FNUS71 KCTP 281753 FWSCTP SPOT FORECAST FOR HALDEMAN ISLAND SGL 290...PA GAME COMMISSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 153 PM EDT THU APR 28 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON APRIL 29. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE. .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH EAST OF THE STATE TODAY. BEHIND THE FRONT... MUCH COOLER BUT NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR LATE THIS WEEK. BREEZY WEST WINDS THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL TRY TO DRY THE FUELS OUT A BIT. SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. IT SHOULD BE DRY AND SUNNY ON SATURDAY WITH RELATIVELY LIGHT WIND. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY...THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45. MAX HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE...THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH LATE. LAL.................NO TSTMS. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 23 TO 28 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).............67 58 49 45 48 51 54 57 58 63 72 76 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........ TEMP................67 66 65 62 60 57 56 54 53 52 51 50 RH..................51 51 51 54 58 62 64 65 67 68 71 73 20 FT WIND DIR......W W W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD......14 13 12 9 8 7 6 3 3 3 3 5 20 FT WIND GUST.....20 20 20 10 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W TRANSP WIND SPD.....25 26 28 26 24 23 24 25 28 28 28 26 LAL.................1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 HAINES INDEX........4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63. MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH. LAL.................NO TSTMS. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 16 TO 25 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).............73 66 63 63 64 65 62 56 53 53 51 50 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........ TEMP................48 48 49 51 53 55 57 58 60 61 62 60 RH..................79 78 74 68 62 56 52 49 46 44 41 43 20 FT WIND DIR......SW W W W W W W W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD......6 7 8 9 10 13 14 15 15 16 16 15 20 FT WIND GUST..... 10 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W TRANSP WIND SPD.....25 23 21 21 21 21 18 17 16 18 22 24 LAL.................1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 HAINES INDEX........3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 $$ FORECASTER...WFO CTP/LAMBERT REQUESTED BY...STEVEN BERNARDI TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110427.HALDE.03/CTP