FNUS72 KILM 031218 FWSILM SPOT FORECAST FOR BROOKGREEN...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 818 AM EDT SUN APR 3 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 EDT ON APRIL 03. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... ...MINIMUM RHS AROUND 25 PERCENT TODAY... ...A 0930 IGNITION TIME IS BEFORE THE INVERSION IS FORECAST TO LIFT ABOVE 100OFT AND WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SMOKE INVERSION PROBLEMS. INVERSION WILL LIFT BETWEEN 1000 AND 1100 AM...AT WHICH TIME TEMPERATURES WILL RISE RAPIDLY INTO THE 50S... CENTER OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OVERHEAD TODAY...AND WELL OFFSHORE FROM THE CAROLINAS TONIGHT AND MONDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST LATE MONDAY...AND SWEEP ACROSS AND OFFSHORE LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE FROM THE GULF COAST STATES WILL FOLLOW ON WEDNESDAY...THEN SLIDE OFFSHORE FROM THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST ON THURSDAY. WIND PROFILE ANALYSIS/FIRE CONTROL OVER FLAT TERRAIN IS FAVORABLE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69. MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......400-1300 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 3500-5300 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 0 TO 3 MPH...BECOMING NORTH AROUND 3 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 8 MPH LATE. TIME (EDT) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).............0 0 0 1 3 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................46 60 64 68 67 RH..................62 41 34 32 37 20 FT WIND..........N 1 E 3 SE 4 S 5 S 6 20 FT WIND GUST.....5 5 5 10 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56. MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 9 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 500-900 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 8 MPH...INCREASING TO AROUND 20 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN DECREASING TO AROUND 0 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING...INCREASING TO AROUND 26 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).............4 6 6 6 6 8 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................66 63 61 60 59 58 RH..................39 47 55 64 74 80 20 FT WIND..........S 7 S 7 S 7 S 7 S 6 S 6 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 15 15 15 10 10 .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81. MIN HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......800-1500 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 2900-4000 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 26 TO 31 MPH...INCREASING TO 33 TO 36 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............10 12 16 22 27 32 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................57 60 67 75 79 79 RH..................87 84 71 59 56 58 20 FT WIND..........S 6 S 7 S 9 S 10 S 11 S 12 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 15 20 20 25 25 $$ FORECASTER...BACON REQUESTED BY...GREG ASKINS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110403.BROOK.01/ILM