FNUS71 KRLX 140853 FWSRLX SPOT FORECAST FOR BRIDGE DAY 2011...NEW RIVER GORGE NATIONAL RIVER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 453 AM EDT FRI OCT 14 2011 .DISCUSSION... BRIDGE DAY TO FEATURE UNDESIRABLY GUSTY WINDS...YET ALSO A BEAUTIFUL SKY. ON THIS DAY BEFORE...A COLD FRONT AND ITS SHOWERS WILL FINISH MOVING THROUGH THIS MORNING...WITH A FRESH BREEZE IN ITS WAKE. A PASSING UPPER DISTURBANCE COULD PRODUCE A FEW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. LINGERING UPSLOPE CLOUDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WILL BREAK UP TONIGHT. BRIDGE DAY ITSELF WILL BE DRY...BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE SUNSHINE WILL MIX DOWN GUSTY WINDS...ESPECIALLY LATE MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL FOCUS FROM THE CENTER TO THE NORTHEAST HALF OF THE BRIDGE. THE WIND WILL BE BLOWING UPRIVER...FROM THE WEST OR NORTHWEST. THIS IS THE INITIAL FORECAST FOR BRIDGE DAY. IT WILL BE UPDATED AS THE EVENT DRAWS NEARER. .TODAY... TIME (EDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).........93 61 28 52 WEATHER COV.....LIKELY CHANCE S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE RNSHWR TEMP............56 55 61 65 REL HUMIDITY....91 85 64 45 BRIDGE WIND.....W 7G15 W 8G15 W 12G25 W 14G25 RIVER WIND......VRB 2 VRB 2 NW 4G8 NW 5G9 CHANCE OF RAIN..65 25 10 20 .TONIGHT... TIME (EDT) 6 PM 9 PM MIDNGT 3 AM SKY (%).........61 63 62 63 WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE TEMP............61 52 47 44 REL HUMIDITY....45 62 74 78 BRIDGE WIND.....W 11G20 W 6G12 W 7G13 W 7G13 RIVER WIND......NW 5 NW 3 VRB 2 VRB 2 CHANCE OF RAIN..20 10 0 0 .SATURDAY...BRIDGE DAY... TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM SKY (%).........28 25 23 21 18 17 16 14 WEATHER TYPE.... PARTLY CLOUDY TO SUNNY WITH GUSTY WINDS TEMP............45 49 53 56 59 62 64 65 REL HUMIDITY....77 69 62 52 43 38 34 31 BRIDGE WIND DIR.W W W WNW WNW WNW WNW W BRIDGE WIND SPD.9G17 10G19 13G25 15G29 17G31 16G30 14G27 12G23 RIVER WIND......NW 2 NW 2 NW 3 NW 7 NW 8 NW 9 NW 7 NW 5 CHANCE OF RAIN..0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...MDP REQUESTED BY...PEGGY AINSLIE TYPE OF REQUEST...OTHER .TAG 20111013.BRIDG.01/RLX