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SPOT FORECAST FOR CUBVILLE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
803 PM EDT THU APR 22 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 2010 EDT ON APRIL 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA TONIGHT. RELATIVE
HUMIDITY WILL RECOVER TO THE UPPER 30S OR BETTER FOR ALL BUT THE
RIDGES BY MIDNIGHT...THEN GREATER THAN 80 PERCENT BY SUNRISE. MID
DECK CLOUDS WILL ERODE THROUGH THE EVENING THEN TOWARDS MORNING...HIGH
CLOUDS WILL EDGE NORTHEASTWARD AS A WARM FRONT TRACKS ACROSS THE REGION.
AS OF 800 PM...OBSERVATIONS AT LIME KILM WERE 65F/24F...RH 21%.

THIS FRONT WILL LIKELY BRING SOME LIGHT SHOWERS
TO THE MOUNTAINS...WITH A CHANCE OF THE SHOWERS SPILLING OVER
INTO THE PIEDMONTS OF NORTHWEST NC AND SOUTHWEST VA. INCREASING
HUMIDITY AND WARMER TEMPERATURES FOLLOW THE FRONT FOR THE
WEEKEND. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO MONDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL
SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45.
MAX HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL THIS EVENING LOWERING TO 300 FEET BY MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 8 MPH.

TIME (EDT)          8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).............45     43     40     36     36
WEATHER COV.........
WEATHER TYPE........NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP................59     57     54     51     49
                    MIN HUMIDITY........35     40     46     55     59
WIND (20 FT)........W 5    W 4    W 2    NW 2   SW 2
20 FT WIND GUST.....10     10     5      5      5
CWR.................10     0      0      0      10

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). A CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.
MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING WEST AROUND
                    6 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
CWR (0.01 IN).......30 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 0 TO 3 MPH...BECOMING WEST 7 TO 14
                    MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

TIME (EDT)          6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).............40     47     56     67     76     81
WEATHER COV.........                            CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE........NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP................46     48     53     56     59     61
                    MIN HUMIDITY........65     65     59     52     46     44
WIND (20 FT)........SW 2   SW 2   W 3    W 5    W 5    W 5
20 FT WIND GUST.....5      5      10     10     15     10
CWR.................10     10     10     10     30     30

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FORECASTER...STONEFIELD
REQUESTED BY...STEVE SMESTAD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100422.CUBVI.04/RNK