FNUS71 KCTP 242045 FWSCTP SPOT FORECAST FOR SALMON CREEK WF...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 445 PM EDT SAT APR 24 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1624 EDT ON APRIL 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE. .DISCUSSION... LIGHT RAIN WILL SLOWLY MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON. MANY PLACES TO THE EAST AND NORTH OF KANE...TO LOCK HAVEN... SUNBURY AND POTTSVILLE WILL STAY DRY THROUGH THE EVENING. RH/S MAY STILL BE BELOW 30 PERCENT IN SPOTS ACROSS THE NORTH AND EAST THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGHS GET INTO THE 60S ONCE AGAIN. WIDESPREAD RAIN TONIGHT WILL BEGIN A VERY UNSETTLED PERIOD WHICH WILL LAST INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. AN INCH...TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NEXT FEW DAYS. A WARM FRONT JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE STATE WILL MEAN THE WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE EAST. THEY SHOULD TURN TO THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. THEY COULD GET GUSTY WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT EAST WINDS ALL WEEKEND...BUT OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL MIX DOWN SOME HIGHER WINDS AT TIMES. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SHOWERS LIKELY EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN A MORE GENERAL RAIN DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44. MAX HUMIDITY........87 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. LAL.................NO TSTMS. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 22 TO 29 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. CHANCE OF PCPN......100 PERCENT. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).............100 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.........LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE........RNSHWR RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN TEMP................55 56 50 45 44 43 MIN HUMIDITY........47 48 62 76 82 86 WIND (20 FT)........S 14 SE 14 SE 13 SE 14 SE 14 SE 13 20 FT WIND GUST.....20 25 20 25 25 25 TRANSPORT WINDS.....SE 22 SE 24 SE 26 SE 28 SE 28 SE 24 CHC OF PCPN (%).....70 60 60 100 100 100 LAL.................1 1 1 1 1 1 HAINES INDEX........3 2 2 2 2 2 .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY EARLY IN THE MORNING. TAPERING TO SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64. MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. LAL.................NO TSTMS UNTIL 1200...THEN 9-15 STRIKES. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 12 TO 21 MPH...BECOMING EAST AROUND 21 MPH LATE. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. CHANCE OF PCPN......90 PERCENT. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............100 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.........LIKELY CHANCE CHANCE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE........RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN TEMP................43 45 50 57 64 63 MIN HUMIDITY........87 85 77 62 53 54 WIND (20 FT)........SE 10 SE 8 SE 8 SE 7 SE 6 SE 8 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 10 10 10 10 TRANSPORT WINDS.....SE 21 SE 18 SE 14 SE 10 E 12 E 17 CHC OF PCPN (%).....60 50 50 90 90 90 LAL.................1 1 1 5 5 5 HAINES INDEX........2 2 2 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...WFO CTP REQUESTED BY...JOHN FRY TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100424.SALMO.01/CTP