FNUS71 KRNK 260216 FWSRNK SPOT FORECAST FOR JOHNSON CREEK...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1016 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2200 EDT ON APRIL 25. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... ISOLATED SHOWERS WITH SOME GUSTY OUTFLOW WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MIDNIGHT. IT IS MORE LIKELY THAT YOU WILL GET A WIND GUST AROUND 20 MPH THAN ANY SHOWERS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES SUNDAY...MONDAY AND TUESDAY. CLOCKWISE FLOW AROUND THE HIGH WILL BRING VERY WARM TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA...TEMPERATURES 15 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 PERCENT EACH AFTERNOON. RAIN CHANCES WILL BE LIMITED TO A FEW AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR A WETTING RAIN IS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO DROP SOUTH FROM THE OHIO VALLEY CREATING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .REST OF TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS LATE IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53. MAX HUMIDITY........81 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR SHOWERS LATE IN THE EVENING. CWR (0.01 IN).......30 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 TO 13 MPH...DECREASING TO AROUND 3 MPH LATE. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. TIME (EDT) 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).............82 16 15 9 WEATHER COV.........SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE........RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE TEMP................71 67 63 59 RH..................37 46 56 65 20 FT WIND..........SW 2 W 2 W 3 W 3 20 FT WIND GUST.....5 5 5 5 EYE LEVEL WIND......SW 1 W 2 W 2 W 2 EYE LVL WND GST.....5 5 5 5 CWR.................30 0 0 0 .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 85. MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 9 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CWR (0.01 IN).......10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......7700 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 2 TO 9 MPH...INCREASING TO 22 TO 24 MPH. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 9 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............3 0 10 18 23 30 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................55 53 62 74 79 82 RH..................75 80 59 40 35 33 20 FT WIND..........W 2 NW 2 W 5 W 6 SW 6 SW 7 20 FT WIND GUST.....5 5 10 15 15 15 EYE LEVEL WIND......W 2 NW 1 W 4 W 4 SW 4 SW 5 EYE LVL WND GST.....5 5 10 15 15 15 CWR.................0 0 0 0 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...SILVERMAN REQUESTED BY...GWJ NF TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090425.JOHNS.01/RNK