FNUS72 KILM 091737 FWSILM SPOT FORECAST FOR OCEAN ISLE BEACH TEST...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1237 PM EST FRI MAR 9 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1107 EST ON MARCH 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...BRINGING SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH CLEARING AND COOLING TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. FAIR WEATHER IS EXPECTED MUCH OF THE UPCOMING PERIOD...WITH A WARMING TREND EARLY NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE OFFSHORE CIRCULATES MILD AIR INTO THE AREA. WIND PROFILE ANALYSIS/FIRE CONTROL OVER FLAT TERRAIN IS UNFAVORABLE. PROFILE 1-D. JET MAX 240/30 KTS AT 2000 FT THIS MORNING...RISING TO 3000 FT AT 18Z. BROTAK PROFILE EVIDENT THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. .TODAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65. MIN HUMIDITY........66 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1954-35535 MPH-FT). SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. TIME (EST) 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).............95 93 90 88 WEATHER COV.........S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE........RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE TSTM COV............ TEMP................65 65 65 63 RH..................73 69 61 60 20 FT WIND..........SW 6 NW 7 N 8 N 8 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 15 20 20 EYE LEVEL WIND......SW 4 NW 5 N 6 N 6 EYE LVL WND GST.....10 15 20 20 VRATE MPH-FT/1000...18 29 29 36 .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 42. MAX HUMIDITY........78 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (0-35535 MPH-FT). SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT). EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. TIME (EST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).............86 67 12 8 3 0 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV............ TEMP................61 55 53 51 48 45 RH..................62 71 71 71 72 74 20 FT WIND..........N 7 N 6 N 5 N 5 N 6 N 6 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 10 10 10 10 15 EYE LEVEL WIND......N 5 N 4 N 4 N 4 N 4 N 5 EYE LVL WND GST.....15 10 10 10 10 15 VRATE MPH-FT/1000...36 0 0 1 7 17 .SATURDAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56. MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO GOOD (25989-40135 MPH-FT). SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT). EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. TIME (EST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............3 2 1 0 0 1 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV............ TEMP................42 44 49 54 55 55 RH..................79 67 50 41 38 41 20 FT WIND..........N 9 NE 10 NE 10 NE 9 NE 8 NE 7 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 20 20 15 15 15 EYE LEVEL WIND......N 7 NE 7 NE 7 NE 7 NE 6 NE 5 EYE LVL WND GST.....15 20 20 15 15 15 VRATE MPH-FT/1000...29 37 38 40 39 37 $$ FORECASTER...PFAFF/STEVE REQUESTED BY...STEVE P TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120309.OCEAN.02/ILM