FNUS71 KCTP 242008 FWSCTP SPOT FORECAST FOR HALL BARN RX...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 408 PM EDT FRI APR 24 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EDT ON APRIL 25. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE. .DISCUSSION... A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE EASTERN STATES AND BRING MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR THE WEEKEND. ISOLATED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP DURING SATURDAY AFTERNOON...MAINLY ON THE RIDGES. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER DURING THE VERY EARLY MORNING AT 5 TO 8 MPH...BUT WILL GET BREEZY/GUSTY BY LATE MORNING. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE 12 TO 15 MPH AND GUSTS COULD BE 25 TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS COULD BE A CONCERN FOR YOU. RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL DROP INTO MID 30S SAT AFTERNOON... BUT WILL BE IN THE 70S AND LOWER 80S IN THE EARLY MORNING. THE WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER ON SUNDAY. BUT POP UP SHOWERS/THUNDER ARE STILL SLIGHTLY POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY...THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53. MAX HUMIDITY........76 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. LAL.................9-15 STRIKES UNTIL 2000...THEN NO TSTMS. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 23 TO 29 MPH...DECREASING TO 9 TO 18 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........55 62 52 40 30 31 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE TEMP............72 65 63 61 59 57 RH..............42 53 58 63 67 74 20 FT WIND......S 10 S 6 S 6 S 6 S 5 S 5 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 29 SW 18 SW 13 SW 9 SW 9 SW 9 LAL.............3 1 1 1 1 1 HAINES INDEX....5 4 4 5 4 4 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80. MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. LAL.................NO TSTMS UNTIL 1400...THEN 9-15 STRIKES. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 16 MPH...INCREASING TO WEST 30 TO 33 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........33 35 40 47 52 50 WEATHER COV..... ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............55 59 65 71 75 79 RH..............83 72 58 48 43 37 20 FT WIND......S 6 SW 6 SW 9 SW 11 SW 13 SW 11 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 20 25 20 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 10 SW 16 SW 23 W 28 W 30 W 33 LAL.............1 1 1 1 3 3 HAINES INDEX....3 2 2 4 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...WFO CTP/DANGELO REQUESTED BY...GARY KOLESAR TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090425.HALLB.01/CTP