FNUS71 KBOX 180842 FWSBOX SPOT FORECAST FOR DIGHTON...DCR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 442 AM EDT WED APR 18 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1936 EDT ON APRIL 17. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRES WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION TODAY. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR MIN RH VALUES TO ONCE AGAIN DROP INTO THE TEENS TO AROUND 20 PERCENT...WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER VALUES FOR CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THIS MORNING...THEN DIMINISHING THROUGH THE DAY. WIND GUSTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO EXCEED 15 TO 20 MPH AFTER THIS MORNING. THU...MIN RH VALUES WILL BE IN THE 20S ONCE AGAIN THU WITH THE CHANCE FOR SOME NEAR 20 MPH GUSTS IN THE AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...ALTHOUGH NOT FULL RED FLAG CRITERIA...THE FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL WILL REMAIN ELEVATED. OUTLOOK...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY... CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN DRY WITH NO REAL PRECIPITATION EXPECTED FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. FRI LOOKS TO BE THE BEST CHANCE FOR POTENTIALLY ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WITH MIN RH VALUES DOWN IN THE 30S AND A FEW GUSTS 20 TO 25 MPH. RH VALUES WILL INCREASE SAT...AND THERE IS THE CHANCE FOR SOME RELIEF IN THE FORM OF WETTING PRECIPITATION ESPECIALLY SAT NIGHT INTO MON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65. MIN HUMIDITY........22 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......900-2600 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 4700-5200 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 8 TO 17 MPH...BECOMING WEST 6 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO GOOD (13900-37200 KNOT-FT). TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).............61 56 52 47 42 37 34 30 26 25 25 24 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........ TSTM COV............ TEMP................53 53 55 55 57 58 60 62 64 64 63 61 RH..................36 38 37 37 33 32 28 24 22 23 26 31 20 FT WIND DIR......N N N N N N N NE NE NE E E 20 FT WIND SPD......5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 15 15 15 15 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 EYE LVL WND DIR.....N N N N N N N NE NE NE E E EYE LVL WND SPD.....4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 EYE LVL WND GST.....10 15 15 15 15 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT).......0.9 1.8 2.6 3.1 3.6 4.0 4.4 4.8 5.2 5.1 4.9 4.7 TRANSP WIND DIR.....N N N N N N N N NW NW W W TRANSP WIND SPD.....17 16 16 14 12 9 8 7 6 6 6 6 LVORI...............2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 ADI.................15 18 22 19 40 34 31 28 24 24 24 23 CWR.................0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/1000....14 25 37 37 36 32 31 29 26 25 25 24 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 39. MAX HUMIDITY........79 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......2300-3500 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 100-1000 FT AGL UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 7 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 3 TO 9 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (200-21000 KNOT-FT). TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).............28 31 35 35 35 36 36 37 37 38 39 40 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........ TSTM COV............ TEMP................59 56 53 51 49 47 45 43 42 41 40 40 RH..................33 38 43 48 52 58 62 67 70 73 79 79 20 FT WIND DIR......E SE SE S S S S SW SW SW W W 20 FT WIND SPD......5 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 10 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 EYE LVL WND DIR.....E SE SE S S S S SW SW SW W W EYE LVL WND SPD.....4 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 EYE LVL WND GST.....10 10 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT).......3.5 2.3 1.0 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 TRANSP WIND DIR.....W S S S S S S S S SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.....7 8 9 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 5 3 LVORI...............2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 ADI.................24 22 11 6 6 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 CWR.................0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/1000....21 16 8 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66. MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH 6 TO 11 MPH THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1900 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 4700-5500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 TO 12 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (800-47400 KNOT-FT). TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).............41 42 43 39 34 30 28 27 25 26 26 27 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........ TSTM COV............ TEMP................41 44 47 51 54 57 60 63 64 65 65 65 RH..................79 70 65 56 48 43 37 34 31 31 31 33 20 FT WIND DIR......W SW SW SW S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD......3 3 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 9 20 FT WIND GUST.....5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 EYE LVL WND DIR.....W SW SW SW S S S S S S S S EYE LVL WND SPD.....2 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 7 EYE LVL WND GST.....5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT).......0.2 0.3 0.4 1.2 1.9 2.7 3.6 4.6 5.5 5.3 5.0 4.7 TRANSP WIND DIR.....SW SW SW SW W W W W W W SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.....5 6 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 10 10 12 LVORI...............4 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.................3 4 5 4 19 27 33 37 40 32 32 34 CWR.................0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/1000....1 2 3 8 13 21 29 37 44 47 45 47 $$ FORECASTER...EVT REQUESTED BY...CELINO TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120417.DIGHT.03/BOX