FNUS72 KMHX 271226 FWSMHX SPOT FORECAST FOR WONDERING FIRE...US FISH AND WILDLIFE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 826 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0810 EDT ON JUNE 27. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY PUSH THROUGH MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY BEFORE SLOWING DOWN NEAR THE COAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A FAIRLY WEAK PRESSURE PATTERN WILL DOMINATE BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH SUNDAY. ANOTHER WEAK FRONT IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH LATE SUNDAY AND SAG OFFSHORE WHILE BECOMING DIFFUSE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. WEAK TROUGHING INLAND AND OFFSHORE HIGH PRESSURE ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA MID TO LATE NEXT WEEK. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90. MIN HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-1300 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 3900-5700 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........55 57 60 60 62 WEATHER COV..... SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............80 86 88 89 89 RH..............85 70 59 54 59 20 FT WIND......W 6 W 5 W 5 W 5 N 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY...THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72. MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3900 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 9 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING NORTHEAST 2 TO 8 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........62 63 57 50 45 43 WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............86 81 78 76 75 74 RH..............61 72 79 85 84 87 20 FT WIND......N 6 NE 6 NE 3 E 3 E 2 NE 2 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 5 5 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88. MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 4000-4700 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 2 TO 10 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........41 39 40 40 41 46 WEATHER COV..... S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR TEMP............72 76 80 85 87 87 RH..............93 82 72 61 55 55 20 FT WIND......N 2 N 3 N 5 NE 7 NE 8 NE 8 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 10 15 15 15 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...WINGENROTH REQUESTED BY...HELEN TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090627.WONDE.01/MHX