FNUS71 KLWX 041746
FWSLWX

SPOT FORECAST FOR COWBANE PRAIRIE NAP...DCR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
146 PM EDT THU APR 4 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1345 EDT ON APRIL 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL WEAKEN TODAY AND MOVE OFF THE COAST...AHEAD OF
LOW PRESSURE FROM THE SOUTHEAST STATES. THE SOUTHEAST LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM WILL SPREAD RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT...MOVING
OFF THE COAST EARLY FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS OVER THE WEEKEND
... LIKELY PROMOTING A WARMING TREND THAT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SLEET IN THE
                    EVENING. RAIN. PATCHY FOG LATE IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 37.
MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 6 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
CWR.................50 PERCENT...INCREASING TO 90 PERCENT IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN DECREASING TO 70
                    PERCENT...DECREASING TO 40 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400-1400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 12 MPH...BECOMING NORTH 2 TO 6
                    MPH.
WAVE HEIGHT.........0 FEET.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........73     73     100    100    100    98
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE LIKELY LIKELY
WEATHER TYPE....RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN
TEMP............46     44     42     41     40     39
RH..............37     57     67     70     76     82
20 FT WIND......S 5    SE 2   SE 2   E 2    N 2    N 2
20 FT WIND GUST.10     5      5      5      5      5
CWR.............50     90     90     90     70     70

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
                    SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING. A CHANCE OF RAIN EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING NORTHWEST 5
                    TO 6 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
CWR.................40 PERCENT...DECREASING TO 30 PERCENT IN THE
                    MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1300 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 6600-7200 FT
                    AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 7 TO 14 MPH.
WAVE HEIGHT.........0 FEET.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........98     98     77     77     36     36
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....RAIN   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............38     42     49     54     57     58
RH..............85     70     54     45     42     40
20 FT WIND......N 2    NW 3   NW 4   N 5    NW 5   NW 5
20 FT WIND GUST.5      5      5      10     10     10
CWR.............40     30     10     10     10     0

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FORECASTER...WIDELSKI
REQUESTED BY...CLAIBORNE WOODALL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130404.COWBA.02/LWX