FNUS71 KALY 071124 FWSALY SPOT FORECAST FOR FOR DRAPERIES PRESCRIBED BURN...ALBANY PINE BUSH COMMISSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 724 AM EDT TUE JUN 7 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 EDT ON JUNE 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... AN INCREASING WARM AND HUMID AIR MASS SHOULD PRECLUDE DISCUSSION CONCERNS DESPITE THE RECENT DRY WEATHER /OUTSIDE OF ISOLATED CONVECTION/. ANOTHER CHANCE FOR CONVECTION WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON...BUT LIKE YESTERDAY...THE ACTIVITY WILL BE ISOLATED. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 30 TO 40 PERCENT. RH VALUES WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 90 AND 100 PERCENT TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH TODAY. WIND SPEED WILL DECREASE TO AROUND 5 MPH OR LESS TONIGHT. LOOKING AHEAD...AN INCREASED CHANCE FOR WETTING RAINFALL ARRIVES ON THURSDAY WITH THE APPROACH OF A COLD FRONT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 87. MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS...BECOMING WEST 6 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................20 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65. MAX HUMIDITY........94 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. CWR.................10 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 93. MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................20 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...MAGLARAS REQUESTED BY...MICHAEL BATCHER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110607.DRAPE.01/ALY