FNUS71 KPHI 111722
FWSPHI

SPOT FORECAST FOR HOPEWELL FIRE...DCNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
122 PM EDT WED APR 11 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1314 EDT ON APRIL 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
NEAR RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTY
NORTHWEST WINDS AND DRY FINE FUELS. HOWEVER...MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 30 PERCENT THIS
AFTERNOON.

RED FLAG POTENTIAL EXISTS BOTH THURSDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOONS AND
WHILE HUMIDITY SHOULD BE A BIT ABOVE THE 30 PERCENT THRESHOLD SUNDAY...
GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE EASTERN NEW ENGLAND COAST MOVE SOUTH OF NOVA SCOTIA
THURSDAY. IT WILL SEND A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS OUR REGION LATE TODAY.
HIGH PRESSURE IN THE OHIO VALLEY THURSDAY WILL MOVE TO THE EAST COAST
FRIDAY, THEN BECOME STATIONARY NEAR BERMUDA OVER THE WEEKEND. A
CANADIAN COLD FRONT WILL ATTEMPT TO MOVE SOUTH INTO THE MID ATLANTIC
STATES EARLY NEXT WEEK.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 36.
MAX HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
WIND SHIFT..........NONE EXPECTED.

TIME (EDT)          6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).............82     77     68     57     48     43
WEATHER COV.........
WEATHER TYPE........NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TSTM COV............
TEMP................47     46     44     42     39     38
RH..................47     51     53     60     70     73
20 FT WIND..........NW 14  NW 10  NW 10  NW 10  NW 9   NW 9
20 FT WIND GUST.....20     15     15     15     15     15
CWR.................10     0      10     10     10     10

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
WIND SHIFT..........NONE EXPECTED.

TIME (EDT)          6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).............41     41     43     46     48     44
WEATHER COV.........
WEATHER TYPE........NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TSTM COV............
TEMP................37     40     46     50     51     55
RH..................75     70     55     46     42     35
20 FT WIND..........NW 9   NW 12  NW 16  NW 17  NW 15  NW 15
20 FT WIND GUST.....15     15     25     25     25     25
CWR.................10     10     10     10     10     10

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FORECASTER...MEOLA
REQUESTED BY...CHRIS ROHRBACH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120411.HOPEW.01/PHI