FNUS71 KRLX 302152 FWSRLX SPOT FORECAST FOR CHESTNUT RIDGE...MONONGAHELA NATIONAL FOREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 552 PM EDT FRI APR 30 2010 .DISCUSSION... SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH WARM AIR INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT...RESULTING IN A VERY LIMITED MOISTURE RECOVERY...WITH THE RIDGE REMAINING ABOVE ANY LOW LEVEL INVERSION. ANOTHER VERY WARM DAY SATURDAY...WITH INCREASING CLOUDS OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST. A DISTURBANCE MAY PRODUCE QUICKLY MOVING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE BURN AREA MAINLY BETWEEN 6PM AND 10PM. RAIN AMOUNTS SATURDAY EVENING...IF ANY...WILL BE ON THE LIGHT SIDE. HOWEVER...ERRATIC WINDS WITH BRIEF GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH COULD OCCUR DURING LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING IN THE VICINITY OF ANY SHOWERY ACTIVITY. A MORE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AND INTO MONDAY MORNING...TO THE TUNE OF ROUGHLY AN INCH OR SO POSSIBLE. .SATURDAY... TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........16 20 22 24 29 33 37 42 44 46 49 53 WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE.... TSM TSM TEMP............62 63 64 65 66 68 70 72 73 75 76 77 RH..............50 52 53 54 48 42 40 39 38 40 42 43 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 5 5 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 7 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 15 15 15 20 20 20 20 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.3 1.8 2.3 2.9 3.5 4.7 5.4 MIXNG WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W MIXNG WIND SPD..9 8 7 8 10 12 12 13 13 15 16 16 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 .SATURDAY NIGHT... TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID SKY (%).........57 60 62 69 83 90 90 WEATHER COV.....SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM RW RW RW TSM TEMP............76 75 72 69 67 65 64 RH..............53 56 60 63 66 67 70 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 5 6 8 9 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 10 15 15 20 20 MIX HGT (KFT)...5.0 4.1 3.0 2.5 2.1 1.7 1.3 MIXNG WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW MIXNG WIND SPD..14 10 8 9 13 15 14 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 10 LAL.............2 3 3 1 1 1 1 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 2 $$ FORECASTER...MDP REQUESTED BY...CAMERON CRISP TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100430.CHEST.02/RLX