FNUS71 KALY 151537 FWSALY SPOT FORECAST FOR FOR CATAMOUNT COBBLE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1137 AM EDT MON APR 15 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 EDT ON APRIL 15. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST OF THE GULF OF MAINE TODAY...AS A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING SOME SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN FOR WEDNESDAY WITH DRY WEATHER. TH RH VALUES WILL LOWER TO 30 TO 45 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASE TO 70 TO 90 PERCENT TONIGHT...AND THEN LOWER TO 40 TO 60 PERCENT ON TUESDAY. THE WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH AT 10 TO 20 MPH TODAY WITH SOME GUSTS TO 30 MPH. THE WINDS WILL LIGHTEN TO 10 MPH OR LESS TONIGHT...THEN STRENGTHEN FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS IN THE 30 TO 45 MPH RANGE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50 TO 53. MIN HUMIDITY........40 TO 45 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......AROUND 3200 FEET. VENTILATION RATE....BETWEEN 18000 AND 19000 KT-FT .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 37. MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. CWR.................10 PERCENT. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). A CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE. SHOWERS LIKELY LATE. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62. MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH...INCREASING TO 30 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASING TO 40 MPH LATE...DECREASING TO 30 MPH LATE. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................60 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...JPV REQUESTED BY...DAVE DISANTO TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130415.CATAM.01/ALY