FNUS71 KRLX 030922 FWSRLX SPOT FORECAST FOR DARBY CREEK PRESCRIBED BURN...USFS WAYNE NATIONAL FOREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 522 AM EDT TUE APR 3 2012 .DISCUSSION... MOISTURE AND CLOUDS INCREASE TODAY...BUT DRY WEATHER SHOULD HOLD. WITH INCREASING DEW POINTS THIS AFTERNOON...RELATIVE HUMIDITY SHOULD NOT BE AS LOW AS YESTERDAY...DESPITE THE WARMER TEMPERATURES. THE SURFACE BASED INVERSION BREAKS AROUND 1000E OR 1100E. SO DISPERSION POOR THROUGH ABOUT 1000E THEN FAIR BY 1200E. THE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASE LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. A COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE TO BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR WEDNESDAY. RAIN AMOUNTS BY DAWN COULD REACH A QUARTER OF AN INCH...WITH MORE RAIN ON WEDNESDAY. THE FRONT WILL STALL TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR A CONTINUED SMALL CHANCE FOR RAIN SHOWERS. PLEASE NOTE...WITH THE LACK OF CURRENT OBSERVATION IN REQUEST... THE INITIAL TEMPERATURES ARE DIFFICULT TO FORECAST. .TODAY... TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........34 41 44 47 52 55 55 55 56 51 42 38 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........NONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONE TEMP............44 46 49 54 60 66 71 74 77 79 80 80 RH..............75 77 66 56 49 42 36 35 35 34 34 37 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E SE SE S SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..1 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 8 8 8 8 8 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.7 1.7 3.0 4.1 TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E SE SE S SW SW SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 5 6 7 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 HAINES INDEX....2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 .TONIGHT... TIME (EDT) 6 PM 9 PM MIDNGT 3 AM SKY (%).........40 49 59 81 WEATHER COV..... CHANCE LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV........NONE NONE CHANCE CHANCE TEMP............78 71 66 63 RH..............40 53 71 81 20 FT WIND......SW 3G5 SW 2G5 SW 2G5 W 3G5 MIX HGT (FT)....4800 3500 100 400 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 10 SW 12 SW 2 W 3 CWR.............0 0 10 20 LAL.............1 1 3 3 HAINES INDEX....4 3 4 3 .WEDNESDAY... TIME (EDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).........87 98 96 91 WEATHER COV.....LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV........CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY NONE TEMP............62 63 65 63 RH..............79 72 60 60 20 FT WIND......NW 3G5 NW 3G5 N 5 N 6G10 MIX HGT (FT)....100 1600 3600 2000 TRANSPORT WIND..NW 5 NW 8 NW 14 N 8 CWR.............60 60 70 50 LAL.............3 4 4 1 HAINES INDEX....2 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...KTB REQUESTED BY...MICHELE STEPHENS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120403.DARBY.02/RLX