FNUS71 KBOX 171102 FWSBOX SPOT FORECAST FOR CARLISLE GRASS...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 702 AM EDT WED APR 17 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 EDT ON APRIL 17. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE AND DRY WEATHER PREVAILS INTO THURSDAY. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL GRADUALLY VEER EAST-SOUTHEASTERLY DURING THIS TIME FRAME...WITH SEA-BREEZES ALONG THE SHORES FOR TODAY. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 PERCENT ACROSS INTERIOR NEW ENGLAND...WITH THE DRIER CONDITIONS OCCURRING TODAY. A RETURN OF WET WEATHER IS PLAUSIBLE LATE THURSDAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING WARM FRONT. OUTLOOK...FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... WET WEATHER RETURNS FOR THE END OF THIS WEEK AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTHEAST THROUGH NEW ENGLAND THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY... FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH EMBEDDED HEAVIER DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THIS COLD FRONT. TRANQUIL WEATHER RETURNS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY...THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY...THEN BECOMING SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67. MIN HUMIDITY........22 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-2800 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 5200-5900 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 14 TO 22 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO EXCELLENT (18300-66500 KNOT-FT)...INCREASING TO EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT (68400-77100 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).............1 3 3 0 0 1 3 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........ TSTM COV............ TEMP................56 59 62 65 66 65 63 RH..................34 29 26 23 22 23 24 20 FT WIND DIR......N NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD......8 8 8 8 8 8 7 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 15 15 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT).......3.7 4.4 5.2 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.7 TRANSP WIND DIR.....NW NW NW NW NW NW NW TRANSP WIND SPD.....18 17 16 15 15 15 14 LVORI...............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.................66 68 68 66 66 66 60 CWR.................0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/1000....59 67 73 77 76 75 68 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 36. MAX HUMIDITY........82 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE...THEN BECOMING EAST AROUND 5 MPH LATE. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......1900-3800 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 100 FT AGL UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 9 TO 14 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (500-45900 KNOT-FT). TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).............2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 5 8 10 13 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........ TSTM COV............ TEMP................59 55 52 48 46 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 RH..................29 34 39 47 53 60 62 67 70 73 79 82 20 FT WIND DIR......N N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E 20 FT WIND SPD......7 6 5 5 3 2 2 1 1 2 3 5 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 MIX HGT (KFT).......3.8 1.9 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 TRANSP WIND DIR.....NW NW NW N N N N NE NE NE E E TRANSP WIND SPD.....14 14 14 13 13 12 10 10 9 10 12 13 LVORI...............1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 ADI.................50 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 5 5 6 CWR.................0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/1000....46 23 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .THURSDAY... MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1400 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 2200-3900 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 13 TO 22 MPH...INCREASING TO 23 TO 25 MPH LATE. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2500-46100 KNOT-FT)...INCREASING TO GOOD TO EXCELLENT (54100-71700 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM MIX HGT (KFT).......0.2 0.4 0.5 1.4 2.2 3.0 3.3 3.6 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.3 TRANSP WIND DIR.....E E SE SE SE S S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.....13 14 15 15 15 15 16 17 20 22 23 25 LVORI...............4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.................10 11 11 26 39 48 54 45 54 58 59 63 VRATE KT-FT/1000....3 5 7 18 28 39 46 54 67 70 70 72 $$ FORECASTER...BELK REQUESTED BY...JOHN MEISTER FMS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130417.CARLI.01/BOX