FNUS72 KMHX 061218 FWSMHX SPOT FORECAST FOR BILLFINGER ROAD...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 718 AM EST FRI NOV 6 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EST ON NOVEMBER 06. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... ...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LEAD TO INCREASED FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST THROUGH TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF A DRY AIR MASS AND WIND GUSTS TO 20 MPH WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASED FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WILL SLIDE OFFSHORE SUNDAY...AND REMAINED CENTERED OFF THE COAST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST LATE TUESDAY AND MOVE OFFSHORE WEDNESDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58. MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5 OR OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH LATE. TIME (EST) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............0 0 0 0 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................51 55 57 54 RH..................59 38 29 35 20 FT WIND (MPH)....N 13 N 15 N 12 N 9 20 FT WIND GUST.....18 20 18 10 HAINES INDEX........4 4 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 30. MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE. MIXING HEIGHT.......2400 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSION....VERY POOR TO STAGNENT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 5 TO 13 MPH. TIME (EST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).............0 0 0 0 0 0 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................46 41 37 36 34 33 RH..................60 85 100 96 100 100 20 FT WIND (MPH)....N 8 N 6 N 5 N 2 N 2 N 2 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64. MIN HUMIDITY........42 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 3700 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH LATE. TIME (EST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............0 0 0 0 0 0 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................32 36 51 58 62 60 RH..................100 100 63 47 43 47 20 FT WIND (MPH)....N 2 N 2 NE 3 E 3 SE 3 S 2 20 FT WIND GUST..... 5 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...ELARDO REQUESTED BY...DAVID NELSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20091106.BILLF.01/MHX