FNUS71 KBTV 212136 FWSBTV SPOT FORECAST FOR WHIPPLE HOLLOW WMA RX BURN...VERMONT DEPT. OF FORESTS AND PARKS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 536 PM EDT THU APR 21 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 EDT ON APRIL 25. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS VERMONT TONIGHT AND FRIDAY BRINGING CLEARING SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY WILL BE IN THE MID 50S. A STRONG WARM FRONT WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN SATURDAY MORNING...WITH SHOWERS LINGERING INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. RAINFALL AMOUNTS SATURDAY AROUND THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH BASED ON CURRENT INDICATIONS. DRY SUNDAY...THEN THERE IS THE CHANCE FOR ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ON MONDAY...APRIL 25TH...WITH ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM. PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION ON MONDAY IS 60 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT). CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. BEGIN/END OF PCPN... WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 14 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT...BECOMING LIGHT. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).............59 59 59 50 31 12 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE 20 FT WIND..........NW 14 NW 7 NW 3 W 3 SE 5 SE 3 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 5 5 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).....0 10 10 10 0 0 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT). CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. BEGIN/END OF PCPN... WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS...BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............18 23 31 38 45 45 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE 20 FT WIND..........E 3 E 3 NE 5 NE 6 E 7 SE 8 20 FT WIND GUST.....5 5 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).....0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...BANACOS REQUESTED BY...LARS LUND TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110421.WHIPP.01/BTV