FNUS71 KRLX 031107 FWSRLX SPOT FORECAST FOR RED ASH...NEW RIVER GORGE NATIONAL RIVER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 707 AM EDT TUE APR 3 2012 .DISCUSSION... MOISTURE AND CLOUDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...HOWEVER PRECIPITATION WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL TONIGHT. TODAY WILL BE QUITE WARM...BUT WITH THE INCREASING MOISTURE...RH LEVELS WILL NOT DROP AS LOW AS YESTERDAY. WIND WILL BE FAIRLY LIGHT THROUGH THE DAY...WITH FLOW SHIFTING FROM E TO SE THIS MORNING...THEN TRENDING TOWARDS S THEN SW THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASES LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES. THE COLD FRONT BRINGS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA WEDNESDAY. RAIN TOTALS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE 0.10 TO 0.20 INCH RANGE. WEDNESDAY TOTALS COULD BE UPWARDS OF 0.25 INCHES. .TODAY... TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........11 20 24 29 39 44 43 42 42 46 55 60 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........NONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONENONE TEMP............41 40 42 48 54 61 66 69 72 75 77 77 RH..............63 68 65 63 61 53 45 44 41 37 36 37 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E SE SE SE SE SE S S SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.6 1.7 2.9 4.0 4.6 4.9 5.0 TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S SW SW W TRANSP WIND SPD.1 2 2 3 3 5 6 7 7 8 9 9 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....6 6 6 6 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 .TONIGHT... TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........58 52 51 53 52 70 WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV........NONE NONE S CHC S CHC S CHC CHANCE TEMP............74 70 65 62 60 58 RH..............42 52 65 76 84 88 20 FT WIND......W 5 W 5 W 2 W 2 W 2 W 2 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)....5100 4400 1900 600 800 700 TRANSPORT WIND..W 12 W 13 W 7 W 2 W 2 W 3 CWR.............0 10 10 10 10 30 LAL.............1 1 2 2 2 3 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 4 $$ FORECASTER...MZ REQUESTED BY...PEGGY AINSLIE TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120403.REDAS.01/RLX