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SPOT FORECAST FOR CONTINENTAL 3407...NWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1009 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 2157 EST ON FEBRUARY 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

SKIES WILL REMAIN CLOUDY THROUGH THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING
WITH PARTIAL CLEARING LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWEST THROUGH
AROUND MIDNIGHT AVERAGING LESS THAN 10 MPH. A SHIFT TO NORTHWEST
IS STILL EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT.

TEMPERATURES WILL FALL SLOWLY TO AROUND 20 BY DAYBREAK.

MOSTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS SUNDAY WITH A HIGH NEAR 30 WILL
BE ACCOMPANIED BY NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS RANGING
FROM 7 TO 10 MPH.

A COMPLEX SYSTEM DEVELOPING AT MID WEEK WILL BRING
THE EARLIEST CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOW
ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 20.
MAX HUMIDITY........83 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    AROUND 7 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......MIN 2000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSION....MIN 16 (POOR).

TIME (EST)      10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........94  90  86  78  75  73  69  66
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............24  24  24  24  23  23  22  21
RH..............91  90  87  84  82  80  81  83
20 FT WIND DIR..SW  SW  W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT WIND SPD..8   8   8   7   7   7   7   7
20 FT WIND GUST.10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
SMK DISPERSION..16  17  18  18  19  20  21  21

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 30.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 4300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 TO 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSION....MAX 46 (AVERAGE).

TIME (EST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........64  64  64  61  56  51  46  44  44  44  44  50
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............20  20  21  23  25  27  29  30  30  29  28  27
RH..............85  82  80  75  70  64  58  55  54  56  58  60
20 FT WIND DIR..NW  W   W   W   W   W   NW  NW  W   W   W   W
20 FT WIND SPD..8   8   9   9   10  12  13  13  13  12  10  9
20 FT WIND GUST.10  10  10  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15
SMK DISPERSION..20  20  22  25  28  33  37  41  44  46  46  44

$$

FORECASTER...HITCHCOCK/SAGE
REQUESTED BY...JUDY LEVAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT
.TAG 20090214.CONTI.08/BUF