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SPOT FORECAST FOR JAMES RIVER STATE PARK...DCR STATE PARKS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1106 AM EST WED JAN 21 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1105 EST ON JANUARY 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

...LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TODAY EAST OF BLUE RIDGE...

HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA TODAY FROM THE GULF COAST
STATES...SHIFTING EAST TO THE FLORIDA COAST BY THURSDAY. A COLD AND
DRY AIRMASS ARRIVES TODAY...SENDING RH VALUES FROM MID 20S TO NEAR 30
PERCENT EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS MAY GUST TO 20 MPH
AT TIMES MAINLY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

RH WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK WITH THE FLOW BEING FROM
THE SOUTHWEST.


&&

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 35.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH.
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4100 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 12 TO 18 MPH.

TIME (EST)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........0      0      2      7
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............23     28     32     34
RH..............48     39     32     30
20 FT WIND......W 6    W 7    W 7    W 6
20 FT WIND GUST.15     15     20     15

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 20.
MAX HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE...THEN
                    BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE
                    EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 12 TO 14 MPH.

TIME (EST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........11     12     10     7      6      6
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............31     28     26     26     25     24
RH..............35     42     47     49     51     53
20 FT WIND......W 5    W 3    W 4    SW 3   SW 2   SW 2
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     10     5      5      5

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5
                    TO 6 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 12 TO 20 MPH.

TIME (EST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........7      11     17     20     20     17
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............23     22     35     42     48     51
RH..............60     73     47     38     32     30
20 FT WIND......SW 2   SW 2   SW 5   SW 5   SW 5   SW 5
20 FT WIND GUST.5      5      10     10     10     10

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FORECASTER...STONEFIELD
REQUESTED BY...PETER BARLOW
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090122.JAMES.02/RNK