Tri-State area teetering over the 90 degree mark by Friday afternoon. Much of the same is anticipated over the weekend, if not even hotter, as a dome of upper level ridging settles over the eastern half of the country.
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&& .AVIATION /06Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... As of 120 AM Monday... A quiet morning with fog potential at PKB/EKN, but none elsewhere. Some valley fog may spill into CRW but chances are low at this point and will not likely restrict VIS. Lower clouds make an appearance by this afternoon but should stay scattered in nature along with possible shower or storm activity. By late afternoon or early evening the storm threat will diminish, however shower activity will be left on the table into the nighttime as activity will likely persist ahead of a cold front forecast to pass through on Tuesday. Cloudy skies by mid to high clouds will be likely throughout the period and shower activity will be high during the afternoon and evening. Winds will be weak in nature and storms and showers will likely move slow. Winds will be out of the southwest so any activity will likely track northeast. FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY... FORECAST CONFIDENCE: Medium to high. ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: Fog coverage and timing tonight may vary from the forecast. EXPERIMENTAL TABLE OF FLIGHT CATEGORY OBJECTIVELY SHOWS CONSISTENCY OF WFO FORECAST TO AVAILABLE MODEL INFORMATION: H = HIGH: TAF CONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL. M = MEDIUM: TAF HAS VARYING LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY WITH MODELS. L = LOW: TAF INCONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL. DATE MON 06/30/25 UTC 1HRLY 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 EDT 1HRLY 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 CRW CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H L H M H H HTS CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H BKW CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H EKN CONSISTENCY H H H H L H L L L M H H PKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H CKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H L L H L H H H AFTER 06Z TUESDAY... IFR conditions possible in thunderstorms through Tuesday and in morning fog Wednesday morning. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...None. OH...None. KY...None. VA...None. && $$ SYNOPSIS...MEK/JZ NEAR TERM...JZ SHORT TERM...MEK LONG TERM...MEK AVIATION...JZ