FNUS71 KALY 211527
FWSALY

SPOT FORECAST FOR FOR BROOKS HOUSE FIRE...BRATTLEBORO FIRE DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1127 AM EDT THU APR 21 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON APRIL 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WINDY AND COOLER WEATHER WILL FOLLOW IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT
DUE TO THE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE DEPARTING LOW OVER THE CANADIAN
MARITIMES AND HIGH PRESSURE MOVING IN FROM THE GREAT LAKES REGION.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND FRIDAY
...WITH FAIR AND COOL CONDITIONS...FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER ROUND OF
UNSETTLED WEATHER FOR LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY.

RH VALUES EARLY THIS MORNING WILL BE 80 TO 100 PERCENT...THEN
DECREASE TO BETWEEN 30 AND 50 PERCENT DURING THE MIDDAY PERIOD
...WITH LOWEST VALUES IN THE HUDSON VALLEY SOUTH OF ALBANY.
THEY WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 85 AND 100 PERCENT BY EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING...WITH SOME FROST LIKELY IN EXPOSED AREAS. THE
HUMIDITY WILL BE EVEN LOWER DURING FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH VALUES
BETWEEN 20 AND 35 PERCENT.

WESTERLY WINDS WILL BE FAIRLY BRISK AND GUSTY TODAY...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED RIDGES AND DOWN THE MOHAWK VALLEY WHERE
THE TERRAIN WILL TEND TO FUNNEL THE WINDS...WITH GUSTS WHICH COULD
EXCEED 45 MPH AT TIMES DURING THE MID AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH
THIS EVENING...TO LESS THAN 6 MPH BY EARLY FRIDAY.  ON FRIDAY WINDS
WILL BE LIGHT FROM THE SOUTHEAST.

SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...
ESPECIALLY NORTH AND WEST OF ALBANY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
HOWEVER RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE VERY LIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT). ISOLATED SNOW
                    SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING. A SLIGHT CHANCE
                    OF SHOWERS UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 49.
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 12 TO 18 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN 25 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASING TO 30 MPH EARLY IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 25.
MAX HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH
                    UNTIL EARLY MORNING...BECOMING LIGHT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.
MIN HUMIDITY........22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 7 MPH LATE.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...QUINLAN
REQUESTED BY...CHIEF MIKE BUCOSSI
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110417.BROOK.01/ALY