FNUS72 KRAH 281335 FWSRAH SPOT FORECAST FOR HUNT CAMP...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 935 AM EDT WED MAR 28 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 EDT ON MARCH 28. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A WARM SOUTHWESTERLY RETURN FLOW WILL DEVELOP TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS OFFSHORE THE CAROLINA COAST IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT PROGRESSING SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC. LOW STRATUS CLOUDS THIS MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT MAY LIFT OR THIN SOME DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT...AND MAY BE PRECEDED BY ISOLATED SHOWERS THIS EVENING AND EARLY OVERNIGHT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-75 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........61 AT IGNITION...MAX 75. RH..................68 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 52 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 8 MPH AT IGNITION... OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.. MIXING HEIGHT.......1200 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 2000 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 2500 FT AGL LATE. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH...INCREASING TO 17 TO 22 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).............83 75 70 65 60 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV............ TEMP................53 61 68 72 74 RH..................80 68 59 55 53 20 FT WIND..........SW 6 SW 9 SW 10 SW 10 SW 10 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 17 20 20 22 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING AND EARLY OVERNIGHT...THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 56. RH..................MAX 84 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 18 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE. MIXING HEIGHT.......2300 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH...BECOMING WEST 5 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).............40 36 43 52 59 50 WEATHER COV......... S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE........NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE TSTM COV............ TEMP................76 70 66 64 61 59 RH..................52 60 68 71 76 80 20 FT WIND..........SW 8 SW 5 SW 5 SW 4 SW 4 W 3 20 FT WIND GUST.....20 10 10 10 10 5 LVORI...............1 3 3 3 4 4 ADI.................34 6 6 5 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...PETRO REQUESTED BY...KELLY CAGLE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120328.HUNTC.01/RAH