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SPOT FORECAST FOR STONE SNODGRASS...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1214 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 EDT ON MARCH 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER THE AREA TODAY. A FEW SHOWERS MAY ARRIVE
THIS AFTERNOON...CAUSING WINDS TO GUST TO 30 MPH. A COLD FRONT WILL
CROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY PROVIDING A WETTING RAIN. THIS IS JUST
THE BEGINNING OF A SERIES OF FRONTS...WITH ANOTHER FRONT CROSSING
THE AREA FRIDAY AND YET ANOTHER FRONT LATE IN THE WEEKEND. ALL OF
THESE FRONTS WILL BRING A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR RAIN.

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.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS LATE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 18 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30
                    MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR (0.01 IN).......30 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 20 TO 24 MPH...INCREASING TO AROUND 28
                    MPH LATE.

TIME (EDT)      1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........87     95     87
WEATHER COV.....       S CHC  CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............47     47     46
RH..............45     41     45
20 FT WIND......E 13   SE 20   SE 20
20 FT WIND GUST.25     30     30

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). A CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS UNTIL EARLY MORNING...THEN SHOWERS
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44.
MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 14 TO 19 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30
                    MPH...DIMINISHING TO 6 TO 9 MPH LATE.
CWR (0.01 IN).......100 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH...INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH
                    IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........85     74     100    100    100    100
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE DEFNTE DEFNTE
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............45     45     45     45     45     45
RH..............48     60     64     71     77     81
20 FT WIND......SE 14  SE 15  SE 10  S 8    S 9    S 6
20 FT WIND GUST.30     30     20     15     15     10

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FORECASTER...MATTAROCHIA
REQUESTED BY...ZAC PENNINGTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090331.STONE.02/RNK