FNUS71 KBOX 291824 FWSBOX SPOT FORECAST FOR TAC CONFERENCE...RI DEPT HEALTH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 224 PM EDT MON APR 29 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1500 EDT ON APRIL 29. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL OF OUR WEATHER TODAY AND TOMORROW. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN DRY...HOWEVER THERE IS A LOW CHANCE THAT THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES COULD HAVE LIGHT RAIN THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE TODAY AND TOMORROW AS MIN RH VALUES WILL DROP TO 20 TO 30 PERCENT ESP ACROSS THE INTERIOR. OUTLOOK...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP DRY CONDITIONS IN PLACE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK WITH MILD DAYS AND COOL NIGHTS. THIS DRY SPELL COULD LAST THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND...HOWEVER ONSHORE WIND FLOW TOWARD WEEKS END COULD BRING COOLER CONDITIONS. WITH AN EXTENDED DRY PERIOD OF WEATHER AND PRE-GREEN UP OF THE VEGETATION...MAY SEE SOMEWHAT ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. HOWEVER...WITH THE LARGE HIGH IN PLACE...WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHT OVER THE INTERIOR THROUGH THIS PERIOD...WITH SEA BREEZES ALONG THE COAST. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65. MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......4600-4900 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 12 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO GOOD (41400-49100 KNOT-FT). TIME (EDT) 4PM 5PM SKY (%).............59 58 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........ TSTM COV............ TEMP................63 63 RH..................24 24 MIX HGT (KFT).......4.9 4.6 TRANSP WIND DIR.....S S TRANSP WIND SPD.....12 10 LVORI...............1 1 ADI.................35 31 CWR.................0 0 VRATE KT-FT/1000....49 41 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY...THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 42. MAX HUMIDITY........76 PERCENT. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......2600-3600 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 100-1600 FT AGL UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (200-32300 KNOT-FT). TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).............58 58 57 55 53 51 49 46 44 45 46 48 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........ TSTM COV............ TEMP................60 58 55 52 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 44 RH..................27 30 37 52 56 58 60 65 71 73 76 76 MIX HGT (KFT).......3.6 2.6 1.6 1.1 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 TRANSP WIND DIR.....S S S S S S S S S S SE SE TRANSP WIND SPD.....10 9 8 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 LVORI...............2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 ADI.................27 20 5 5 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 CWR.................0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/1000....32 21 11 8 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67. MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1200 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 4200-5000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5 TO 9 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (300-44900 KNOT-FT). TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).............49 50 51 45 39 33 28 22 16 15 14 13 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........ TSTM COV............ TEMP................45 46 49 52 56 60 62 64 65 65 64 62 RH..................73 71 63 54 45 37 32 29 26 27 28 31 MIX HGT (KFT).......0.1 0.1 0.1 1.2 2.2 3.2 3.8 4.4 5.0 4.7 4.4 4.2 TRANSP WIND DIR.....SE SE E E E E E E SE SE SE SE TRANSP WIND SPD.....5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 8 8 8 LVORI...............3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.................2 5 5 8 18 27 34 36 43 42 36 31 CWR.................0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/1000....0 0 0 6 13 23 31 35 45 42 35 29 $$ FORECASTER...NMB REQUESTED BY...SITUATION UNIT LEADER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130429.TACCO.01/BOX