FNUS72 KRAH 071441 FWSRAH SPOT FORECAST FOR BLUE FARM...NCFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 941 AM EST THU FEB 7 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1130 EST ON FEBRUARY 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DISCUSSION...COOL HIGH PRESSURE WILL RIDGE SOUTHWARD THE THROUGH THE CAROLINAS AND MAINTAIN EASTERLY FLOW IN A RELATIVELY SHALLOW BOUNDARY LAYER (IE. RELATIVELY LOW MIXING HEIGHTS). .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). A CHANCE OF RAIN EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN LIKELY LATE. TEMPERATURE.........47 AT IGNITION...MAX 53. RH..................72 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 62 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......WINDS NORTHEAST AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1200 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 500-2000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 14 TO 17 MPH. TIME (EST) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).............64 94 97 97 98 WEATHER COV......... CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE RAIN RAIN RAIN TSTM COV............ TEMP................43 48 51 53 52 RH..................76 68 65 62 65 20 FT WIND..........NE 6 E 7 NE 7 NE 7 NE 7 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 10 10 10 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). RAIN. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 41. RH..................MAX 85 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 9 TO 11 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 13 TO 15 MPH. TIME (EST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).............98 98 99 99 99 97 WEATHER COV.........LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE........RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN TSTM COV............ TEMP................50 48 46 45 44 43 RH..................68 74 79 82 82 82 20 FT WIND..........NE 8 NE 8 NE 7 NE 8 NE 9 N 9 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 15 10 15 20 20 $$ FORECASTER...STRICKLER REQUESTED BY...BRANDON MORGAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130207.BLUEF.01/RAH