FNUS71 KBGM 081435 FWSBGM SPOT FORECAST FOR TUNNEL...PENNSYLVANIA DCNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1035 AM EDT THU APR 8 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1045 EDT ON APRIL 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... MOSTLY SUNNY ITHROUGH MIDDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE MID 70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE 10 TO 15 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 25 KT POSSIBLE. RH WILL DROP INTO THE MID 30S. CLOUDS WILL BEGIN INCREASING IN THE AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER 5 PM WITH THE GREATEST CHANCE TOWARD 8 OR 9 PM TONIGHT. WINDS WILL SHIFT WEST BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT. .TODAY... LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO GOOD (19100-55000 KNOT-FT). TIME (EDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM LAL.................1 1 1 1 HAINES INDEX........4 4 3 3 VRATE KT-FT/1000....19 19 55 55 .TONIGHT... LAL.................1 UNTIL 2000...THEN 2 UNTIL 2300...THEN 1. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO GOOD (28800-55000 KNOT-FT). TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM LAL.................1 2 2 2 2 2 HAINES INDEX........3 3 3 3 3 3 VRATE KT-FT/1000....55 55 55 55 29 29 .FRIDAY... LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........2 TO 3 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (28800 KNOT-FT)...INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (102000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM LAL.................2 1 1 1 1 1 HAINES INDEX........3 3 3 2 3 3 VRATE KT-FT/1000....29 29 29 29 102 102 $$ FORECASTER...WATSON REQUESTED BY...JOE ULOZAS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100408.TUNNE.01/BGM