FNUS71 KRNK 081556 FWSRNK SPOT FORECAST FOR DOGWOOD FIRE...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1156 AM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1131 EDT ON JULY 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT SINKING SOUTH SLOWLY TODAY WILL ALLOW WINDS TO INCREASE SOMEWHAT LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. BEST GUESS AS TO WHAT TIME WOULD BE AROUND 5 PM. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. DEWPOINTS AND RH ARE TOUGH TO FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON...RH COULD FALL RAPIDLY THIS EARLY AFTERNOON THEN INCREASE SOMEWHAT LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 95. MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 5-10 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. CWR (0.01 IN).......40 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 8500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH WEST 5 TO 10 MPH. TIME (EDT) 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).............30 40 50 70 WEATHER COV......... ISOLTD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE........NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV............ ISOLTD SCTTRD SCTTRD TEMP................85 88 91 94 RH..................41 30 40 45 20 FT WIND..........N 3 NW 3 NW 5 N 8 20 FT WIND GUST.....5 5 10 20 CWR.................10 10 20 40 $$ FORECASTER...MATTAROCHIA REQUESTED BY...EDWARD ANDERSON-ICT TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120708.DOGWO.03/RNK