FNUS71 KPHI 261830 FWSPHI SPOT FORECAST FOR MC CORMICK...NJ FOREST FIRE SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 230 PM EDT FRI APR 26 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1413 EDT ON APRIL 26. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER OUR REGION TODAY, BEFORE GRADUALLY SHIFTING NORTHEAST LATER THIS WEEKEND TO THE NEW ENGLAND STATES AND CANADIAN MARITIMES. THIS HIGH PRESSURE WILL LIKELY REMAIN STATIONARY TO OUR NORTHEAST THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDWEEK PERIOD, WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND WEAK LOW PRESSURE POSSIBLY APPROACHING OUR REGION LATE IN THE WEEK. FUEL MOISTURE LEVELS REMAIN QUITE LOW DUE TO THE RECENT LACK OF RAINFALL. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE 20 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE IN MUCH OF OUR REGION DURING THIS AFTERNOON. A NORTHWESTERLY WIND AROUND 10 MPH IS EXPECTED WITH GUSTS REMAINING BELOW 20 MPH. THE WIND WILL LIMIT THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT WILDFIRE SPREAD TODAY. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68. MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH. WIND SHIFT..........IF SEABREEZE CONTINUES IT/S WESTWARD MOTION...IT WILL REACH THE EASTERN BORDER OF MULLICA TOWNSHIP BY 330 PM. TIME (EDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).............3 3 3 3 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........ TSTM COV............ TEMP................65 64 64 64 RH..................29 29 28 28 20 FT WIND DIR......W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD......8 8 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 10 10 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. PATCHY FROST LATE. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 35. MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE. WIND SHIFT.......... TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).............3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 8 WEATHER COV......... PTY PTY WEATHER TYPE........ FST FST TSTM COV............ TEMP................61 58 55 52 50 47 46 44 42 41 40 39 RH..................32 35 40 44 50 56 58 65 70 76 82 85 20 FT WIND DIR......W NW NW NW NW NW N N N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD......7 6 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. PATCHY FROST EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70. MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING NORTH AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH LATE. WIND SHIFT.......... TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).............9 10 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 17 18 19 WEATHER COV.........PTY PTY WEATHER TYPE........FST FST TSTM COV............ TEMP................39 40 47 52 56 60 63 65 67 68 68 68 RH..................89 89 65 52 43 37 32 29 26 26 27 28 20 FT WIND DIR......N N N N NW W W SW S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD......2 2 5 5 3 3 2 2 3 3 5 6 20 FT WIND GUST.....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 $$ FORECASTER...MIKETTA REQUESTED BY...JOHN H RIETH TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20130426.MCCOR.01/PHI