FNUS71 KOKX 120910 FWSOKX SPOT FORECAST FOR RIDGE...TNC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 510 AM EDT TUE MAY 12 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 EDT ON MAY 12. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... LGT AND VRB WINDS THIS MRNG WILL GIVE WAY TO GENERALLY N WINDS FOLLOWED BY A SHIFT TO SSW AROUND NOON. MINIMUM RH WILL FALL TO THE MID 30S. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN THE NOON TO 6 PM TIME PERIOD AS THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMES UNSTABLE. ANY RAIN WILL DIMINISH RAPIDLY AFTER DARK. RAIN CHANCES ARE SLIGHTLY HIGHER AT THIS LOCATION. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........58 AT IGNITION...MAX 66. RH..................49 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 36 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-1300 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 9600-11100 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........50 53 57 60 57 WEATHER COV..... SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............47 54 61 65 66 RH..............79 59 42 37 36 20 FT WIND......000/2 310/3 250/4 210/5 210/5 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....300 1300 5100 10100 10900 TRANSPORT WIND..350/7 010/5 000/5 310/6 320/7 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 42. RH..................MAX 93 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......6700 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 0-300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 8 MPH...BECOMING NORTH 0 TO 9 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........53 50 39 24 13 10 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............63 57 53 49 46 43 RH..............43 57 66 71 79 82 20 FT WIND......210/4 200/3 240/2 300/2 340/1 320/0 20 FT WIND GUST.10 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)....6700 300 BLW100 300 300 300 TRANSPORT WIND..290/8 200/9 250/6 290/3 340/2 340/0 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MAX 67. RH..................MIN 39 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH 6 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-300 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 7200-8900 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 0 MPH...INCREASING TO 6 TO 14 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........7 5 5 5 5 5 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............42 46 54 61 66 67 RH..............93 86 61 46 39 39 20 FT WIND......290/0 270/1 240/3 190/6 160/8 160/8 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 5 10 15 20 MIX HGT (FT)....300 300 BLW100 2800 8400 8300 TRANSPORT WIND..270/0 270/2 230/10 200/12 170/6 170/7 $$ FORECASTER...JMC REQUESTED BY...BRIAN KURTZ TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090512.RIDGE.01/OKX