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Spot Forecast for Swiss Mining Incident...WV Emergency Management Division
National Weather Service Charleston WV
1047 AM EST Sun Nov 9 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1100 EST on November 09.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

A cold front has just crossed the area this morning, which means
there will be a shift in wind direction from south-southwest to
west-southwest by 2 PM. Winds will be sustained at 6-12 mph with
occasional gusts up to 20 mph today. Winds will become west-northwesterly
by 11 PM tonight, which will continue throughout Monday and into Monday
night sustained at 6-12 mph with occasional gusts up to 20 mph.

In addition, conditions are currently dry. However, rain showers
can occur anytime today, with the chances ranging from 20 to 40 percent.
These showers will be brief and intermittent in nature today. Rain
chances will then increase to 70 percent or greater by 7 PM this evening.
Rain showers will likely mix with, and eventually transition to snow by
11 PM tonight. These snow showers will continue through daybreak Monday
morning.

Between 7 AM and 11 AM, a break in the snow shower activity is expected
with chances of precipitation only 20 to 40 percent. Then, snow
shower activity will pick up again by 12 PM Monday, continuing through
the afternoon and into the evening. Snow showers will finally end Tuesday
morning with total snowfall accumulation anywhere from 3 to 6 inches from
tonight through Tuesday morning.

Temperatures will be in the middle 50s today, dropping into the upper 30s
by 8 PM, and dropping below 32 degrees by 2 AM. Temperatures will then
remain below freezing all day Tuesday and into Tuesday night. Wind chill
values will drop into the 20s by 11 PM tonight and into the teens by 6 AM
Monday. Wind chills will remain in the upper teens and lower 20s all day
Monday, and will drop into the single digits by 3 AM Tuesday morning.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain early in the afternoon. Chance of rain
                    early in the afternoon, then slight chance of
                    rain late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Chance of thunder...11 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 57.
Min humidity........74 percent.
Surface winds (mph).West winds 10 to 13 mph with gusts to around 23
                    mph.

TIME (EST)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........90  91  87  76  69  74  82
Weather cov.....    SCH CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....    RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  20  40  20  20  20  20
Chc of thdr (%).10  10  10  10  10  0   0
Temp............55  57  56  55  54  50  47
RH..............87  84  85  80  74  81  86
Surface wnd dir.SW  W   W   W   W   W   W
Surface wnd spd.10  10  11  13  13  10  11
Surface wnd gst.21  23  22  23  22  22  22

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Rain and chance of snow
                    in the evening, then snow and slight chance of
                    rain overnight.
Chance of pcpn......80 percent.
Chance of thunder...7 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 27.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Surface winds (mph).West winds 8 to 11 mph. Gusts up to 22 mph in
                    the evening then 20 mph after 3 am.

TIME (EST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........84  97  96  95  95  91  92  97  96  91  94  96
Weather cov.....CHC DEF LKY CHC LKY CHC CHC DEF LKY CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RS  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).30  80  70  50  70  50  40  80  60  50  40  50
Chc of thdr (%).0   10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  0   0
Temp............44  42  40  38  36  35  34  33  32  31  31  30
RH..............91  95  99  100 100 100 100 100 100 100 98  99
Surface wnd dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Surface wnd spd.11  10  10  10  10  9   9   8   9   9   9   9
Surface wnd gst.22  21  21  20  20  18  17  16  17  18  20  20

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Chance of snow in the
                    morning, then snow in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......90 percent.
Chance of thunder...5 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 31.
Min humidity........78 percent.
Surface winds (mph).West winds 9 to 11 mph with gusts to around 22
                    mph.

TIME (EST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........96  93  92  91  95  96  97  97  95  93  92  94
Weather cov.....CHC     CHC SCH SCH CHC LKY LKY LKY DEF DEF LKY
Weather type....SN      SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).40  10  30  20  20  40  70  60  70  90  80  70
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10  10  10
Temp............29  28  27  27  29  30  31  31  31  31  30  29
RH..............95  95  98  98  95  87  82  80  78  80  83  89
Surface wnd dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Surface wnd spd.9   9   10  10  10  10  10  10  11  11  10  10
Surface wnd gst.20  20  21  22  21  22  22  21  22  22  22  21

$$
Forecaster...26
Requested by...Matt Blackwood
Type of request...SAR
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.DELDT 11/09/25
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.EMAIL matthew.j.blackwood@wv.gov