FNUS72 KILM 010801 FWSILM SPOT FORECAST FOR SIMMONS RD FIRE...NCFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 401 AM EDT FRI JUL 1 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THE BERMUDA RIDGE WILL BUILD WESTWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN CAROLINAS THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND REMAIN THROUGH THE REST OF THE PERIOD. HIGHER LEVELS OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL RETURN OVER THE WEEKEND AND PERSIST INTO NEXT WEEK. RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE NEXT WEEK AS WELL. LOW LEVEL INVERSION BREAKING BETWEEN 9 AND 10 AM EDT. WIND PROFILE ANALYSIS/FIRE CONTROL OVER FLAT TERRAIN IS FAVORABLE WEST OF THE SEABREEZE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). AREAS OF FOG AND SMOKE THIS MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 93. MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING NORTH AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE LATE. THERE MAY BE A FEW GUSTS TO 10 MPH IN THE VICINITY OF THE FIRE MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1100 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 7700 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 3 TO 12 MPH. LVORI...............7 THIS MORNING...THEN 4 THIS AFTERNOON. ADI.................5...INCREASING TO 36. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............18 22 25 26 27 25 WEATHER COV.........AREAS PATCHY AREAS AREAS WEATHER TYPE........FOG FOG SMOKE SMOKE NONE NONE TEMP................68 70 80 88 91 92 RH..................99 94 64 44 35 33 20 FT WIND..........E 0 N 1 N 2 N 3 N 4 N 4 20 FT WIND GUST..... 5 5 5 5 LVORI...............7 5 2 1 1 1 ADI.................2 8 15 38 40 40 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66. MAX HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. MIXING HEIGHT.......7700 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 5 TO 7 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. LVORI...............INCREASING TO 6 LATE. ADI.................34...DECREASING TO 3 EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN INCREASING TO 9 EARLY IN THE EVENING...DECREASING TO 3 LATE IN THE EVENING. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).............22 16 14 13 8 8 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................91 85 77 72 70 68 RH..................36 46 58 69 78 85 20 FT WIND..........N 2 N 2 E 0 SE 0 S 0 S 0 20 FT WIND GUST.....5 LVORI...............1 2 3 4 5 6 ADI.................34 13 5 3 3 3 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 94. MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1500 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 8900 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 9 MPH. LVORI...............6 IN THE EARLY MORNING. ADI.................4...INCREASING TO 48. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............7 5 22 31 35 41 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................68 70 82 89 92 92 RH..................91 88 61 49 45 46 20 FT WIND..........SW 0 SW 0 SW 1 S 2 SE 2 S 4 20 FT WIND GUST..... 5 5 LVORI...............6 4 3 1 1 1 ADI.................3 4 4 37 42 48 $$ FORECASTER...DIGIORGI REQUESTED BY...JOHN COOK TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110701.SIMMO.01/ILM