FNUS71 KCTP 132227 FWSCTP SPOT FORECAST FOR BUZZARD SWAMP 2010 DAY 2...USFS ALLEGHENY NATIONAL FOREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 627 PM EDT TUE APR 13 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1825 EDT ON APRIL 13. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE. .DISCUSSION... AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AND CROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF PENNSYLVANIA THIS MORNING...BEFORE ENDING DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. SOME SLEET COULD EVEN MIX IN AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND LAUREL HIGHLANDS WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S. FAR NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA WILL SEE JUST SOME INTERMITTENT VERY LIGHT RAIN OR SLEET THIS MORNING. THE WEATHER FEATURE RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING THIS BOUT OF CHILLY RAIN...IS A STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHED FROM THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY TO THE DELMARVA COAST. A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER ONTARIO CANADA WILL BUILD SOUTH...BRINGING CLEARING SKIES TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY A FEW DAYS OF PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND DRY WEATHER. LOW RH/S AND DRY FINE FUELS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED FIRE RISK WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. HOWEVER...WINDS SHOULD REMAIN RELATIVELY LIGHT...INHIBITING THE SPREAD OF ANY BRUSH FIRES THAT MAY FORM. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. AREAS OF FROST EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63. MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. LAL.................NO TSTMS. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 7 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............9 14 23 31 36 29 WEATHER COV.........AREAS WEATHER TYPE........FROST NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................33 39 47 54 58 63 MIN HUMIDITY........84 73 53 41 34 29 WIND (20 FT)........E 3 E 3 SE 5 SE 6 SE 7 S 6 20 FT WIND GUST.....5 5 TRANSPORT WINDS.....E 6 E 7 E 7 E 6 E 3 S 3 LAL.................1 1 1 1 1 1 HAINES INDEX........4 4 4 5 5 5 .WEDNESDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 38. MAX HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE. LAL.................NO TSTMS. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 8 MPH. 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 (%).............19 13 15 19 23 25 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................62 54 51 49 47 44 MIN HUMIDITY........31 43 48 53 60 70 WIND (20 FT)........S 5 SE 2 SE 2 SE 2 SE 3 S 3 20 FT WIND GUST..... 5 5 5 5 5 TRANSPORT WINDS.....SW 6 SW 8 SW 8 SW 7 SW 3 SW 5 LAL.................1 1 1 1 1 1 HAINES INDEX........5 5 5 4 4 4 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72. MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. LAL.................NO TSTMS. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 TO 12 MPH...INCREASING TO 16 TO 25 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. 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 (%).............28 31 37 43 47 49 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................41 46 55 62 66 71 MIN HUMIDITY........81 68 51 41 37 32 WIND (20 FT)........S 5 SW 6 SW 7 SW 8 SW 9 W 8 20 FT WIND GUST..... 10 10 15 15 15 TRANSPORT WINDS.....SW 5 SW 5 W 12 W 20 NW 23 W 25 LAL.................1 1 1 1 1 1 HAINES INDEX........4 3 3 3 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...WFO CTP/GARTNER REQUESTED BY...GARY KOLESAR TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100413.BUZZA.01/CTP