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SPOT FORECAST FOR SUMMIT RISE...NCFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1026 AM EST TUE FEB 15 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0843 EST ON FEBRUARY 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
...LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY...

DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA TODAY AND REMAIN IN
CONTROL THROUGH FRIDAY.  ASIDE FROM SOME UPPER LEVEL CLOUDINESS...
THE WEATHER WILL BE FAIR AND DRY.

WINDS WILL ABATE TODAY.  STILL ANTICIPATING SOME GUSTINESS THROUGH
EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT THE OVERALL TREND WILL BE FOR FEWER GUSTS AND
AN OVERALL DECREASE IN MAGNITUDE.

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN TOWARD THE
END OF THE WEEK AS SOUTHERLY WINDS INCREASE AND TEMPERATURES REMAIN
ABOVE NORMAL.

&&

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 49.
MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH
                    IN THE MORNING...BECOMING LIGHT AND
                    VARIABLE...THEN BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH IN THE
                    MORNING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE...THEN
                    BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

TIME (EST)          8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).............4      13     22     32     41
WEATHER COV.........
WEATHER TYPE........NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP................31     38     43     46     49
RH..................53     38     29     25     23
20 FT WIND..........N 8    N 5    E 3    E 4    SE 5
20 FT WIND GUST.....20     15     5      10     15
EYE LEVEL WIND......N 6    N 4    E 2    E 3    SE 4
EYE LVL WND GST.....20     15     5      10     15

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 31.
MAX HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE.

TIME (EST)          6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).............49     56     59     62     65     68
WEATHER COV.........
WEATHER TYPE........NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP................44     41     39     38     37     35
RH..................28     34     39     42     45     47
20 FT WIND..........SE 5   SE 4   SE 3   SE 2   SE 2   S 1
20 FT WIND GUST.....10     10     5      5      5
EYE LEVEL WIND......SE 4   SE 3   SE 2   SE 2   SE 1   S 1
EYE LVL WND GST.....10     10     5      5      5

$$
FORECASTER...KEIGHTON
REQUESTED BY...KELLI PALMER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110215.SUMMI.01/RNK