FNUS71 KALY 201210 FWSALY SPOT FORECAST FOR FOR LEE...DEC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 810 AM EDT FRI APR 20 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0800 EDT ON APRIL 20. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... MINIMUMS RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY IN THE LOW 30S ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL FUNNEL UP THE HUDSON RIVER VALLEY WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT. MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...UNTIL THEN ANOTHER WARM AND DRY DAY ON TAP TODAY. TONIGHT THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY SHOULD RECOVER TO 80 TO NEAR 100 PERCENT RANGE...WITH MINIMUMS VALUES IN THE 40 TO 60 PERCENT RANGE ON SATURDAY WITH SHOWERS BECOMING LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75. MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CWR.................10 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........13 17 20 22 23 24 25 26 28 30 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............49 54 59 64 67 71 73 74 75 75 RH..............75 65 57 49 43 37 34 31 29 30 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 4 5 6 6 7 8 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 10 10 15 15 20 20 20 20 EYE LVL WND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S EYE LVL WND SPD.1 2 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 EYE LVL WND GST.5 5 10 10 15 15 20 20 20 20 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48. MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. CWR.................20 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........32 34 35 40 51 56 62 73 78 79 79 80 WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW TEMP............73 70 66 63 60 58 56 54 52 51 49 48 RH..............31 36 43 50 55 62 66 74 80 83 93 96 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 10 10 10 10 5 10 5 5 5 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S EYE LVL WND SPD.5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 EYE LVL WND GST.15 15 15 10 10 10 10 5 10 5 5 5 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69. MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................50 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........81 82 82 84 87 90 93 96 97 97 98 99 WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............48 49 52 55 59 62 64 66 68 69 69 69 RH..............86 89 86 80 69 62 58 54 51 49 49 47 20 FT WIND DIR..S SW SW SW SW S SW SW SW SW SW W 20 FT WIND SPD..3 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 EYE LVL WND DIR.S SW SW SW SW S SW SW SW SW SW W EYE LVL WND SPD.2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 EYE LVL WND GST.5 5 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 $$ FORECASTER...BGM REQUESTED BY...MARGARET CARNEVALE TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120420.LEE__.01/ALY