FNUS72 KILM 281405 FWSILM SPOT FORECAST FOR SLEEPY CREEK BURN...NC FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 905 AM EST THU FEB 28 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0915 EST ON FEBRUARY 28. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... FAIR WEATHER WILL PREVAIL THROUGH FRIDAY ALTHOUGH GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL BLOW TODAY. AN APPROACHING SYSTEM SATURDAY WILL BRING A CHANCE OF COLD RAIN OR SNOW FLURRIES SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOLLOWED BY FAIR AND COOL WEATHER SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM COULD BRING RAIN OR POSSIBLY SNOW LATE NEXT TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. BROTAK WIND PROFILE TODAY. WIND PROFILE ANALYSIS/FIRE CONTROL OVER FLAT TERRAIN IS FAVORABLE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-24 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 60. MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH BY THE LATE MORNING AND THROUGH AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......1200 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 3200-4100 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 4900-6600 FT THIS AFTERNOON. WEST WINDS 7-11 MPH...INCREASING TO 18 TO 26 MPH. MAX ADI.............82. MAX LVORI...........4. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (0-41515 MPH-FT)...INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (100624-151110 MPH-FT). TIME (EST) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).............0 11 19 22 26 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV............ TEMP................51 55 58 60 56 RH..................60 45 38 33 39 20 FT WIND..........W 6 W 9 W 10 W 10 W 8 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 20 25 25 20 MIX HGT (FT)........2800 4900 6000 6600 4400 TRANSPORT WIND......W 9 W 13 W 17 W 23 W 23 LVORI...............2 1 1 1 1 ADI.................11 59 68 82 65 VRATE MPH-FT/1000...26 62 104 151 101 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY (25-28 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 34. MAX HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2200 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 0-300 FT AGL TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 16 TO 20 MPH...DECREASING TO AROUND 9 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE EVENING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 13 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. MAX ADI.............57. MAX LVORI...........3. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (0-43930 MPH-FT). TIME (EST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).............38 31 24 17 15 18 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV............ TEMP................50 46 42 40 38 37 RH..................41 49 57 62 66 70 20 FT WIND..........W 6 W 6 W 5 W 5 W 5 W 4 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 15 15 10 10 5 MIX HGT (FT)........2200 BLW100 BLW100 BLW100 100 BLW100 TRANSPORT WIND......W 20 W 9 S 0 W 9 W 10 S 0 LVORI...............1 2 3 3 3 3 ADI.................57 6 1 4 6 5 VRATE MPH-FT/1000...44 0 0 0 1 0 $$ FORECASTER...COLBY REQUESTED BY...BRIAN COUNCIL TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130228.SLEEP.01/ILM