FNUS71 KRNK 111432 FWSRNK SPOT FORECAST FOR COVE MTN FIRE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1032 AM EDT WED APR 11 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1021 EDT ON APRIL 11. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... .DISCUSSION... CLOUD COVER WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND SOMEWHAT LIMIT MIXING BUT WIND GRADIENT WILL STILL PRODUCE NORTHWEST/UPSLOPE TRANSPORT WINDS UP TO 30 MPH. THE CLOUDS WILL CLEAR BY LATE EVENING. AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES WILL DEPEND ON HOW MUCH DRY AIR ALOFT GETS MIXED TO THE SURFACE...BUT EXPECTING VALUES TO DROP TO NEAR 25 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND AND TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BECOME MORE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON. 20 FOOT WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT AND WILL BE LIGHTER ON THURSDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER TO AROUND 70 PERCENT OVERNIGHT. HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL FINALLY START TO RECOVER SOME FRIDAY AS THE HIGH SLIDES EAST AND RETURN SOUTHWEST FLOW DEVELOPS. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53. MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. CWR (0.01 IN).......10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 23 TO 28 MPH. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. TIME (EDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............61 62 65 63 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV............ TEMP................41 45 50 52 RH..................54 35 27 25 20 FT WIND..........W 5 NW 9 NW 11 NW 12 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 20 30 30 CWR.................10 10 10 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 31. MAX HUMIDITY........68 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE. CWR (0.01 IN).......10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......4300 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 800 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 23 TO 32 MPH...DECREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH LATE. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).............62 55 39 21 7 3 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV............ TEMP................51 46 42 39 37 35 RH..................27 31 38 47 55 59 20 FT WIND..........NW 10 NW 7 NW 5 NW 4 NW 4 NW 3 20 FT WIND GUST.....25 15 10 10 5 5 CWR.................0 0 10 10 10 10 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT). WIDESPREAD FROST EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61. MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING NORTHWEST 6 TO 11 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......2300 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 6800 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 13 TO 22 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............4 5 9 12 15 16 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV............ TEMP................33 36 44 51 55 59 RH..................64 60 45 36 30 26 20 FT WIND..........W 3 W 3 NW 6 NW 8 NW 8 NW 9 20 FT WIND GUST.....5 5 15 20 20 20 CWR.................0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...SILVERMAN REQUESTED BY...ANNIE DOWNING TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120411.COVEM.01/RNK