FNUS71 KBTV 011132 FWSBTV SPOT FORECAST FOR WHIPPLE HOLLOW WMA...VT - FPR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 732 AM EDT SUN MAY 1 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 EDT ON MAY 02. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO RIDGE OVER THE AREA TODAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTH AS SURFACE RIDGE MOVES EAST. DESPITE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPING INTO THE UPPER TEENS AND LOWER 20S...DO NOT FORESEE ANY FIRE WEATHER ISSUES DUE TO VERY WET GROUND FROM ABUNDANCE OF RAIN THE REGION HAD THIS PAST WEEK. WETTER WEATHER IS ON THE WAY BEGINNING LATE MONDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. RAIN WILL BEGIN FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...BEGINNING AFTER 2PM IN RUTLAND COUNTY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF THE RAIN DURING THE MID MORNING. .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN SHOWERS LIKELY LATE. CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT. BEGIN/END OF PCPN... MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63. MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 16 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).............12 50 78 95 WEATHER COV.........S CHC CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY WEATHER TYPE........RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP................56 59 61 63 RH..................49 55 60 64 20 FT WIND..........S 10 S 15 S 16 S 13 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 20 25 25 CHC OF PCPN (%).....20 30 40 60 .MONDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). SHOWERS LIKELY. CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT. BEGIN/END OF PCPN... MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48. MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).............95 93 95 98 100 100 WEATHER COV.........LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE........RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP................61 57 54 51 50 49 RH..................48 55 64 71 77 80 20 FT WIND..........S 12 S 10 SE 9 SE 8 SE 7 SE 6 20 FT WIND GUST.....20 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).....60 60 60 60 60 60 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). SHOWERS LIKELY. CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT. BEGIN/END OF PCPN... MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57. MIN HUMIDITY........61 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............100 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.........LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE........RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP................50 50 52 54 56 55 RH..................77 77 71 69 64 64 20 FT WIND..........SE 6 SE 7 E 6 E 6 NE 5 E 5 20 FT WIND GUST..... CHC OF PCPN (%).....60 60 60 60 60 60 $$ FORECASTER...NEILES REQUESTED BY...LARS LUND TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110502.WHIPP.01/BTV