FNUS71 KLWX 291846 FWSLWX SPOT FORECAST FOR NEIGHBOR MOUNTAIN FIRE...NPS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 246 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1426 EDT ON JUNE 29. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... .DISCUSSION... HOT CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. THE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE A BIT HIGHER THIS AFTERNOON COMPARED TO RECENT DAYS DUE TO NOTICEABLY HIGHER DEWPOINTS. A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON WILL APPROACH THE AREA TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR T-STORMS WILL BE LATE THIS EVENING. HIGH AMOUNTS OF INSTABILITY DUE TO THE HOT CONDITIONS WILL POSE A THREAT FOR GUSTY WINDS IN ANY T-STORMS THAT DEVELOP. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SUPER FOG WOULD BE IN ANY TRAPPED VALLEYS...ESPECIALLY IF THERE ARE T-STORMS LATE THIS EVENING. RAINFALL FROM T-STORMS WILL CAUSE LOCALLY HIGHER RH VALUES. MORE HOT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY. THE RH VALUES MAY BE A BIT LOWER COMPARED TO TODAY DUE TO SLIGHTLY LOWER DEWPOINTS. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR T-STORMS SATURDAY...MAINLY LATE IN THE DAY OR AT NIGHT. THERE ARE NOT ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE WEATHER PATTERN EXPECTED THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK. HOT CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY PERSIST ALONG WITH THE CHANCE FOR T-STORMS EACH DAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 97. MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST 6 TO 8 MPH. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......5000-6700 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 7 TO 16 MPH. TIME (EDT) 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........35 41 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE TEMP............94 97 RH..............47 43 20 FT WIND......NW 6 W 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 CWR.............10 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE EVENING. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72. MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH LATE. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. CWR.................20 PERCENT...INCREASING TO 40 PERCENT IN THE EVENING...THEN DECREASING TO 20 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......5400-6700 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 200-900 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 6 TO 13 MPH...BECOMING WEST 2 TO 3 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........47 53 80 86 74 68 WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC CHANCE S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............94 88 83 80 77 76 RH..............46 55 61 65 71 74 20 FT WIND......W 5 NW 4 S 3 SE 2 S 2 W 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 5 5 5 10 CWR.............20 20 20 40 20 20 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 96. MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARAIBLE WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC ARE EXPECTED IN ANY T-STORMS THAT DEVELOP. AFTERNOO CWR.................10 PERCENT...INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......100-900 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 2800 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 5100 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...INCREASING TO 7300-8800 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...INCREASING TO 9300-10200 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 7800 FT AGL LATE. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 1 TO 10 MPH...INCREASING TO 14 TO 21 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........54 45 45 27 24 24 WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............75 79 86 91 94 94 RH..............79 74 57 45 39 39 20 FT WIND......W 4 SW 2 W 3 W 5 W 6 W 8 20 FT WIND GUST.10 5 5 10 15 20 CWR.............0 0 10 10 20 20 $$ FORECASTER...LASORSA REQUESTED BY...KOENIG TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120629.NEIGH.02/LWX