FNUS71 KBOX 111255 FWSBOX SPOT FORECAST FOR WESTOVERE RX...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 855 AM EDT SUN MAR 11 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON MARCH 11. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE OFFSHORE WILL BRING FAIR DRY WEATHER AND MILDER TEMPERATURES TODAY AND MONDAY. THE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY TODAY WILL BE 20 TO 35 PERCENT. AT THE SAME TIME GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 20 TO 25 MPH. THE COMBINATION OF THESE FACTORS WILL BRING AN ELEVATED RISK OF FIRE SPREAD...AND SHOULD BE MONITORED. THE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY ON MONDAY WILL BE 25 TO 40 PERCENT...WITH MUCH LIGHTER WINDS. OUTLOOK /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... A COLD FRONT WILL BRING A CHANCE OF OF SHOWERS TO THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE BRINGS DRIER WEATHER FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...THEN MOVES OFFSHORE FRIDAY. A WEAK COLD FRONT MAY BRING WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS ON FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN MILDER THAN NORMAL THROUGH THE WEEK. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60. MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1900 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 2600-3300 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 TO 20 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (700-40300 KNOT-FT)...INCREASING TO GOOD (41100-53000 KNOT-FT) LATE. TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).............2 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........ TSTM COV............ TEMP................37 40 45 50 54 57 58 58 RH..................48 44 36 31 28 27 27 29 20 FT WIND DIR......SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD......6 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 15 15 20 20 20 20 20 MIX HGT (KFT).......0.9 1.3 1.9 2.6 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.3 TRANSP WIND DIR.....SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.....15 16 17 18 20 17 16 15 LVORI...............2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.................10 11 11 40 47 43 40 36 CWR.................0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/1000....12 18 29 40 53 49 45 41 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 31. MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......1200-2300 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 100-200 FT AGL UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 13 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (300-25300 KNOT-FT). TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).............1 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 5 5 4 4 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........ TSTM COV............ TEMP................55 51 46 44 43 41 40 38 37 36 34 34 RH..................32 39 49 55 60 67 70 73 75 79 82 82 20 FT WIND DIR......SW SW S S S S S S S SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD......6 5 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT).......2.3 1.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 TRANSP WIND DIR.....SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.....13 12 10 9 9 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 LVORI...............1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 ADI.................35 18 7 7 7 6 3 3 3 3 2 2 CWR.................0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/1000....25 12 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68. MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1600 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 2300-3200 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (200-26400 KNOT-FT). TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).............3 3 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 17 24 32 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........ TSTM COV............ TEMP................33 34 36 41 47 53 57 60 62 63 64 64 RH..................89 89 85 73 60 50 42 37 33 34 34 35 20 FT WIND DIR......SE SE S S SW W W W W SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD......2 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT).......0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.6 2.3 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.2 TRANSP WIND DIR.....SW W W W W W W W W W SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.....5 5 5 5 6 7 8 9 10 9 9 8 LVORI...............M M M M M M M M M M M M ADI.................M M M M M M M M M M M M CWR.................0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/1000....0 0 0 2 3 6 11 18 26 25 23 22 $$ FORECASTER...RLG REQUESTED BY...DAVID DISANTO TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120311.WESTO.01/BOX