FNUS71 KRNK 221149 FWSRNK SPOT FORECAST FOR CUBVILLE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 749 AM EDT THU APR 22 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EDT ON APRIL 22. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE TODAY BEFORE WEAKENING THIS EVENING. THIS SHOULD KEEP OVERALL DRY WEATHER IN PLACE TODAY WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS DROPPING TO BELOW 30 PERCENT ALONG AND EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE SLIDING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST MAY BRING A FEW SHOWERS TO THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL THEN DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT BEFORE STALLING OVER NORTH CAROLINA BY EARLY FRIDAY. THIS FRONT SHOULD LIFT BACK NORTH INTO THE AREA FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS. INCREASING HUMIDITY AND WARMER TEMPERATURES FOLLOW THE FRONT FOR THE WEEKEND ...ALONG WITH CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO CROSS THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (30-50 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63. MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING WEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH BY EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR (0.01 IN).......20 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......6600 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 4 TO 8 MPH EARLY...BECOMING NORTHWEST AND INCREASING TO 14 TO 21 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING WEST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).............19 40 56 63 60 WEATHER COV......... ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP................49 54 57 60 62 MIN HUMIDITY........50 40 35 33 33 WIND (20 FT)........W 5 NW 7 NW 8 NW 7 W 6 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 15 20 15 15 CWR.................10 10 20 20 20 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45. MAX HUMIDITY........71 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH. CWR (0.01 IN).......20 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 10 MPH...BECOMING SOUTH. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).............56 45 41 38 35 42 WEATHER COV.........ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE........RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................61 57 54 51 49 48 MIN HUMIDITY........35 43 49 54 58 62 WIND (20 FT)........W 6 W 5 W 6 W 6 W 6 W 6 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 10 15 15 15 10 CWR.................20 10 10 10 10 10 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT). A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62. MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE...THEN BECOMING WEST 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR (0.01 IN).......30 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......5100 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 0 TO 9 MPH...INCREASING TO 13 TO 16 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............48 52 54 57 59 62 WEATHER COV......... CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP................46 48 53 56 59 60 MIN HUMIDITY........68 65 58 50 45 44 WIND (20 FT)........W 5 W 5 W 5 W 6 W 6 W 5 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 10 10 15 15 10 CWR.................10 10 10 10 30 30 $$ FORECASTER...HUDGINS REQUESTED BY...STEVE SMESTAD TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100422.CUBVI.02/RNK