FNUS71 KLWX 041955 FWSLWX SPOT FORECAST FOR LEWIS PEAK...USDI - NPS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 355 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1542 EDT ON JULY 04. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN TO THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM COULD AFFECT THE AREA LATE THIS WEEKEND OR EARLY NEXT WEEK. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70. MAX HUMIDITY........81 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE...THEN BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH LATE. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL EARLY MORNING. CWR.................30 PERCENT...INCREASING TO 50 PERCENT IN THE EVENING...THEN DECREASING TO 30 PERCENT IN THE EVENING...DECREASING TO 20 PERCENT...DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......8800-10600 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 0-200 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 12 MPH. TIME (EDT) 4 PM 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........55 61 64 63 57 54 54 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE TEMP............88 85 82 78 76 74 73 RH..............43 51 58 69 71 76 76 20 FT WIND......W 5 W 5 W 5 W 4 W 3 W 3 W 4 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 10 10 10 10 10 CWR.............30 50 50 30 20 20 10 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 94. MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE...THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................10 PERCENT...INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. 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 (%).........55 55 55 55 55 54 WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............72 77 84 89 92 92 RH..............81 71 61 52 43 43 20 FT WIND......W 4 W 3 W 5 NW 6 NW 6 NW 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 15 15 15 15 CWR.............10 10 10 10 20 20 $$ FORECASTER...SILVERMAN REQUESTED BY...JEFF KOENIG TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120704.LEWIS.02/LWX