FNUS72 KRAH 091449
FWSRAH

SPOT FORECAST FOR PARSONS TRACT...NC WILDLIFE RESOURCES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH, NC
949 AM EST THU DEC 9 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 EST ON DECEMBER 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
UPDATED FOR TRANSPORT WINDS DISCUSSION. THERE WAS NO GREENSBORO
SOUNDING THIS MORNING. LATEST MODEL DATA INDICATES A TRANSPORT WIND
OF 10.5 MPH MAY BE HARD TO REACH...AND WOULD BE NEAR THE TOP END AT
PEAK MIXING AROUND 200 PM.

ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION WILL WEAKEN AND MOVE OFFSHORE
THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS WILL BRING LIGHT WINDS...LOW MINIMUM RH
VALUES...AND FAIRLY LOW MIXING HEIGHTS TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL
RECOVER BACK TO NEAR NORMAL VALUES FRIDAY. A STRONG STORM SYSTEM
WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN SUNDAY... THEN ANOTHER BLAST OF ARCTIC
AIR WILL ARRIVE FOR MONDAY...LASTING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

.TODAY...

MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING NORTHEAST
                    AROUND 6 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE LATE IN THE
                    MORNING...BECOMING NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH EARLY
                    IN THE AFTERNOON...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1500 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 2500-2800 FT
                    AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO
                    300 FT AGL LATE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.

TIME (EST)          11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
RH..................39     31     29     34
20 FT WIND..........N 3    N 3    NE 4   E 2
20 FT WIND GUST.....5      5      10     5
MIX HGT (FT)........2500   2500   2800   300
TRANSPORT WIND......N 8    N 8    N 7    E 2

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FORECASTER...WFORAH
REQUESTED BY...CHRIS JORDAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101209.PARSO.01/RAH