FNUS71 KOKX 120943 FWSOKX SPOT FORECAST FOR RIDGE...TNC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 543 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 (55-65 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) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........50 51 53 55 57 59 60 59 57 55 WEATHER COV..... SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............54 50 54 58 61 63 65 66 66 65 RH..............67 71 59 49 42 39 37 36 36 38 20 FT WIND DIR..000 340 310 280 250 220 210 210 210 210 20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.6 1.3 2.6 5.1 7.9 10 11 11 9.6 TRANSP WIND DIR.350 000 010 010 000 330 310 320 320 320 TRANSP WIND SPD.7 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 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) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........53 51 50 47 39 32 24 17 13 12 10 9 WEATHER COV.....ISO ISO ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW TEMP............63 60 57 55 53 51 49 48 46 44 43 42 RH..............43 48 57 64 66 71 71 77 79 83 82 89 20 FT WIND DIR..210 200 200 220 240 270 300 320 340 330 320 300 20 FT WIND SPD..4 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)...6.7 3.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 TRANSP WIND DIR.290 230 200 220 250 270 290 320 340 340 340 000 TRANSP WIND SPD.8 9 9 8 6 5 3 2 2 1 0 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) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............42 43 46 50 54 58 61 64 66 67 67 66 RH..............93 93 86 77 61 51 46 43 39 39 39 42 20 FT WIND DIR..290 280 270 260 240 210 190 170 160 160 160 170 20 FT WIND SPD..0 0 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 8 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 5 5 10 10 15 15 20 20 20 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 2.8 6.0 8.4 8.9 8.3 7.2 TRANSP WIND DIR.270 270 270 250 230 210 200 180 170 170 170 180 TRANSP WIND SPD.0 0 2 6 10 14 12 8 6 6 7 9 $$ FORECASTER...JMC REQUESTED BY...BRIAN KURTZ TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090512.RIDGE.01/OKX