FNUS71 KBOX 241124 FWSBOX SPOT FORECAST FOR MYLES STANDISH- UNIT D...DCR FOREST FIRE CONTROL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 724 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON OCTOBER 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... DRY AND SEASONABLE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF TODAY. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST LATE TODAY WITH SHOWERS LIKELY OVER WESTERN AREAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT...SPREADING THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS EASTWARD. DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL FOLLOW BRIEFLY ON TUESDAY BRINGING DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS. THE MINIMUM RH VALUES ON TODAY WILL AVERAGE 50 TO 55 PERCENT. ON TUESDAY...THE MINIMUM RH WILL RANGE FROM 40 TO 50 PERCENT. OUTLOOK...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... LOW PRESSURE MAY BRING MORE SHOWERS AROUND MIDWEEK...THEN THERE IS LOTS OF UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE TRACK OF ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK. CURRENT FORECAST TRENDS SUGGEST A DRY WEEKEND. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61. MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1200 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 2400-4000 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 2 TO 10 MPH...INCREASING TO AROUND 12 MPH LATE. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (100-32000 KNOT-FT). TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).............20 20 25 29 33 49 64 80 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........ TSTM COV............ TEMP................53 58 60 60 60 60 60 59 RH..................57 51 49 49 51 51 53 55 20 FT WIND DIR......SW SW SW S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD......2 3 4 4 5 5 4 4 20 FT WIND GUST.....5 5 5 5 10 10 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT).......2.4 3.6 3.7 3.8 4.0 3.7 3.5 3.2 TRANSP WIND DIR.....W W W SW SW SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.....6 7 7 7 7 8 10 12 LVORI...............2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 ADI.................M M M M M M M M CWR.................0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/1000....12 22 22 23 24 26 31 32 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS LIKELY...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47. MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE...THEN BECOMING WEST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE. CWR.................10 PERCENT...INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT...THEN INCREASING TO 30 PERCENT...INCREASING TO 50 PERCENT...INCREASING TO 60 PERCENT...DECREASING TO 50 PERCENT...DECREASING TO 40 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......1100-2200 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 100 FT AGL UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 TO 14 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (600-23700 KNOT-FT). TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).............78 76 74 78 81 85 89 93 97 82 67 52 WEATHER COV......... SCH CHC CHC LKY CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE........ RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TSTM COV............ TEMP................57 54 52 51 50 50 50 50 50 49 48 48 RH..................62 71 80 83 89 89 89 86 86 86 89 86 20 FT WIND DIR......S S S S S S S SW SW SW W W 20 FT WIND SPD......4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT).......2.2 1.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 TRANSP WIND DIR.....SW S S S S S S S S SW W W TRANSP WIND SPD.....13 13 14 13 12 10 10 12 12 13 13 14 LVORI...............3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 ADI.................M M M M M M M M M M M M CWR.................0 0 10 10 10 20 30 50 60 50 40 40 VRATE KT-FT/1000....24 12 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62. MIN HUMIDITY........42 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CWR.................20 PERCENT...DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1200 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 4500-5100 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 14 TO 23 MPH...INCREASING TO 24 TO 26 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (800-40300 KNOT-FT)...INCREASING TO EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT (66500-108300 KNOT-FT) EARLY. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).............45 22 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 5 5 6 WEATHER COV.........SCH WEATHER TYPE........RW TSTM COV............ TEMP................47 47 48 50 54 57 59 61 61 61 59 58 RH..................89 86 83 77 64 57 51 46 44 42 44 44 20 FT WIND DIR......W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD......5 6 6 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 10 15 15 20 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 MIX HGT (KFT).......0.1 0.1 0.1 1.2 2.2 3.3 3.9 4.5 5.1 4.9 4.7 4.5 TRANSP WIND DIR.....W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW TRANSP WIND SPD.....14 15 15 17 21 23 23 24 24 25 25 26 LVORI...............5 5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.................M M M M M M M M M M M M CWR.................20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/1000....1 1 1 17 40 67 79 95 108 108 103 103 $$ FORECASTER...BELK REQUESTED BY...AARON WHIDDON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20111024.MYLES.02/BOX