FNUS71 KBTV 201510 RRA FWSBTV SPOT FORECAST FOR GOSHEN BLUEBERRY RX...GREEN MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 1015 AM EDT THU APR 16 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1005 EDT ON APRIL 16. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... EXPECT A CONTINUATION OF THE DRY CONDITIONS TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. FULL SUNSHINE WILL EXIST TODAY AND FRIDAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE 15 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE...WITH VALUES GOING BELOW 20 PERCENT AFTER 100 PM. UPSLOPE WINDS WILL EXIST THIS MORNING...THEN BECOME MORE NORTHERLY THIS AFTERNOON AT SPEEDS IN THE 5 TO 10 MPH RANGE AND POSSIBLE GUSTS TO 15 MPH. GOOD HUMIDITY RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT...HOWEVER DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE FOR FRIDAY ALONG WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES. MOISTURE WILL INCREASE SLIGHTLY...BUT AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL ONCE AGAIN BE IN THE 15 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE. AN INCREASED PRESSURE GRADIENT FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL RESULT IN STRONGER WINDS THAN TODAY. EXPECT WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON IN THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE. THIS WILL MAKE FOR A HEADS UP SITUATION AS WE WILL BE VERY CLOSE TO MEETING RED FLAG CRITERIA ON FRIDAY. FINE FUELS WILL STILL REMAIN AT VERY LOW LEVELS AND THUS IT MAY NOT TAKE MUCH WIND FOR ANY FIRES TO GET OUT OF CONTROL. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0 PERCENT). CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. BEGIN/END OF PCPN... MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56. MIN HUMIDITY........17 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE AROUND 5 MPH THIS MORNING...BECOMING NORTH TO NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............0 0 0 0 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................47 51 54 57 RH..................36 27 19 17 20 FT WIND..........SW 5 N 5 N 8 N 8 20 FT WIND GUST.....6 8 10 12 CHC OF PCPN (%).....0 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0 PERCENT). CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. BEGIN/END OF PCPN... MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 25. MAX HUMIDITY........84 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).............0 0 0 0 0 0 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................52 46 40 36 33 30 RH..................21 29 42 52 68 80 20 FT WIND..........N 5 N 4 E 4 SE 5 SE 5 SE 5 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 5 5 5 5 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).....0 0 0 0 0 0 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT). CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. BEGIN/END OF PCPN... MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62. MIN HUMIDITY........19 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............0 0 0 3 9 12 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................31 34 45 52 56 59 RH..................86 66 45 32 25 19 20 FT WIND..........SE 5 SE 5 SW 6 NW 9 NW 11 NW 13 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 10 15 20 25 25 CHC OF PCPN (%).....0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...EVENSON REQUESTED BY...BRENDA DALE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090416.GOSHE.01/BTV