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SPOT FORECAST FOR SHENANDOAH RIVER SP...VA DCR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
847 AM EDT WED MAY 26 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1330 EDT ON MAY 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE EASTWARD INTO THE ATLANTIC THIS AFTERNOON...AND A
WARM...MOIST AIRMASS WILL BECOME ENTRENCHED IN THE MID-ATLANTIC
REGION. THIS AIRMASS WILL PERSIST OVER THE REGION THURSDAY AS AN
UPPER DISTURBANCE APPROACHES...WITH CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A COLD
FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE AREA ON FRIDAY BEFORE HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS IN ITS WAKE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING NORTHWEST 5
                    TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT...INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1400 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 4400-5800 FT
                    AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 3 TO 12 MPH.

TIME (EDT)          1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........40     52     52
WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD
WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM
TEMP............84     86     86
RH..............46     42     42
20 FT WIND......N 4    N 4    NW 4
20 FT WIND GUST.10     5      10
CWR.............20     20     20

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FORECASTER...LASORSA
REQUESTED BY...LAURYN SACHA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100526.SHENA.02/LWX