FNUS72 KILM 191902 FWSILM SPOT FORECAST FOR SANDY ISLAND DROWNING DAY 2...MIDWAY FIRE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 202 PM EST THU FEB 19 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1345 EST ON FEBRUARY 19. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... NORTHWEST WINDS WILL USHER IN COLDER AIR TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST. CLEAR AND DRY...BUT UNSEASONABLY COLD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY. THE WIND CHILL WILL BE BELOW FREEZING FROM ROUGHLY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH MID-MORNING FRIDAY...BOTTOMING OUT IN THE 20S AROUND DAYBREAK. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-5 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 31. MAX HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 MPH. TIME (EST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........0 0 0 0 0 0 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............55 48 41 39 37 34 RH..............41 47 54 55 55 56 20 FT WIND......W 9 W 6 NW 5 NW 5 NW 5 NW 5 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 10 10 10 10 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50. MIN HUMIDITY........22 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........0 0 0 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............33 31 32 38 44 47 48 49 50 50 49 47 RH..............54 58 49 37 32 24 23 24 21 21 25 25 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W 20 FT WIND SPD..4 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 6 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 $$ FORECASTER...STEVE REQUESTED BY...DOUG EGGIMAN TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR .TAG 20090219.SANDY.01/ILM