FNUS71 KALY 211339 FWSALY SPOT FORECAST FOR FOR RED MILL RX...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 939 AM EDT WED APR 21 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1130 EDT ON APRIL 21. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT...PRECEDED AND ACCOMPANIED BY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. THE FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST...THROUGH THE REGION THURSDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE 25-35 PERCENT RANGE TODAY...THEN RECOVER TO 85-95 PERCENT TONIGHT. THE RH WILL THEN FALL INTO THE 35-50 PERCENT RANGE FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST...AND INCREASE TO 10-15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST TO WEST AT 5-10 MPH TONIGHT...THEN SHIFT INTO THE WEST TO NORTHWEST BY THU AFTERNOON...AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62. MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE. CWR.................30 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40. MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. CWR.................30 PERCENT. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). A CHANCE OF SHOWERS UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55. MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS...BECOMING WEST 7 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CWR.................20 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...RCK REQUESTED BY...CHRIS SCHOW TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100421.REDMI.01/ALY