FNUS71 KRNK 261921 FWSRNK SPOT FORECAST FOR EVANS ROAD...VDOF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 221 PM EST MON NOV 26 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1403 EST ON NOVEMBER 26. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON... .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS COMBINED WITH WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN VERY DRY CONDITIONS WITH HUMIDITY LEVELS DROPPING TO AROUND 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER COMPARED TO WHAT WAS EXPERIENCED OVER THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER...SOME GUSTS TO 15 MPH COULD STILL OCCUR THROUGH LATE IN THE DAY. THESE MODEST WIND GUSTS IN COMBINATION WITH CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL SIGNIFY ANOTHER AFTERNOON OF ENHANCED FIRE BEHAVIOR FOR EXISTING WILDFIRES AND POTENTIAL FOR RAPID SPREAD OF NEW FIRE STARTS. MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY INCREASE THIS EVENING WITH HUMIDITY LEVELS RISING TO ABOVE 60 PERCENT AFTER MIDNIGHT. AFTER TODAY...A WEAK STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND HEAD NORTHEAST...AFFECTING THE AREA LATER TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THIS FEATURE WILL BRING HIGHER HUMIDITY...COOLER TEMPERATURES...CLOUD COVER...AND LIGHT PRECIPITATION EARLY TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL FOLLOW THIS SYSTEM WITH FAIR DRY WEATHER RETURNING FOR MID WEEK. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63. MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE. CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE. TIME (EST) 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............28 42 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE TSTM COV............ TEMP................61 59 RH..................21 25 20 FT WIND..........W 4 SW 3 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 5 EYE LEVEL WIND......W 3 SW 2 EYE LVL WND GST.....10 5 CWR.................0 0 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN RAIN LIKELY LATE. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 35. MAX HUMIDITY........84 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. CWR (0.01 IN).......60 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 0 TO 1 MPH. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. TIME (EST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).............50 59 81 81 85 97 WEATHER COV......... S CHC CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE RAIN RAIN RAIN TSTM COV............ TEMP................51 47 44 42 40 39 RH..................39 49 55 61 68 73 20 FT WIND..........S 2 SE 2 E 1 E 1 NE 2 N 2 20 FT WIND GUST.....5 5 5 5 EYE LEVEL WIND......S 2 SE 1 E 1 E 1 NE 1 N 1 EYE LVL WND GST.....5 5 5 5 CWR.................0 0 10 20 30 50 $$ FORECASTER...HUDGINS REQUESTED BY...D ZIMNIEWICZ TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20121126.EVANS.01/RNK