FNUS71 KAKQ 101436 FWSAKQ SPOT FORECAST FOR BUTTONS NECK...US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE (NWR) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 936 AM EST THU JAN 10 2013 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN TODAY AS A COLD FRONT STALLS OVER SOUTH CAROLINA. THE STALLED BOUNDARY WILL THEN LIFT NORTH FRIDAY AS A WARM FRONT...AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST. HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL OVER THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51. MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT. WIND (20FT/2MIN)....NORTH WINDS 8 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING LIGHT. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT EARLY...INCREASING TO 1200 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 8 TO 13 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL. TIME (EST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).............30 30 30 30 30 30 45 45 45 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........ TSTM COV............ TEMP................46 48 49 50 50 50 50 49 48 RH..................58 56 52 48 46 46 46 48 49 CHC OF PCPN (%).....0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MIX HGT (KFT).......0.5 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.9 20 FT WIND DIR......N N N N N N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD......7 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 3 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 15 15 10 10 10 10 10 5 TRANSP WIND DIR.....NW NW N N N N NW NW N TRANSP WIND SPD.....12 12 10 8 7 7 7 7 6 VRATE KT-FT/1000....4 5 7 8 8 7 7 7 5 LVORI...............3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 ADI.................8 9 8 10 11 11 11 11 7 HAINES INDEX........4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 33. MAX HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT. WIND (20FT/2MIN)....LIGHT WINDS. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......250-500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 5 TO 8 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR VERY LOW TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).............60 60 60 80 80 80 80 90 90 90 90 90 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........ TSTM COV............ TEMP................45 43 41 40 39 38 38 37 37 36 36 36 RH..................55 60 65 70 73 76 79 82 82 89 89 89 CHC OF PCPN (%).....0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MIX HGT (KFT).......0.6 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 20 FT WIND DIR......N N NE NE NE NE E E E E SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD......2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 20 FT WIND GUST..... TRANSP WIND DIR.....N N N NE NE NE NE NE E E E E TRANSP WIND SPD.....6 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 VRATE KT-FT/1000....3 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 LVORI...............3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 ADI.................6 6 7 7 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 HAINES INDEX........4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 .FRIDAY... CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1200 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. HAINES INDEX........2 TO 3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM CHC OF PCPN (%).....0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 30 30 30 30 MIX HGT (KFT).......0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.6 TRANSP WIND DIR.....SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.....6 7 8 9 12 12 13 13 13 13 14 14 VRATE KT-FT/1000....1 1 3 4 6 8 11 13 11 10 8 7 LVORI...............6 6 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 ADI.................3 3 3 4 9 13 16 17 16 15 15 15 HAINES INDEX........3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 FORECASTER...MINNICK REQUESTED BY...ART CANTERBURY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130110.BUTTO.01/AKQ