FNUS71 KALY 101351
FWSALY

SPOT FORECAST FOR FOR TONGUE MT FIRE...NYS DEC FOREST RANGERS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
951 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0935 EDT ON JUNE 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
DRY WEATHER THE REGION TODAY INTO MOST OF THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...NEXT
CHANCE FOR RAINFALL ARRIVES LATER TONIGHT INTO THE FIRST HALF OF THE
WEEKEND WITH THE APPROACH OF THE WARM FRONT AND AN UPPER LEVEL FEATURE.
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TODAY WILL GENERALLY RANGE BETWEEN 35 AND
55 PERCENT.  THOSE VALUES REBOUND TONIGHT TO GREATER THAN 90 PERCENT.
THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH SATURDAY ALONG
WITH THOSE CHANGES OF RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS.

NORTHEASTERLY WINDS TODAY WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TOWARD A MORE
SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION OVERNIGHT AND BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY ON SATURDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE
                    OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.
MAX HUMIDITY........81 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH IN THE
                    EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH IN THE
                    EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). A CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS LIKELY IN
                    THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66.
MIN HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................70 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.

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FORECASTER...IAA/KILPATRICK
REQUESTED BY...FR R  SCHROEDER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110610.TONGU.01/ALY