FNUS71 KILN 021310 FWSILN SPOT FORECAST FOR UNIT 30...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 910 AM EDT FRI APR 2 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 EDT ON APRIL 02. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... .DISCUSSION... UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS HAVE ALLOWED FUEL MOISTURES TO DROP BELOW 8 PERCENT ACROSS THE AREA. A DRY AIRMASS IS ALSO IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION AND HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO NEAR OR BELOW 25 PERCENT LATER TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASING FIRE WEATHER THREAT THIS AFTERNOON AS SOUTH WINDS INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH. THESE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST UNTIL AROUND SUNSET. INVERSION WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT BUT WINDS JUST ABOVE THE INVERSION WILL REMAIN STRONG. INVERSION DEPTH WILL STRENGTHEN SLOWLY THROUGH THE NIGHT REACHING 500 TO 750 FEET LATER IN THE NIGHT. THESE GUSTY WINDS ALOFT WILL MIX DOWN AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT ON SATURDAY WITH A WIND SWITCH TO THE SOUTHWEST AS THE FRONT PASSES. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83. MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 12 TO 14 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......2900-3900 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 21 TO 23 MPH. TIME (EDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).............13 11 10 12 15 19 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........ TEMP................71 74 76 78 80 83 MIN HUMIDITY........38 34 32 29 26 24 20 FT WIND DIR......S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD......8 10 10 10 10 10 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 20 20 20 20 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).....0 0 0 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55. MAX HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......2500-3500 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 300-1000 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 24 TO 32 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...DECREASING T0 10 TO 20 MPH OVERNIGHT. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).............22 25 27 27 28 28 29 29 29 30 31 32 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........ TEMP................82 80 76 72 69 67 65 63 61 60 59 57 MIN HUMIDITY........24 27 31 35 40 43 46 48 51 54 58 62 20 FT WIND DIR......S S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD......8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 15 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).....0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72. MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS TURNING SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 TO 4000 FT AGL MIXING WINDS........SOUTH TURNING SOUTHWEST AT 32 TO 40 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).............33 39 66 79 WEATHER COV......... S CHC CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE........NONE TSTORM RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP................56 58 66 71 MIN HUMIDITY........66 66 53 44 WIND (20 FT)........S 8G15 S 11G25 S 13G30 SW 9G20 CHC OF PCPN (%).....0 20 30 30 $$ FORECASTER...BINAU REQUESTED BY...BRIAN WINTERS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100402.UNIT3.01/ILN