At 5 PM...mostly sunny. Temperature around 69. Southwest winds around 5 mph. At 7 PM...partly cloudy. Temperature around 65. West winds around 5 mph. At 9 PM...partly cloudy. Temperature around 58. Light and variable winds. At 11 PM...partly cloudy. Temperature around 53. Light and variable winds. At 1 am...partly cloudy. Temperature around 51. Light and variable winds. At 3 am...partly cloudy. Temperature around 49. Light and variable winds.
Forecast for Kanawha
Updated: 4:54 PM EDT on March 20, 2010
Tonight
Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. West winds around 5 mph this evening...becoming light and variable.
Sunday
Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Cloudy. Showers likely...mainly after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 70 percent.
Monday
Showers likely. A chance of thunderstorms...mainly in the afternoon. Breezy and cooler with highs in the upper 50s. Temperature falling into the lower 50s in the afternoon. East winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph...increasing to south 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 70 percent.
Here is a Special Weather Statement from the National Weather Service...
Here is a Fire Danger Statement issued in coordination with the West Virginia division of forestry...
With recent warmer days and dry weather... fire danger has reached moderate to high across West Virginia... especially at lower elevations. Some lowland locations in southern West Virginia have even reached very high fire danger. Warm temperatures will again combine with very low relative humidity levels this afternoon to further enhance the danger.
Outside of higher elevations that still have melting snow... open burning of any type is considered very hazardous at this time. Accidental escaped debris Burns are by far the number one cause of wildfires in West Virginia. Also... be careful with heat and Sparks while operating any equipment... or smoking in wildland areas.
West Virginia state law prohibits debris burning from 7 am to 4 PM during the months of March... April... and may.