FNUS71 KRNK 070148 FWSRNK SPOT FORECAST FOR COVE MOUNTAIN...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 948 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2105 EDT ON APRIL 06. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING DRIER WEATHER TO THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. DEW POINTS THIS EVENING RANGE FROM THE MID TEENS TO THE MID 20S ACROSS THE REGION...WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE MID 30S TO MID 40S...WITH ISOLATED LOWER SPOTS TONIGHT. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM THE TEENS TO LOW 20S SATURDAY AFTERNOON. OVERNIGHT...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH... EXCEPT CALM IN PROTECTED VALLEYS.SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD KEEP WINDS BELOW 20 MPH...BUT SOME GUSTS. CONDITIONS ARE BEING CLOSELY MONITORED FOR A FIRE DANGER OR POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNING ACROSS THIS AREA SATURDAY...BUT THIS IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE IN EFFECT PRIOR TO NOON SATURDAY. PLEASE CALL THE NWS BLACKSBURG AT 540-552-0084 FOR FURTHER COORDINATION ON THIS EVENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-5 PERCENT). PATCHY FROST LATE. MIN TEMPERATURE.....31 TO 35. MAX HUMIDITY........68 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE. CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH-NORTHWEST 5-8 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TIME (EDT) 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).............1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEATHER COV......... PTY WEATHER TYPE........ FST TSTM COV............ TEMP................55 54 52 50 48 47 45 43 41 RH..................35 38 43 47 51 54 56 56 57 20 FT WIND DIR......N N N N NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD......5 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 20 FT WIND GUST..... 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT).......0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 TRANSP WIND DIR.....S S S S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.....0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CWR.................0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX........4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT). AREAS OF FROST EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....65 TO 68 PERCET. MIN HUMIDITY........15 TO 20 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS EARLY...BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......1400 FT AGL EARLY...INCREASING TO 6300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 0 TO 5 MPH...INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 16 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5 OR OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).............0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 WEATHER COV.........ARS ARS PTY WEATHER TYPE........FST FST FST TSTM COV............ TEMP................40 38 36 41 46 51 54 57 60 62 64 65 RH..................62 68 60 48 39 31 27 24 21 19 18 17 20 FT WIND DIR......NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD......1 0 0 2 2 4 5 6 6 6 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST..... 5 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT).......0.3 0.3 0.3 1.4 2.6 3.8 4.2 4.6 5.0 5.4 5.8 6.3 TRANSP WIND DIR.....S S S SW W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW TRANSP WIND SPD.....0 0 0 5 9 14 14 14 13 14 15 16 CWR.................0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX........4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...BEASLEY REQUESTED BY...JOHN MONCURE TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120406.COVEM.01/RNK