FNUS71 KRNK 051444 FWSRNK SPOT FORECAST FOR COLES RUN RX BURN UNIT 2...WV-MOF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1044 AM EDT THU APR 5 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 EDT ON APRIL 05. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... OFF AND ON SHOWERS WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAINLY LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. HOWEVER CLOUDS AND EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY WITH SOME BREAKS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS SHOULD KEEP MIXING HEIGHTS LOW INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND HUMIDITY LEVELS PRETTY MOIST...GENERALLY 50 PERCENT OR HIGHER. OTHERWISE A DAMP DAY ON TAP FOR MOST OF THE AREA...ESPECIALLY INTO THE SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. NOTICEABLY COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AS WELL WHICH WILL KEEP HUMIDITY LEVELS UP TODAY. THE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RAIN WILL BE MOVING AWAY FROM THE AREA BY FRIDAY. INTO THIS WEEKEND...HIGH PRESSURE WILL DRY THINGS OUT AND THE WEATHER INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK LOOKS MAINLY DRY. A DRY COLD FRONT CROSSES THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). A CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54. MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST TO NORTHEAST 5-8 MPH. CWR (0.01 IN).......50 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......1200 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 3600 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 3 TO 8 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE. TIME (EDT) 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).............89 94 94 86 WEATHER COV.........CHANCE S CHC WEATHER TYPE........RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE TSTM COV............ TEMP................47 51 55 56 RH..................66 57 47 47 20 FT WIND..........E 3 SE 3 SE 2 SE 2 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 5 5 5 CWR.................40 20 10 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 37. MAX HUMIDITY........86 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. CWR (0.01 IN).......20 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 800 FT AGL LATE. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 5 TO 13 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).............81 69 72 66 49 54 WEATHER COV......... S CHC WEATHER TYPE........NONE RAIN NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV............ TEMP................55 51 48 45 42 40 RH..................50 56 64 71 74 74 20 FT WIND..........SE 2 SE 2 E 1 E 2 E 3 E 3 20 FT WIND GUST.....5 5 5 5 5 CWR.................10 20 10 10 10 10 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59. MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE LATE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR (0.01 IN).......10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......2900 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 6500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 7 TO 16 MPH...INCREASING TO AROUND 17 MPH LATE. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............48 28 20 12 7 6 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV............ TEMP................38 39 45 51 54 56 RH..................79 83 58 43 35 32 20 FT WIND..........NE 3 NE 4 NE 3 N 4 N 5 N 6 20 FT WIND GUST.....5 10 5 10 15 15 CWR.................10 10 10 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...HUDGINS REQUESTED BY...JULIE MCNABB TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120405.COLES.02/RNK