FNUS71 KALY 290225
FWSALY

SPOT FORECAST FOR FOR SPIER FIRE...NYS DEC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1025 PM EDT FRI MAY 28 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2147 EDT ON MAY 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
IT HAS BEEN SEVERAL DAYS SINCE THE REGION HAS SEEN APPRECIABLE
RAINFALL ACROSS THE REGION AND THIS TREND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SOME RAINFALL ON
SATURDAY AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. A HIGHER CHANCE FOR RAINFALL IS EXPECTED DURING THE
FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK.

RELATIVE HUMITIES TONIGHT WILL RECOVER TO BETWEEN 90 AND 100
PERCENT. VALUES DROP BACK ONLY TO BETWEEN 50 AND 70 PERCENT ON
SATURDAY WITH CLOUD COVER AND THOSE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

WINDS WILL BE RATHER LIGHT AND VARIABLE THROUGH TONIGHT AND BECOME
WEST-NORTHWEST THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY WITH SPEEDS OF 10 MPH OR
LESS AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SLIDES ACROSS THE REGION.

OVERNIGHT...INCREASING CLOUDS. (80-100 PERCENT).
A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. LOW AROUND 50.
LIGHT WIND.


.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE
                    OF SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE
                    OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE
                    MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74.
MIN HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....LIGHT WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). A CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54.
MAX HUMIDITY........98 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....LIGHT WINDS.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81.
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS...BECOMING WEST 5 TO 13 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....LIGHT WINDS...BECOMING WEST 5 TO 13 MPH IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...HWJIV
REQUESTED BY...RANGER HITT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100528.SPIER.01/ALY