FNUS71 KAKQ 231849 FWSAKQ SPOT FORECAST FOR BELLE ISLE STATE PARK...DCR-DIV. STATE PARKS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 249 PM 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 HAS DROPPED SOUTH OF THE NORTH CAROLINA OUTER BANKS. CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS TO THE REGION TODAY THROUGH MIDWEEK. A WARM FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST ON 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. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........50 AT IGNITION...MAX 52. RH..................27 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 25 PERCENT. WIND (20FT/2MIN)....WINDS NORTH AT 8-12 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3600-3800 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 13 TO 14 MPH. VENTILATION RATE....POOR /44300 FT-MPH. TIME (EDT) 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM SKY (%).........3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............50 50 46 43 39 38 37 36 36 35 35 34 RH..............27 27 31 35 40 42 44 45 45 47 47 49 20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 5 3 1 1 2 2 5 8 11 10 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 10 5 5 5 10 15 20 20 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..NW NW NW N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE MIXNG WIND SPD..14 13 12 9 8 6 3 5 10 18 23 23 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 30. RH..................MAX 53 PERCENT. WIND (20FT/2MIN)....NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE...THEN BECOMING NORTH 7 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......1400-2600 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 300-1600 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN INCREASING TO 2300 FT AGL LATE. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 3 TO 12 MPH...INCREASING TO 18 TO 23 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. VENTILATION RATE....VERY POOR TO POOR (900-37900 FT-MPH). .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MAX 48. RH..................MIN 24 PERCENT. WIND (20FT/2MIN)....NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2300-4000 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 3900-4500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 10 TO 18 MPH. VENTILATION RATE....POOR TO FAIR (34600-49300 FT-MPH). FORECASTER...FOSTER REQUESTED BY...IRENE FRENTZ TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090323.BELLE.02/AKQ