FNUS72 KILM 241555 FWSILM SPOT FORECAST FOR WOOTEN BURN...NC FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1055 AM EST THU JAN 24 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1130 EST ON JANUARY 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... ARCTIC COLD FRONT HAS PASSED SOUTH OF THE BURN LOCATION AND NORTH WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WHILE TEMPERATURES AND DEWPOINTS FALL. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 15 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO 30 PERCENT AS WELL. WINDS WILL VEER TO THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND SLOWLY EASE AFTER DARK. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE NORTH LATE THIS MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO INTERIOR NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT...THEN WILL MOVE OFF THE COAST FRIDAY. RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH SLEET POSSIBLE AWAY FROM THE COAST. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...FOLLOWED BY MILDER TEMPERATURES AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES EARLY NEXT WEEK. WIND PROFILE ANALYSIS/FIRE CONTROL OVER FLAT TERRAIN IS FAVORABLE. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47. MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......3300-4900 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 26 TO 31 MPH. MAX ADI.............92. MAX LVORI...........1. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT (98209-144670 MPH-FT). TIME (EST) 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).............19 9 7 5 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV............ TEMP................44 42 40 37 RH..................47 32 30 31 20 FT WIND..........N 7 N 13 N 12 N 10 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 30 25 20 MIX HGT (FT)........3300 4600 4900 4700 TRANSPORT WIND......NW 30 N 31 N 29 N 26 LVORI...............1 1 1 1 ADI.................75 92 87 79 VRATE MPH-FT/1000...98 143 140 125 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 20. MAX HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING...BECOMING LIGHT LATE. MIXING HEIGHT.......2700-4500 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 0-1300 FT AGL OVERNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 16 TO 24 MPH...DECREASING TO 13 TO 16 MPH LATE. MAX ADI.............16. MAX LVORI...........3. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (59224-108099 MPH-FT)...DECREASING TO POOR TO FAIR (0-29094 MPH-FT) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TIME (EST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).............4 3 2 8 14 19 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV............ TEMP................34 29 25 23 22 21 RH..................34 41 49 53 55 54 20 FT WIND..........N 8 NE 5 NE 4 NE 4 NE 3 NE 3 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 10 10 10 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)........4500 2700 300 100 300 300 TRANSPORT WIND......N 24 NE 22 NE 21 NE 20 NE 17 NE 14 LVORI...............2 2 2 2 2 2 ADI.................16 10 9 9 8 6 VRATE MPH-FT/1000...108 59 5 1 4 3 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). A CHANCE OF RAIN LATE. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 42. MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. MAX ADI.............30. MAX LVORI...........3. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (2415-32199 MPH-FT). TIME (EST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............32 42 48 77 95 100 WEATHER COV......... S CHC CHANCE WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE RAIN RAIN TSTM COV............ TEMP................20 24 35 41 42 41 RH..................56 49 35 35 47 67 20 FT WIND..........NE 3 NE 3 E 3 SE 4 SE 5 S 4 20 FT WIND GUST.....5 5 5 10 10 10 LVORI...............2 2 2 2 2 3 ADI.................9 7 11 23 26 30 VRATE MPH-FT/1000...2 4 9 18 28 32 $$ FORECASTER...WEISS REQUESTED BY...BRIAN COUNCIL TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130124.WOOTE.01/ILM