FNUS71 KRNK 140015 FWSRNK SPOT FORECAST FOR SPADE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 715 PM EST TUE NOV 13 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1836 EST ON NOVEMBER 13. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL DRIFT ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND THEN SHIFT SLOWLY EAST OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE MID AND UPPER 20S IN THE VALLEYS TONIGHT...WITH 30S AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND RIDGE TOPS. DRY...SUNNY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING ONLY INTO THE 40S. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WEDNESDAY WILL BE IN THE 40 PERCENT RANGE. AN UPPER TROUGH WILL PASS BY TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA THURSDAY...BUT AT THIS TIME SHOULD ONLY BRING MID AND HIGH CLOUDS TO THE AFFECTED AREA. A STRONGER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST BY THE WEEKEND WHICH MAY BRING SOME LIGHT RAIN AND COLDER NORTHEAST WINDS TO THE REGION AT THAT TIME. AT THE CURRENT TIME...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. .REST OF TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....25 DEEP VALLEYS TO 32 HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. MAX HUMIDITY........75 TO 80 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH TO NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TIME (EST) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).............2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 6 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........ TSTM COV............ TEMP................34 34 33 33 32 32 31 30 30 29 29 RH..................66 67 68 69 71 71 72 72 73 74 76 20 FT WIND DIR......N N N N N N N N N NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD......5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT).......0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 TRANSP WIND DIR.....N N N N N N N NE NE NE NE TRANSP WIND SPD.....6 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 CWR.................0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX........4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....42 TO 46. MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......1600 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST TO NORTHEAST 7 TO 10 MPH. TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).............8 10 12 15 17 20 22 25 27 28 29 31 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........ TSTM COV............ TEMP................28 28 30 33 36 37 39 41 41 42 42 41 RH..................77 77 71 65 60 58 56 53 53 51 52 53 20 FT WIND DIR......NE NE NE E E E E E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD......4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 CWR..................0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...BEASLEY REQUESTED BY...RON NIXON TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20121113.SPADE.01/RNK