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SPOT FORECAST FOR STOKES LO...NC FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
102 PM EDT MON MAR 23 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 EDT ON MARCH 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...

HIGH PRESSURE DIVING SOUTH TODAY WILL KEEP DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS
THE MID ATLANTIC REGION THROUGH TUESDAY. A FRONT TO THE WEST
MAY BRING THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN FOR MID OR LATE WEEK. HUMIDITY
LEVEL WILL DROP TO AROUND 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WINDS
SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT...LESS THAN 5 MPH.

&&

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING EAST AROUND
                    5 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING
                    LIGHT AND VARIABLE LATE.
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 3 MPH...BECOMING NORTHEAST 7
                    TO 16 MPH UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING
                    NORTH AROUND 1 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (EDT)      1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........14     15     11
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............63     66     63
RH..............28     25     27
20 FT WIND......E 4    E 4    SE 2
20 FT WIND GUST.10     5      5

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FORECASTER...JACKSON
REQUESTED BY...RON HOLLIFIELD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090323.STOKE.01/RNK