FNUS71 KLWX 261916 FWSLWX SPOT FORECAST FOR LOCKY FIRE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 316 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1509 EDT ON OCTOBER 26. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... .DISCUSSION... A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL CROSS THE MID ATLANTIC LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY. SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT...REACHING THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY AROUND MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD BACK OVER THE REGION FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WORK WEEK AND WEEKEND. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). A CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN THE EVENING. SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59. MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 13 TO 18 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...INCREASING TO 45 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN DECREASING TO 30 MPH LATE. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CWR.................10 PERCENT...INCREASING TO 100 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1600 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 20 TO 26 MPH...DECREASING TO AROUND 5 MPH. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 13 TO 18 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........85 81 85 89 100 99 WEATHER COV..... CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............68 66 64 63 62 62 RH..............93 97 100 100 100 93 20 FT WIND......S 11 S 13 S 14 SW 11 SW 14 SW 14 20 FT WIND GUST.30 45 45 45 45 30 EYE LEVEL WIND..S 8 S 10 S 10 SW 8 SW 10 SW 10 EYE LEVEL WIND..30 45 45 45 45 30 CWR.............10 10 40 70 70 100 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. SHOWERS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75. MIN HUMIDITY........68 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. CWR.................90 PERCENT...DECREASING TO 60 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......400-1000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 8 MPH. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........98 97 90 85 76 65 WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............61 64 68 71 73 73 RH..............87 81 70 68 73 68 20 FT WIND......SW 6 W 5 SW 6 SW 6 SW 6 SW 5 20 FT WIND GUST.20 10 10 10 15 10 EYE LEVEL WIND..SW 5 W 4 SW 4 SW 5 SW 4 SW 4 EYE LEVEL WIND..20 10 10 10 15 10 CWR.............90 90 80 70 70 60 $$ FORECASTER...JACKSON REQUESTED BY...TOM LEDBETTER TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20101026.LOCKY.02/LWX