FNUS71 KALY 012123 FWSALY SPOT FORECAST FOR FOR APPLE ORCHARD...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 523 PM EDT WED MAY 1 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1745 EDT ON MAY 01. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... ...RH VALUES EXPECTED TO BE 20 TO 30 PERCENT THURSDAY AFTERNOON... DRY WEATHER WILL PERSIST INTO THURSDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL. BACK DOOR COLD FRONT FROM NEW ENGLAND MAY BRING ISOLATED OR WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS LATE THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD BACK IN FOR FRIDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND WITH WARM TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS RETURNING. FORTUNATELY WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN RATHER LIGHT DURING THIS TIME. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RECOVER TO AROUND 80 TO 100 PERCENT TONIGHT...THEN DROP TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. RH VALUES WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 70 TO 95 PERCENT THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE TONIGHT...BECOMING NORTHEAST LESS THAN 10 MPH ON THURSDAY. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH THURSDAY NIGHT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........71 AT IGNITION...MIN 39. RH..................23 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MAX 98 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS. CWR.................0 PERCENT. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 10 PM 2 AM SKY (%).........1 1 1 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE TEMP............71 55 44 RH..............23 47 76 20 FT WIND......SE 4G10 S 1 S 1 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 74. RH..................MIN 27 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS...BECOMING NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................20 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...BGM REQUESTED BY...JEN EDMONDS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130501.APPLE.03/ALY