FNUS72 KRAH 091109 FWSRAH SPOT FORECAST FOR PEE DEE NWR RX...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 709 AM EDT THU APR 9 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 EDT ON APRIL 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS... A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL DEPART CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA EARLY THIS MORNING... AS HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD INTO THE REGION FROM THE SOUTH. THE CIRCULATION AROUND THIS HIGH WILL PUMP WARMER AIR INTO THE REGION. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST FRIDAY... BRINGING A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS BY FRIDAY NIGHT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........56 AT IGNITION...MAX 73. RH..................61 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 25 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST NORTHWEST AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION... OTHERWISE LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING WEST AROUND 6 MPH BY AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 300 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 6500-6700 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........WEST 6 TO 13 MPH. TIME (EDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........22 14 5 14 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............46 56 67 72 RH..............74 50 33 25 20 FT WIND......W 3G10 W 5G10 W 5G15 W 5G15 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 54. RH..................MAX 79 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 200 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 3 TO 8 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 9 PM MIDNGT 3 AM SKY (%).........24 29 49 51 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............71 64 60 57 RH..............27 42 53 67 20 FT WIND......S 2G10 S 2G10 S 4G10 S 5G10 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS LATE. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 77. RH..................MIN 44 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE. MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 3000-4500 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 7 TO 16 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).........58 60 60 68 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............55 61 70 75 RH..............75 64 50 46 20 FT WIND......S 5G15 S 6G25 SW 9G30 SW 10G30 $$ FORECASTER...RHJ REQUESTED BY...DAVID PAFFORD TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090409.PEEDE.01/RAH