FNUS71 KCTP 260249 FWSCTP SPOT FORECAST FOR FTIG IMPACT AREA FIRE 25 MARCH 09...PARMY NATIONAL GUARD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1049 PM EDT WED MAR 25 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2240 EDT ON MARCH 25. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE. .DISCUSSION... CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME LESS FAVORABLE FOR WILDFIRE SPREAD OVERNIGHT...AS WINDS BECOME LIGHT...HUMIDITIES INCREASE AND SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS OVERSPREAD THE REGION. STEADIER RAIN WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY NIGHT AS A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES NORTHEAST FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. BETWEEN ONE QUARTER...AND ONE HALF OF AN INCH OF MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL IS LIKELY DURING THIS PERIOD. .REST OF TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 35. MAX HUMIDITY........88 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE. LAL.................NO TSTMS. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 9 TO 15 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT. TIME (EDT) 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.....SCH CHC CHC CHC DEF DEF DEF LKY WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............44 43 42 41 40 39 37 36 RH..............42 47 52 56 61 68 74 82 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.15 15 15 14 13 12 10 9 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 30 30 30 80 80 80 60 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 HAINES INDEX....4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN LATE IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45. MIN HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH LATE...THEN BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE LATE. LAL.................NO TSTMS. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 9 TO 12 MPH. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. CHANCE OF PCPN......80 PERCENT. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).........100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.....LIKELY LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RAIN RAIN TEMP............36 39 43 43 RH..............84 82 73 80 20 FT WIND......E 2G10 E 2G10 SE 3G15 SE 4G15 TRANSPORT WIND..S 9 S 9 S 9 SE 12 CHC OF PCPN (%).60 70 80 100 LAL.............1 1 1 1 HAINES INDEX....2 2 2 2 $$ FORECASTER...FITZGERALD/GARTNER REQUESTED BY...MR SHANNON HENRY TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090325.FTIGI.03/CTP