FNUS71 KRNK 021925 FWSRNK SPOT FORECAST FOR FENWICK MINES...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 325 PM EDT FRI APR 2 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1515 EDT ON APRIL 02. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... .DISCUSSION... ...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON MAINTAINING AN INCREASED FIRE DANGER THREAT... ...INCREASING SOUTH WINDS WITH THE THREAT OF CONTINUED LOW HUMIDITIES SATURDAY AFTERNOON PROMPTS A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THE MOUNTAINS... A LARGE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL HOLD OVER THE REGION INTO SATURDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY TONIGHT WILL NOT BE AS GOOD AS LAST NIGHT...AND THEN THE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY SATURDAY WILL LIKELY BE BELOW 30 PERCENT. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH STRONGER GUSTS. A DRY COOL FRONT WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL BRING ONLY SLIGHTLY COOLER WEATHER FOR SUNDAY...AND THEN TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB BACK WELL ABOVE NORMAL INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...WHILE THE WEATHER REMAINS DRY. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 86. MIN HUMIDITY........16 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH. CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......6200 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 10 MPH. TIME (EDT) 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).............0 0 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE TEMP................86 85 MIN HUMIDITY........14 17 WIND (20 FT)........SE 8 SE 5 20 FT WIND GUST.....12 10 CWR.................0 0 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47. MAX HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE. CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).............0 0 1 2 3 4 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................82 73 65 59 55 52 MIN HUMIDITY........19 27 39 53 57 68 WIND (20 FT)........SE 5 SE 4 SE 2 SE 2 E 1 E 0 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 10 5 CWR.................0 0 0 0 0 0 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77. MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH 6 TO 11 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. CWR (0.01 IN).......10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......5600 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 9 MPH...INCREASING TO AROUND 23 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............6 8 13 20 25 29 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................50 51 60 66 74 76 MIN HUMIDITY........80 81 58 45 32 29 WIND (20 FT)........E 0 E 0 SE 2 S 5 S 8 S 9 20 FT WIND GUST..... 5 15 20 25 CWR.................0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...JACKSON REQUESTED BY...GEORGE ANNIS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100402.FENWI.02/RNK