FNUS71 KLWX 041540 FWSLWX SPOT FORECAST FOR LEWIS PEAK...USDI - NPS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1140 AM EDT WED JUL 4 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1126 EDT ON JULY 04. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... POP UP SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE MIDDLE AFTERNOON HOURS. MORE SHOWERS AND T-STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AS AN UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVERHEAD THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. AN ISOLATED T-STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT THURSDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA DURING THE WEEKEND...INCREASING THE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND T-STORMS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY LATE THIS MORNING (20-40 PERCENT)... THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT) WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88. MIN HUMIDITY........42 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........BECOMING WEST 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. CWR.................10 PERCENT...INCREASING TO 50 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 10200-11700 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 12 TO 15 MPH. TIME (EDT) 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........16 41 50 56 WEATHER COV..... ISOLTD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............83 86 87 86 RH..............60 46 43 46 20 FT WIND......NW 5 W 5 W 5 SW 5 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 CWR.............10 10 20 50 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70. MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. CWR.................50 PERCENT...DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......6600 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 0-200 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 12 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........62 65 64 57 54 51 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............85 82 78 76 74 73 RH..............51 65 74 79 84 84 20 FT WIND......W 4 W 3 W 3 NW 3 W 2 W 4 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 5 10 CWR.............50 50 50 20 20 10 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 92. MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................10 PERCENT...INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-500 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 12700-14000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 7 TO 14 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST 18 TO 22 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........48 45 45 45 51 51 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............72 77 84 89 92 92 RH..............90 79 63 54 47 47 20 FT WIND......W 2 SW 1 W 2 W 2 NW 2 N 3 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 10 10 10 CWR.............10 10 10 10 20 20 $$ FORECASTER...LASORSA REQUESTED BY...JEFF KOENIG TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120704.LEWIS.01/LWX