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SPOT FORECAST FOR ELK GARDEN...U.S. FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
753 AM EDT TUE MAY 4 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON MAY 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

...LOWER HUMIDITIES THIS AFTERNOON...

HIGH PRESSURE ARRIVES IN THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH A DRIER
AIR MASS. BEFORE THE CENTER OF THE HIGH ARRIVES TONIGHT...TODAY
WILL SEE SOME GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE
MOUNTAINS. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED. HUMIDITIES THIS
AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO BOTTOM OUT IN THE 20S.

THE HIGH WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA LATER WEDNESDAY...ALLOWING
FOR SLOWLY RISING TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY FOR LATE THIS WEEK.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68.
MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE...THEN
                    BECOMING WEST 5 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20
                    MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
CWR (0.01 IN).......10 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 14 TO 20 MPH.

TIME (EDT)          10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).............2      24     19     18
WEATHER COV.........
WEATHER TYPE........NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP................61     63     66     67
                    MIN HUMIDITY........61     46     40     37
WIND (20 FT)........N 5    NW 7   W 7    W 7
20 FT WIND GUST.....10     20     20     20
CWR.................0      10     10     10

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FORECASTER...PERRY
REQUESTED BY...COOKIE PATTERSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100504.ELKGA.05/RNK