FNUS71 KBTV 201438 FWSBTV SPOT FORECAST FOR WHITE ROCKS RX...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 1038 AM EDT MON APR 20 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 EDT ON APRIL 20. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A SLOW MOVING FRONT IS APPROACHING THE BURN AREA WITH HIGH THIN CLOUDS THIS MORNING QUICKLY INCREASING THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL HELP KEEP MIN RH IN THE 40S OVER THE BURN AREA. SOUTHEAST WIND WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING OVER THE BURN AREA AND BECOME QUITE GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF THIS FRONT. RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER THE BURN AREA BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT. BEGIN/END OF PCPN... MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51. MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH THIS MORNING INCREASING TO 15 TO 18 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 16 MPH LATE THIS MORNING MPH...INCREASING TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............62 73 84 91 WEATHER COV......... S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE RAIN RAIN TEMP................42 46 50 51 RH..................74 52 41 45 20 FT WIND..........SE 7 SE 11 SE 13 SE 16 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 25 30 30 CHC OF PCPN (%).....0 0 20 20 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). A CHANCE OF RAIN EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN PERIODS OF RAIN EARLY IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF PCPN......80 PERCENT. BEGIN/END OF PCPN... MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 41. MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).............96 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.........CHANCE PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD WEATHER TYPE........RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN TEMP................46 43 42 41 41 41 RH..................44 48 53 56 66 68 20 FT WIND..........SE 14 SE 14 SE 14 SE 15 SE 15 SE 13 20 FT WIND GUST.....30 35 35 30 35 35 CHC OF PCPN (%).....50 80 80 80 100 100 $$ FORECASTER...AMF REQUESTED BY...JENNIFER EDMONDS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090420.WHITE.01/BTV