FNUS71 KCTP 080347 FWSCTP SPOT FORECAST FOR FRUGALITY FIRE...BOF, FD6, GALLITZIN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1147 PM EDT WED APR 7 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2341 EDT ON APRIL 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE. .DISCUSSION... WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO AROUND 10KTS OR LESS AND WILL REMAIN AROUND 5 TO 10 KTS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. RH VALUES HAVE SLOWLY RISEN INTO THE 4O AND 50 PERCENT RANGE AS TEMPERATURES ARE COOLING. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THURSDAY MORNING IN THE WEST AND MOISTURE WILL INCREASE WED NIGHT AND THURS MORNING...AND THE WETTING OF WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE THE THREAT OF RAPID FIRE GROWTH...EXCEPT OVER THE EASTERN COUNTIES...WHERE THE TIMING OF THE FRONT LATE IN THE DAY MAY ALLOW FOR DIURNAL HEATING TO DROP RH/S AGAIN TOWARD 30PCT BEFORE ANY RAIN FALLS ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. .REST OF TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61. MAX HUMIDITY........62 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 12 MPH. LAL.................NO TSTMS. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 TO 10 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. TIME (EDT) 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).............48 59 61 61 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................69 67 65 62 MIN HUMIDITY........48 52 57 62 WIND (20 FT)........SW 10 SW 12 SW 12 SW 10 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 15 15 15 TRANSPORT WINDS.....SW 10 SW 9 SW 9 SW 8 CHC OF PCPN (%).....0 0 10 10 LAL.................1 1 1 1 HAINES INDEX........4 4 3 3 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73. MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. LAL.................NO TSTMS UNTIL 1000...THEN 16-25 STRIKES UNTIL 1400...THEN >25 STRIKES UNTIL 1600...THEN NO TSTMS. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 9 TO 14 MPH...INCREASING TO WEST 24 TO 31 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. CHANCE OF PCPN......90 PERCENT. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............61 61 83 83 95 100 WEATHER COV......... CHANCE CHANCE DEFNTE LIKELY WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE TSTORM TSTORM RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP................61 63 65 69 73 68 MIN HUMIDITY........64 60 56 45 34 37 WIND (20 FT)........SW 9 SW 9 SW 12 SW 14 SW 16 W 16 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 15 20 25 25 30 TRANSPORT WINDS.....SW 9 SW 14 SW 26 SW 31 SW 26 W 24 CHC OF PCPN (%).....10 10 50 50 90 60 LAL.................1 4 4 4 5 5 HAINES INDEX........3 3 3 4 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...BEACHLER REQUESTED BY...RICHARD MEINTEL TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100407.FRUGA.01/CTP