FNUS72 KILM 222019 FWSILM SPOT FORECAST FOR SANDY ISLAND...MIDWAY FIRE RESCUE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 419 PM EDT WED APR 22 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1610 EDT ON APRIL 22. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... GUSTY WEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON IN THE WAKE OF A DEPARTING UPPER TROUGH...WHICH WILL PRODUCE INCREASED FIRE WEATHER DANGER. DRY WEATHER AND A WARMING TREND CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND. GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS WILL HOLD MUCH OF NEXT WEEK...AS HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT HOLDS OVER THE REGION. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO TRAVERSE THE EASTERN CAROLINAS LATE NEXT WEEK. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71. MIN HUMIDITY........21 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......10200-10400 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS........WEST 22 TO 25 MPH. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. TIME (EDT) 4 PM SKY (%).........0 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE TEMP............70 RH..............23 20 FT WIND......W 6 20 FT WIND GUST.30 EYE LEVEL WIND..W 6 EYE LEVEL WIND..30 MIX HGT (FT)....10200 TRANSPORT WIND..W 25 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50. MAX HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE...THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING. MIXING HEIGHT.......10400 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 300-700 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS........WEST 18 TO 22 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 3 TO 9 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE...THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........0 0 0 0 0 7 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............66 63 58 55 54 52 RH..............27 32 40 48 56 66 20 FT WIND......W 5 W 3 W 3 W 5 W 5 SW 5 20 FT WIND GUST.25 5 5 10 10 10 EYE LEVEL WIND..W 5 W 3 W 3 W 5 W 5 SW 5 EYE LEVEL WIND..25 5 5 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....10400 900 700 400 300 300 TRANSPORT WIND..W 22 W 18 W 18 SW 3 SW 9 SW 9 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77. MIN HUMIDITY........42 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 5200-6100 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS........WEST 2 TO 10 MPH. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).........17 24 21 17 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............52 62 74 76 RH..............72 61 42 43 20 FT WIND......SW 5G10 SW 5G10 SW 5G10 S 5G10 EYE LEVEL WIND..SW 5G10 SW 5G10 SW 5G10 S 5G10 MIX HGT (FT)....300 300 3200 6100 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 7 SW 2 W 10 W 9 $$ FORECASTER...BACON REQUESTED BY...TSA JOSEPH WILLIAMSON TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090422.SANDY.01/ILM