FNUS71 KOKX 220901 FWSOKX SPOT FORECAST FOR PRESTON POND RIVER ROAD NORTH...TNC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 501 AM EDT SUN MAR 22 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 EDT ON MARCH 22. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE TRI-STATE TODAY. CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE THEN BUILDS DOWN FROM HUDSON BAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...AND HUMIDITIES WILL RAPIDLY FALL. HOWEVER THERE IS A LOW DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE IN WHETHER WIND GUSTS WILL FREQUENTLY REACH 25 MPH BEFORE HUMIDITIES BEGIN THEIR DIURNAL INCREASE. MONDAY...THERE IS A GREATER CHANCE OF FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 25 MPH AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AT OR BELOW 30 PERCENT...BUT HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE TO REACH THE MID TO UPPER 30S AT MOST LOCATIONS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........43 AT IGNITION...MAX 48. RH..................45 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 35 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING WEST 7 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 100-1500 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 2900-4300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASING TO 3800-4900 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...DECREASING TO 300-1900 FT AGL LATE. MIXING WINDS........WEST 12 TO 20 MPH...INCREASING TO 22 TO 23 MPH LATE. TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........39 42 48 51 52 54 55 51 45 38 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............30 34 39 43 45 45 45 46 46 45 RH..............72 64 52 45 40 38 36 35 37 38 20 FT WIND DIR..240 250 260 260 260 260 260 270 270 280 20 FT WIND SPD..3 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 10 9 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 15 20 20 20 25 25 25 20 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.5 0.9 1.5 2.9 4.3 4.9 3.8 1.9 0.3 TRANSP WIND DIR.240 250 260 270 270 280 280 280 280 280 TRANSP WIND SPD.18 20 20 18 18 18 18 20 22 23 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 22. RH..................MAX 59 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-1900 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTH 18 TO 25 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........31 25 21 19 15 11 7 4 2 2 4 6 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............44 42 39 38 36 35 33 30 28 26 25 24 RH..............39 41 46 46 47 47 47 51 53 57 57 57 20 FT WIND DIR..290 310 320 320 340 350 350 350 350 350 350 350 20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.20 15 10 10 10 15 15 10 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.1 0.3 0.9 1.5 1.9 1.5 0.9 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 TRANSP WIND DIR.290 310 310 320 340 340 350 350 350 350 350 340 TRANSP WIND SPD.23 23 23 24 25 25 25 24 23 22 20 18 .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MAX 37. RH..................MIN 27 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......1100-2300 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 5800-7700 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 17 TO 22 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM SKY (%).........8 10 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............23 23 RH..............59 57 20 FT WIND DIR..340 340 20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 2.3 TRANSP WIND DIR.340 340 TRANSP WIND SPD.17 17 $$ FORECASTER...PFM REQUESTED BY...ANTON BENSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090322.PREST.01/OKX