FNUS71 KGYX 202324 FWSGYX SPOT FORECAST FOR BENTON FIELD 7A...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 724 PM EDT TUE APR 20 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 EDT ON APRIL 21. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH THE REGION TONIGHT AND AND THEN SLOWLY CROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45. MAX HUMIDITY........79 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......2200-3600 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 4900-6100 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 4100-4700 FT AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH. TIME (EDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........49 55 62 64 66 68 75 83 90 89 WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............55 59 63 62 60 56 52 49 47 46 RH..............51 44 36 41 46 51 59 66 71 76 20 FT WIND......E 2 S 5 SW 7 S 6 S 6 S 5 S 3 S 2 S 1 S 1 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 10 10 5 5 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). A CHANCE OF SHOWERS UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON...THEN SHOWERS LIKELY AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59. MIN HUMIDITY........51 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING WEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......4700-5700 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 14 TO 16 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........88 87 76 73 76 84 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............47 48 53 56 58 57 RH..............76 77 64 57 53 53 20 FT WIND......SW 2 W 2 W 3 SW 3 SW 5 W 5 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...HAYES REQUESTED BY...JOHN MEISTER FMS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100421.BENTO.01/GYX