FNUS71 KRNK 091359 FWSRNK SPOT FORECAST FOR APCO 2012...NPS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 959 AM EDT SUN SEP 9 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0920 EDT ON SEPTEMBER 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH MID WEEK. THIS WILL RESULT IN LIGHT WINDS AND GOOD DRYING TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY WITH AFTERNOON HUMIDITY LEVELS DROPPING TO AROUND 30 PERCENT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. WITH THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVERHEAD...TRANSPORT WINDS WILL ALSO REMAIN LIGHT...WITH SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST WINDS ALOFT TUESDAY SHIFTING BACK TO AN EASTERLY COMPONENT WEDNESDAY...BUT REMAINING BELOW 10 MPH. AN EARLY MORNING INVERSION WILL ALSO DEVELOP BOTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MORNINGS ALTHOUGH FOG SHOULD BE LIMITED TO MAINLY THE NEARBY RIVER BOTTOM AND ONLY THROUGH ABOUT MID MORNING AT WORSE. LIGHT SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ONCE THE INVERSION BREAKS WITH MIXING HEIGHTS ONLY SLOWLY RISING TO AROUND 4000 FEET DURING THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS. DRY WEATHER IS THEN EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AND PERHAPS MUCH OF NEXT WEEKEND UNTIL A COLD FRONT ARRIVES EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS COULD RESULT IN AT LEAST A CHANCE OF A FEW SHOWERS BY LATER SUNDAY BUT MORE SO MONDAY INTO TUESDAY PENDING WHERE THE NEXT COLD FRONT ENDS UP. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77. MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 4500 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 5300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...DECREASING TO 2800 FT AGL LATE. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 10 MPH. TIME (EDT) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).............4 2 10 19 28 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV............ TEMP................63 70 73 75 76 RH..................80 62 54 48 45 20 FT WIND..........NW 2 N 5 N 6 N 6 N 6 20 FT WIND GUST.....5 10 15 15 15 CWR.................0 0 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51. MAX HUMIDITY........91 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE. CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 0 TO 3 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).............32 37 32 22 15 17 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV............ TEMP................73 67 62 59 57 56 RH..................49 58 65 72 77 79 20 FT WIND..........N 5 N 2 N 0 N 0 N 0 N 1 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 CWR.................0 0 0 0 0 0 .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75. MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......1800 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 4200 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...DECREASING TO 2600 FT AGL LATE. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............22 27 29 31 31 29 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV............ TEMP................53 55 62 68 72 73 RH..................85 84 67 54 43 40 20 FT WIND..........N 1 NE 2 N 2 N 3 N 2 N 2 20 FT WIND GUST..... 5 5 5 CWR.................0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...HUDGINS REQUESTED BY...JOHN FRY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120909.APCO2.02/RNK