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SPOT FORECAST FOR DOGWOOD FIRE...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
230 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1358 EDT ON JULY 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

VERY HOT TODAY...WITH DRIER AIR ALOFT THAN YESTERDAY EVEN LIMITING
MUCH CLOUD DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. STILL REMAINS THE SLIGHTEST
CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM WITH THE EXTREME HEAT...BUT MOST OF THE
REGION SHOULD REMAIN DRY TODAY. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT BUT BECOMING
W TO NW FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. GOOD CHANCE
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO THE
EVENING.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 94.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........W TO NW AROUND 5 MPH.
CWR (0.01 IN).......10 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 TO 7 MPH.


TIME (EDT)          2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).............10     30
WEATHER COV.........
WEATHER TYPE........NONE   NONE
TSTM COV............
TEMP................88     93
RH..................55     45
20 FT WIND..........W 3    NW 5
20 FT WIND GUST.....  5    10

CWR.................10     10

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FORECASTER...MATTAROCHIA
REQUESTED BY...BUTCH SHAW
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120707.DOGWO.03/RNK