FNUS71 KRNK 092120 FWSRNK SPOT FORECAST FOR PANTHER...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 420 PM EST SUN DEC 9 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1552 EST ON DECEMBER 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY GULF MOISTURE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE NORMAL FOR EARLY DECEMBER... AND ONLY SPOTTY VERY LIGHT SHOWER ACTIVITY. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE VERY GUSTY BY MONDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING FRONT. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA BY EARLY MONDAY EVENING...BRINGING A BETTER CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SHOWERS. RAINFALL TOTALS MAY ONLY BE AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH HOWEVER BY MONDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT ON TUESDAY... RESULTING IN DRY CONDITIONS AND TEMPERATURES RETURNING CLOSE TO NORMAL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE BY NEXT WEEKEND. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS PATCHY FOG IN THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48. MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT SOUTHEAST WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CWR(0.01 IN)........20 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 17 MPH. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TIME (EST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).............97 98 91 93 93 78 WEATHER COV.........S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE........RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RN/FG RN/FG TSTM COV............ TEMP................56 54 51 49 48 48 RH..................84 90 100 100 100 100 20 FT WIND..........E 2 SE 2 S 2 S 3 S 4 S 5 20 FT WIND GUST.....5 5 5 5 5 10 EYE LEVEL WIND......E 2 SE 2 S 2 S 2 S 3 S 4 EYE LVL WND GST.....5 5 5 5 5 10 CWR.................20 20 20 20 20 20 .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65. MIN HUMIDITY........69 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH...GUSTING TO 25 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR (0.01 IN).......50 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......2200 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 2600 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 18 TO 24 MPH...INCREASING TO 28 TO 36 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. TIME (EST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............90 79 91 98 100 100 WEATHER COV.........S CHC S CHC CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE........RN/FG RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV............ TEMP................48 50 56 63 65 63 RH..................100 100 93 78 74 76 20 FT WIND..........SW 5 SW 6 SW 6 SW 7 SW 7 SW 8 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 15 15 20 20 20 EYE LEVEL WIND......SW 4 SW 4 SW 5 SW 5 SW 5 SW 6 EYE LVL WND GST.....10 15 15 20 20 20 CWR.................20 20 30 40 50 50 $$ FORECASTER...KEIGHTON REQUESTED BY...KURT THOMPSON TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20121209.PANTH.01/RNK