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SPOT FORECAST FOR MUD BRANCH...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
403 PM EDT SUN MAY 9 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 EDT ON MAY 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES CONTINUE INTO EARLY
THIS EVENING...

WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH WILL TAKE US
INTO THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 30 PERCENT OVER A LARGE PART OF THE AREA
WILL BE COMMON THROUGH 800 PM. SIMILAR RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED
ON MONDAY...BUT WINDS SHOULD BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

OUR NEXT CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION WILL COME TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE
WEEK AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES INTO THE AREA AND STALLS.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING WEST AROUND
                    5 MPH LATE.
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 0 TO 1 MPH...BECOMING WEST 3 TO 7 MPH
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

TIME (EDT)          6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).............9      13     18     24     30     34
WEATHER COV.........
WEATHER TYPE........NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP................34     39     46     51     55     58
                    MIN HUMIDITY........75     63     50     41     36     33
WIND (20 FT)........N 2    N 2    N 2    NW 3   W 3    W 4
20 FT WIND GUST.....5      5      5      5      5      5
CWR.................0      0      0      0      0      0

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FORECASTER...SLEIGHTER
REQUESTED BY...RON NIXON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100510.MUDBR.01/RNK