FNUS71 KCTP 022307 FWSCTP SPOT FORECAST FOR HAPPY HILLS ROAD WILDFIRE...PA BUREAU OF FORESTRY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 707 PM EDT FRI APR 2 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1856 EDT ON APRIL 02. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE. .DISCUSSION... DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST TONIGHT...WITH GOOD RH RECOVERY OVERNIGHT TO A MAX AROUND 70 PERCENT BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT FROM THE SSE AT 7 MPH OR LESS OVERNIGHT...KEEPING FIRE DANGER FROM BECOMING EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH. A SIMILAR DAY TEMPERATURE-WISE IS EXPECTED FOR SATURDAY. HOWEVER...SOUTHERLY WINDS ON SATURDAY WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH BY LATE IN THE MORNING. WINDS WILL OCCASIONALLY GUST AROUND 25 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A DRY COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE WEST AFTER 4 PM. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52. MAX HUMIDITY........69 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5 TO 14 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. LAL.................NO TSTMS. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).............10 2 2 2 7 12 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................77 71 67 63 60 57 MIN HUMIDITY........31 37 42 49 56 64 WIND (20 FT)........SE 6 S 5 S 5 S 3 S 3 SE 2 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 10 5 5 5 TRANSPORT WINDS.....S 14 S 13 S 10 S 8 S 7 SE 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).....0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.................1 1 1 1 1 1 HAINES INDEX........5 4 4 4 4 4 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78. MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH 8 TO 13 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 14 MPH...INCREASING TO 16 TO 23 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. LAL.................NO TSTMS. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............12 22 22 22 22 22 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................54 57 63 70 74 77 MIN HUMIDITY........74 70 57 48 43 38 WIND (20 FT)........SE 2 SE 3 SE 6 S 9 S 13 S 13 20 FT WIND GUST.....5 5 10 15 15 15 TRANSPORT WINDS.....SE 6 S 8 S 10 S 14 S 18 S 23 CHC OF PCPN (%).....0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.................1 1 1 1 1 1 HAINES INDEX........4 4 4 4 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...WFO CTP/DEVOIR REQUESTED BY...MARK C POTTER TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100402.HAPPY.01/CTP