FNUS71 KAKQ 051023 FWSAKQ SPOT FORECAST FOR LATERAL WEST...US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE (NWR) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 623 AM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST TODAY...AND WILL SLOWLY PUSH THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL SYSTEM LEE WILL STREAM NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT INTO THE AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD. WHILE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION...IT WILL GENERALLY BE THE MOST WIDESPREAD ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 95. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT)...BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 85. MIN HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT. WIND (20FT/2MIN)....LIGHT WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH 6 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1300 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 2200-3800 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 17 MPH...INCREASING TO 18 TO 21 MPH LATE. VENTILATION RATE....VERY POOR TO FAIR (1700-49200 FT-MPH)...INCREASING TO POOR TO FAIR (40900-54200 FT-MPH) IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).............60 60 60 65 65 65 70 75 85 85 85 85 WEATHER COV......... SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE........ RW RW RW RW TSTM COV............ ISO ISO ISO ISO TEMP................67 69 72 77 81 83 84 84 83 84 85 83 RH..................100 97 89 78 68 63 59 58 60 63 61 65 20 FT WIND DIR......S S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD......3 3 3 6 7 9 10 10 11 11 11 10 20 FT WIND GUST.....5 5 5 10 15 15 15 15 18 18 18 18 TRANSP WIND DIR.....S S S S S S S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.....8 9 10 13 15 17 17 16 16 18 21 21 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS LIKELY EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71. MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT. WIND (20FT/2MIN)....SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1800 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 18 MPH. VENTILATION RATE....VERY POOR (3000-28000 FT-MPH). TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).............87 89 91 91 91 91 92 92 93 92 90 89 WEATHER COV.........SCT SCT LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY WEATHER TYPE........RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TSTM COV............ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO TEMP................81 79 77 77 76 75 75 74 73 73 73 73 RH..................71 76 81 82 83 87 87 90 93 93 93 93 20 FT WIND DIR......S S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD......9 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 TRANSP WIND DIR.....S S S S S S S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.....18 14 10 10 12 14 15 16 16 16 16 16 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. SHOWERS LIKELY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84. MIN HUMIDITY........64 PERCENT. WIND (20FT/2MIN)....SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1900 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 1900-2600 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 18 TO 25 MPH. VENTILATION RATE....VERY POOR TO FAIR (3900-49400 FT-MPH)...INCREASING TO POOR TO FAIR (41100-57900 FT-MPH) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).............88 87 86 85 84 83 81 80 79 81 83 86 WEATHER COV.........LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY WEATHER TYPE........RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TSTM COV............ISO ISO CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC TEMP................73 72 73 75 78 81 83 84 84 84 84 83 RH..................97 100 97 90 82 74 72 70 70 70 67 70 20 FT WIND DIR......S S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD......7 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 TRANSP WIND DIR.....S S S S S S S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.....18 21 23 24 24 24 25 25 25 25 25 25 FORECASTER...BROWN REQUESTED BY...KYLE KRZYWICKI TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110905.LATER.01/AKQ