FNUS71 KBOX 172358 FWSBOX SPOT FORECAST FOR DIGHTON...DCR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 758 PM EDT TUE APR 17 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1936 EDT ON APRIL 17. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD TOWARDS THE REGION TONIGHT AND WILL BE CENTERED OVER NEW ENGLAND FOR WEDNESDAY. BY THURSDAY THIS HIGH WILL BE CENTERED TO THE EAST OF THE REGION. WHILE THIS HIGH WILL BRING LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO THE REGION WINDS WILL BE LIGHT OUT OF THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST WEDNESDAY...GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH WITH WINDS JUST A BIT HIGHER FOR THE CAPE. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE FOR THURSDAY. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE 15 TO 25 PERCENT FOR WEDNESDAY AND 20 TO 30 PERCENT FOR THURSDAY. THE EXCEPTION FOR THURSDAY WILL BE FOUND FOR THE ISLANDS WHERE THE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RANGE FROM 45 TO 55 PERCENT. OUTLOOK...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY... CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN DRY WITH NO REAL PRECIPITATION EXPECTED FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. SOME RELIEF MAY BE IN SIGHT BEGINNING SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS RAIN COMES TO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS BUT CONFIDENCE IS HIGHER THAN NORMAL IN THIS PERIOD. HOWEVER RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR THIS PERIOD REMAIN UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. .REST OF TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 43. MAX HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......100 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 14 TO 23 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO POOR (800-1300 KNOT-FT). TIME (EDT) 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).............24 23 23 23 30 37 45 41 38 35 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........ TSTM COV............ TEMP................74 68 61 55 52 50 49 47 45 44 RH..................17 21 28 37 41 46 50 51 53 53 20 FT WIND DIR......NW NW NW NW NW NW N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD......6 7 7 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 10 EYE LVL WND DIR.....NW NW NW NW NW NW N N N N EYE LVL WND SPD.....5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 EYE LVL WND GST.....15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 10 MIX HGT (KFT).......0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 TRANSP WIND DIR.....NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N N TRANSP WIND SPD.....23 20 17 14 14 14 14 16 17 20 LVORI...............2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 ADI.................18 21 19 12 12 9 12 14 12 13 CWR.................0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/1000....1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63. MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......900-2500 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 5000-5300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 9 TO 18 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO GOOD (13900-37300 KNOT-FT). TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).............34 34 33 33 32 31 27 22 18 19 19 20 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........ TSTM COV............ TEMP................46 48 51 53 55 57 58 59 60 61 61 60 RH..................47 44 37 33 31 28 27 25 24 25 28 32 20 FT WIND DIR......N N N N N N NE NE NE NE E E 20 FT WIND SPD......6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 10 10 10 EYE LVL WND DIR.....N N N N N N NE NE NE NE E E EYE LVL WND SPD.....5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 EYE LVL WND GST.....15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT).......0.9 1.7 2.5 2.9 3.2 3.6 3.9 4.3 4.6 4.8 5.0 5.3 TRANSP WIND DIR.....N N N N N N N N N NW NW NW TRANSP WIND SPD.....18 18 17 15 13 10 9 8 7 6 6 5 LVORI...............2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 ADI.................12 12 12 10 42 37 34 31 27 23 24 19 CWR.................0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/1000....14 27 37 37 36 33 32 30 28 24 25 21 $$ FORECASTER...EVT/GAF REQUESTED BY...CELINO TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120417.DIGHT.03/BOX