FNUS71 KRNK 141739 FWSRNK SPOT FORECAST FOR LEVELS FIRE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 139 PM EDT SAT JUL 14 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1325 EDT ON JULY 14. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN. LOW CLOUDS AND FOG WILL FORM TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND... ALONG WITH A TREND TOWARD WARMER WEATHER. DAILY CHANCES OF DIURNAL SHOWER AND STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS... THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK. A COLD FRONT WILL TRY TO PUSH INTO THE HIGH PRESSURE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...AND THUS HELP TO INCREASE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83. MIN HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. CWR (0.01 IN).......50 PERCENT. TIME (EDT) 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).............75 73 78 WEATHER COV.........SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE........RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV............SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD TEMP................80 83 80 RH..................74 70 75 20 FT WIND..........W 2 SW 5 SW 7 20 FT WIND GUST.....5 10 15 CWR.................20 40 50 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68. MAX HUMIDITY........98 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. CWR (0.01 IN).......50 PERCENT. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).............68 59 56 54 53 49 WEATHER COV.........SCTTRD SCTTRD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE........RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV............SCTTRD SCTTRD ISOLTD TEMP................78 74 72 70 70 69 RH..................78 85 90 93 94 96 20 FT WIND..........SW 6 S 4 SW 4 SW 4 SW 4 W 4 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 5 5 5 5 5 CWR.................50 30 20 10 10 10 .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78. MIN HUMIDITY........76 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE. CWR (0.01 IN).......40 PERCENT. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............53 69 71 73 75 78 WEATHER COV.........S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE........RNSHWR NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV............ S CHC S CHC S CHC TEMP................68 70 72 75 76 77 RH..................97 87 83 81 79 76 20 FT WIND..........W 4 W 6 W 5 W 5 W 5 SW 6 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 15 10 10 10 15 CWR.................20 10 10 20 20 20 $$ FORECASTER...SILVERMAN REQUESTED BY...JAY COLLETT TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120714.LEVEL.01/RNK