FNUS71 KALY 180345
FWSALY

SPOT FORECAST FOR FOR LAKES POND FIRE...NYS DEC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1145 PM EDT FRI APR 17 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2330 EDT ON APRIL 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM.

VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING...AS
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES REMAIN IN THE LOWER TO MID 20 PERCENT
RANGE. HOWEVER...WIND GUSTS HAVE SUBSIDED TO BELOW 25 MPH SO RED
FLAG CRITERIA WILL NOT BE MET THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT HOURS.

RH VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO PARTIALLY RECOVER TO AROUND 90 OVERNIGHT...
AND FALL TO AROUND 50 PERCENT ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

WINDS WILL BE WEST TO NORTHWEST DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 15 MPH
LATE THIS EVENING AND REMAIN AT 5 TO 15 MPH OVERNIGHT.

FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT...THE THREAT OF SCATTERED
SHOWERS WILL INCREASE BUT RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE A FEW
HUNDREDTHS TO A FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH. THE NEXT CHANCE OF A
WIDESPREAD SOAKING RAINFALL WILL BE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY
                    (60-70 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 36.
MAX HUMIDITY........91 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 6 TO 13 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    LATE.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS LATE IN THE MORNING. A CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WIND...BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS...BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...HWJIV
REQUESTED BY...LT SOLAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090417.LAKES.01/ALY