FNUS72 KRAH 121335 FWSRAH SPOT FORECAST FOR MONTGOMERY HOUSE...NCFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 935 AM EDT WED SEP 12 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 EDT ON SEPTEMBER 12. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SCATTERED CLOUDS THIS MORNING... THEN SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........70 AT IGNITION...MAX 79. RH..................70 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 38 PERCENT. SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION... BECOMING EAST 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 3200 FT AGL AT IGNITION...4500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 3 TO 6 MPH. SURFACE WINDS.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 4. TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).............39 27 17 17 17 17 16 16 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........ TSTM COV............ TEMP................64 69 72 74 76 77 77 77 RH..................76 55 50 44 40 38 37 37 20 FT WIND DIR......NE E E E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD......1 1 2 3 4 4 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.....5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 SURFACE WND DIR.....NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E SURFACE WND SPD.....1 1 2 4 5 5 6 6 SURFACE WND GST.....5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 LVORI...............4 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 ADI.................6 26 26 26 34 34 34 25 HAINES INDEX........3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 55. RH..................MAX 100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. MIXING HEIGHT.......4400 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL BY MID EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 3 TO 7 MPH. SURFACE WINDS.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5 OR OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).............0 0 0 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 20 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........ TSTM COV............ TEMP................75 72 68 65 64 62 61 60 60 59 58 57 RH..................41 49 59 64 67 72 75 78 75 78 97 99 20 FT WIND DIR......E E E E E E E E NE NE NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD......3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 FT WIND GUST.....5 5 SURFACE WND DIR.....E E E E E E E E NE NE NE NE SURFACE WND SPD.....4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SURFACE WND GST.....5 5 LVORI...............2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 ADI.................25 25 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 HAINES INDEX........5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 80. RH..................MIN 45 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE LATE. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 2500-4500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 5 TO 12 MPH. SURFACE WINDS.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE LATE. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5 OR OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).............15 15 15 15 18 19 20 21 21 28 42 49 WEATHER COV.........PTY PTY PTY WEATHER TYPE........FOG FOG FOG TSTM COV............ TEMP................57 56 58 62 67 71 74 77 78 79 80 79 RH..................83 89 86 79 70 61 55 48 47 44 42 44 20 FT WIND DIR......NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD......1 1 2 3 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 20 FT WIND GUST.....5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 SURFACE WND DIR.....NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE SURFACE WND SPD.....1 1 2 4 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 SURFACE WND GST.....5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 LVORI...............5 5 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 ADI.................2 2 6 6 6 34 34 34 32 32 32 22 HAINES INDEX........4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...WFORAH REQUESTED BY...JASON HAYWOOD TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120912.MONTG.02/RAH