FNUS71 KRLX 270913 FWSRLX SPOT FORECAST FOR GORE PRESCRIVED...USFS WAYNE NATIONAL FOREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 513 AM EDT TUE MAR 27 2012 .DISCUSSION... A COLD AND FROSTY MORNING WILL QUICKLY GIVE WAY TO WARM SUNSHINE TODAY. LIGHT NORTHEAST FLOW THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY VEER TO EAST...SOUTHEAST AND THEN SOUTH BY LATE TODAY. LOCALLY UP / DOWN VALLEY WINDS MAY DOMINATE. THE MIXING HEIGHT WILL BE LOW BENEATH THE SUBSIDENCE INVERSION ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH PRESSURE. NOTE THAT IT IS IN THOUSANDS OF FEET FOR TODAY BECAUSE OF FORMATTING FOR THE HOURLY DATA. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL STAY MUCH WARMER THAN LAST NIGHT UNDER STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST LATER THIS EVENING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT POISED TO BRING RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS WEDNESDAY COULD BECOME QUITE STRONG. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BRINGING AN END TO THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. COLDER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER IN THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE LOTS OF CLOUDS TO BILLOW UP THURSDAY...BUT NOT MUCH MORE THAN A SPRINKLE IS EXPECTED. THE COLDER AIR WILL SET UP THE POTENTIAL FOR A FROST OR FREEZE AGAIN LATER THURSDAY NIGHT...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTH. THE WEEKEND WILL START WITH A WEAK SYSTEM...BUT CLOSE WITH HIGH PRESSURE. THIS ABNORMALLY WARM MARCH WILL CLOSE WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. .TODAY... TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........3 6 7 14 29 36 37 38 38 39 40 41 WEATHER COV.....ARS ARS ARS ARS WEATHER TYPE....FST FST FST FST TSTM COV........NONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONE TEMP............27 27 29 34 40 45 50 53 56 58 60 60 RH..............74 71 68 58 49 39 34 32 28 26 26 27 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E E SE SE SE S S 20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 3 3 5 5 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.2 1.6 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.3 TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E E E SE SE SE S TRANSP WIND SPD.1 1 2 3 5 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....2 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... TIME (EDT) 6 PM 9 PM MIDNGT 3 AM SKY (%).........37 30 42 61 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............59 53 50 49 RH..............29 42 53 64 20 FT WIND......S 3G10 S 1G10 S 2G10 S 5G10 MIX HGT (FT)....2200 1600 400 300 TRANSPORT WIND..S 10 S 9 S 1 S 6 CWR.............0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....5 4 4 3 .WEDNESDAY... TIME (EDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).........85 80 81 76 WEATHER COV.....S CHC LIKELY LIKELY SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV........NONE SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD TEMP............48 53 66 72 RH..............84 82 63 53 20 FT WIND......SW 7G10 SW 8 SW 10 W 14G20 MIX HGT (FT)....200 300 1000 4900 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 10 SW 10 SW 13 W 24 CWR.............20 40 50 10 HAINES INDEX....2 2 3 4 $$ FORECASTER...TRM REQUESTED BY...MICHELE STEPHENS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120327.GOREP.02/RLX