FNUS71 KAKQ 091001 FWSAKQ SPOT FORECAST FOR LATERAL WEST...FWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 601 AM EDT TUE AUG 9 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0555 EDT ON AUGUST 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT WITH POSSIBLE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY...FOLLOWED BY HIGH PRESSURE GRADUALLY BUILDING OVER THE MID ATLANTIC STATES FROM THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). AREAS OF SMOKE EARLY IN THE MORNING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 97. MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT. WIND (20FT/2MIN)....LIGHT WINDS...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2000 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 6400-8100 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 TO 14 MPH...BECOMING WEST 14 TO 15 MPH LATE. VENTILATION RATE....VERY POOR TO POOR (1000-38700 FT-MPH)...INCREASING TO FAIR TO GOOD (55200-96700 FT-MPH) IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........17 14 10 18 27 35 43 51 60 57 54 51 WEATHER COV.....ARS ARS CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....SMK SMK TSM TSM TSM TEMP............75 76 76 81 87 92 94 96 97 97 97 96 RH..............92 89 87 72 59 49 46 42 40 39 39 40 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 4 5 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.3 2.0 3.8 5.5 6.4 7.3 8.1 7.7 7.4 7.0 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW W W TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 6 6 7 8 10 12 14 14 15 14 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72. MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT. WIND (20FT/2MIN)....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT...BECOMING LIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL EARLY MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......4700 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5 TO 14 MPH. VENTILATION RATE....VERY POOR TO FAIR (29200-58300 FT-MPH)...DECREASING TO VERY POOR (1000-2600 FT-MPH) EARLY IN THE EVENING. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 94. MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT. WIND (20FT/2MIN)....LIGHT WINDS...BECOMING WEST 5 TO 6 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1600 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 5000-6700 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 6 TO 14 MPH...INCREASING TO 16 TO 18 MPH LATE. VENTILATION RATE....VERY POOR (1600-32700 FT-MPH)...INCREASING TO GOOD (105800 FT-MPH). FORECASTER...ALBRIGHT REQUESTED BY...TIM CRAIG TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110809.LATER.01/AKQ