FNUS72 KMHX 211149 FWSMHX SPOT FORECAST FOR GREAT LAKE ROAD...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 749 AM EDT MON MAR 21 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON MARCH 21. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... S WINDS THIS MORNING WILL TURN SW AND BECOME GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GUST INTO THE 20 TO 25 MPH AFTER NOON TODAY... DIMINISHING AFTER SUNSET. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE MID 40S PERCENTILE THIS AFTERNOON. SKIES WILL BECOME PARTLY SUNNY BY AFTERNOON...AIDING IN THE GUSTY WINDS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71. MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 12 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 2700 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 5200 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...DECREASING TO 2700 FT AGL LATE. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 14 MPH...INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 22 TO 25 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............73 65 59 56 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................54 64 70 71 RH..................71 54 47 47 20 FT WIND (MPH)....S 9 S 13 SW 14 SW 16 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 15 20 25 HAINES INDEX........3 3 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY...THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56. MAX HUMIDITY........86 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2700 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 16 TO 25 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).............52 49 52 55 58 61 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................68 63 60 58 59 58 RH..................54 67 78 83 80 83 20 FT WIND (MPH)....SW 16 SW 13 SW 12 SW 12 SW 10 SW 10 20 FT WIND GUST.....25 15 15 15 15 15 HAINES INDEX........4 4 4 4 4 4 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78. MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 3000 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 5800 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...DECREASING TO 3000 FT AGL LATE. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 15 TO 16 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............65 68 66 62 60 61 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................57 57 65 73 76 77 RH..................86 93 68 49 45 43 20 FT WIND (MPH)....W 10 W 10 W 10 W 10 W 10 W 8 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 15 15 15 15 15 $$ FORECASTER...LONKA REQUESTED BY...CROATAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110321.GREAT.01/MHX