FNUS72 KMHX 101157 FWSMHX SPOT FORECAST FOR STARKEY CREEK RD...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 657 AM EST WED MAR 10 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 EST ON MARCH 10. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFFSHORE TODAY. BROAD LOW PRESSURE AND AN ASSOCIATED COMPLEX FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE AREA THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. THE LOW WILL GRADUALLY PUSH NORTH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEKEND...THEN PUSH OFFSHORE EARLY NEXT WEEK. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69. MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING SOUTH 10 MPH AFTER NOON. SOME GUSTS T0 15 MPH POSSIBLE. 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.......1000 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 4500 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 2400 FT AGL LATE. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 TO 19 MPH. TIME (EST) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............57 63 69 71 74 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................53 61 65 68 66 MIN HUMIDITY........70 50 46 49 55 20 FT WIND (MPH)....SW 6 SW 7 SW 8 S 9 S 9 20 FT WIND GUST..... 10 12 13 13 HAINES INDEX........4 4 4 5 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51. MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2400 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 9 TO 12 MPH...DECREASING TO AROUND 3 MPH LATE. TIME (EST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).............76 78 80 82 84 86 WEATHER COV......... S CHC S CHC S CHC CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE........NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP................64 60 57 55 54 53 MIN HUMIDITY........61 69 79 83 83 86 20 FT WIND (MPH)....S 9 S 8 S 6 SW 8 SW 8 S 5 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 10 10 10 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SHOWERS...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66. MIN HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 MPH...INCREASING TO 20 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (EST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............88 90 94 99 100 99 WEATHER COV.........CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE........RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP................52 54 61 63 65 64 MIN HUMIDITY........93 90 77 74 72 74 20 FT WIND (MPH)....S 5 S 6 S 8 S 12 S 14 S 14 20 FT WIND GUST..... 10 15 20 20 $$ FORECASTER...FREDERICK REQUESTED BY...JAMES CHERRY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100310.STARK.01/MHX