FNUS71 KAKQ 231201 FWSAKQ SPOT FORECAST FOR BELLE ISLE STATE PARK...VA DCR-DIV. STATE PARKS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 801 AM EDT MON MAR 23 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1600 EDT ON MARCH 23. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... ...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL BE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON... A DRY COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTH OF THE NORTH CAROLINA OUTER BANKS EARLY TODAY. CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS TO THE REGION TODAY THROUGH MIDWEEK. A WARM FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST WEDNESDAY...THEN PUSH NORTHEAST OF THE REGION EARLY THURSDAY. LOW PRESSURE AND AN ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT WILL APPROACH THE MID ATLANTIC REGION FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY ON THURSDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52. MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT. WIND (20FT/2MIN)....NORTH WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......700-2600 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 3000-3800 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 12 TO 21 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH LATE. VENTILATION RATE....VERY POOR TO POOR (12900-38500 FT-MPH). TIME (EDT) 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM SKY (%).........4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............51 50 48 47 43 41 40 38 37 36 35 34 RH..............28 28 31 32 38 41 42 46 48 47 49 51 20 FT WIND DIR..N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE N N 20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 7 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 5 5 10 10 10 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...3.6 3.8 2.6 1.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.9 MIXNG WIND DIR..N NW N N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE MIXNG WIND SPD..12 10 9 8 7 7 8 9 14 17 21 22 FORECASTER...MCNATT REQUESTED BY...IRENE FRENTZ TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090323.BELLE.01/AKQ