FNUS71 KBOX 231218 FWSBOX SPOT FORECAST FOR MONOMOY ISLAND RX...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 818 AM EDT TUE OCT 23 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 EDT ON OCTOBER 23. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... DRY WEATHER CONTINUES TO START TODAY...BUT THE CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN WILL INCREASE LATE TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AS A WEAK WARM FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. THE MAJORITY OF THE RAIN SHOULD REMAIN SOUTH OF I-90. OUTLOOK...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... DRY WEATHER RETURNS FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THIS WEEK. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60. MIN HUMIDITY........62 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. CWR.................10 PERCENT...INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2200 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 TO 18 MPH...DECREASING TO AROUND 6 MPH LATE. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1400-35700 KNOT-FT). TIME (EDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).............14 20 26 32 37 41 46 WEATHER COV......... SCH WEATHER TYPE........ RW TSTM COV............ TEMP................57 58 59 59 59 59 58 RH..................67 64 62 64 64 64 67 20 FT WIND DIR......N N NW NW NW W W 20 FT WIND SPD......7 7 6 6 5 5 4 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 15 10 10 10 10 5 MIX HGT (KFT).......0.8 1.3 1.8 2.2 1.6 0.9 0.3 TRANSP WIND DIR.....NW NW NW NW NW NW NW TRANSP WIND SPD.....16 17 17 18 14 10 6 LVORI...............3 1 1 1 2 2 3 ADI.................M M M M M M M CWR.................0 0 10 10 10 10 20 VRATE KT-FT/1000....12 19 27 36 19 8 1 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52. MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE...THEN BECOMING NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH LATE. CWR.................20 PERCENT...INCREASING TO 30 PERCENT UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN INCREASING TO 40 PERCENT...DECREASING TO 30 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......100-200 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 6 MPH...BECOMING SOUTH IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING NORTHEAST 6 TO 9 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO POOR (300-1000 KNOT-FT). TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).............58 69 81 83 86 89 90 91 92 92 93 93 WEATHER COV.........SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE........RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TSTM COV............ TEMP................58 57 56 55 56 56 55 54 54 54 53 53 RH..................69 72 74 77 74 77 77 80 80 77 80 77 20 FT WIND DIR......W W W W NW NW N N NE NE NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD......4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 20 FT WIND GUST.....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT).......0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 TRANSP WIND DIR.....W SW S S W W NW N N N NE NE TRANSP WIND SPD.....6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 LVORI...............3 3 3 4 3 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 ADI.................M M M M M M M M M M M M CWR.................20 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 40 30 30 30 VRATE KT-FT/1000....1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 .WEDNESDAY... MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 9 TO 13 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (2200-20500 KNOT-FT). TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM MIX HGT (KFT).......0.3 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.3 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.6 TRANSP WIND DIR.....NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE TRANSP WIND SPD.....9 9 10 10 10 12 12 12 13 12 10 10 LVORI...............4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 ADI.................M M M M M M M M M M M M VRATE KT-FT/1000....2 4 6 9 12 16 18 19 21 18 16 14 $$ FORECASTER...KJC REQUESTED BY...JOHN MEISTER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20121023.MONOM.01/BOX