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FXUS61 KRLX 070011
AFDRLX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Charleston WV
811 PM EDT Sun Sep 6 2026

.WHAT HAS CHANGED...
00Z aviation discussion update.

As of 150 PM Sunday...

Added mention of flash flooding potential for Thursday.

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.KEY MESSAGES...
1.) High pressure settling across the region will maintain
mostly dry conditions and patchy river valley fog through
Wednesday morning, with afternoon temperatures remaining 3 to 5
degrees above normal.

2.) A cold front approaching Wednesday night and stalling
Thursday brings returning shower and thunderstorm chances, with
a threat for locally heavy rain and training convection.

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.DISCUSSION...
KEY MESSAGE 1...

A few showers remain possible this afternoon, mainly across the
higher terrain and southern coalfields with uncapped profiles,
but progressively drier air working in from the north will erode
any remaining MLCAPE as we move through the late afternoon.

Radiational cooling tonight will foster river valley fog across
the forecast area. However, mid-level clouds advancing from the
east may limit fog depth and coverage across the southern
coalfields.

High pressure and a dry northwesterly flow regime aloft will
persist across the central Appalachians through early Wednesday
before the ridge flattens overhead by midweek. Within this
airmass, surface temperatures will reach daytime highs in the
mid to upper 80s in lower elevations, running roughly 3 to 5
degrees above seasonal normals but notably cooler than recent
extremes.

Below an elevated mixed layer based near H700, stable low-level
thermodynamic profiles with virtually no instability will
ensure dry and capped conditions continue through Wednesday
morning.

KEY MESSAGE 2...

An upper-level trough traversing the northern tier toward Hudson
Bay will flatten the upper ridge mid-week, driving daytime
temperatures briefly back near 90 degrees on Wednesday. As the
system moves east, it will drag a cold front south toward the
Ohio Valley late Wednesday, where it is expected to orient west-
to-east directly across the forecast area on Thursday.

Precipitation chances increase over southeast Ohio and western
counties late Wednesday evening, with widespread showers and
thunderstorms expanding on Thursday along the boundary. While
deep-layer shear is forecast to be modest to strong for early
September at 35 to 45KTs, severe weather potential remains
constrained by limited surface-based instability. High
atmospheric moisture content with precipitable water values of
1.8 to 2.0 inches, combined with steering flow parallel to the
boundary, raises the risk for training convection and high
rainfall rates. A Marginal Risk for excessive rainfall covers
much of the region for Thursday, though antecedent dry
conditions over the coming days should help limit initial flash
flooding vulnerability.

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.AVIATION /00Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
The main concern for the overnight will be the development of
valley fog amid the dry weather. Fog is expected to be slightly
less widespread than last night, currently progged to impact
CKB/CRW/EKN ~5Z or later, with IFR or worse restrictions
expected by dawn. While fog at HTS and PKB cannot entirely be
ruled out, low-level flow is expected to generally limit fog
coverage that far northwest. Fog is expected to lift / scatter
from ~1130-1330Z on Monday morning, giving way to a quiet and
dry day. A FEW/SCT (025-040) Cu field develops late Monday
morning into the afternoon.

Calm to light flow is expected overnight (ENE across the
lowlands, while ESE in and near the higher terrain). Light ENE
(lowlands) to ESE (in/near the higher terrain) flow is expected
on Monday.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY...

FORECAST CONFIDENCE: Medium tonight with fog, otherwise high.

ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: Fog extent, density and timing could vary
overnight, along with the return to VFR on Monday morning.

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 09/07/26
UTC 1HRLY       00   01   02   03   04   05   06   07   08   09   10   11
EDT 1HRLY       20   21   22   23   00   01   02   03   04   05   06   07
CRW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    M    M    L    L    M    M    M
HTS CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    L    L    M    M
BKW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
EKN CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    M    L    M    M    M    M    M
PKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M
CKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    L    M    M    M

AFTER 00Z TUESDAY...
IFR conditions are possible within river valley fog each
morning through Wednesday. IFR is also possible with
showers/storms on Thursday.

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.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...None.
OH...None.
KY...None.
VA...None.

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DISCUSSION...JP/GW
AVIATION...GW