FNUS71 KBTV 090946 FWSBTV SPOT FORECAST FOR WANAKENA RX...NYS DEC FOREST RANGERS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 546 AM EDT THU MAY 9 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 EDT ON MAY 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WITHIN A DRY SLOT OVER THE NORTH COUNTRY THIS MORNING WILL FILL IN WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES THIS AFTERNOON. UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE PRODUCES SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS ALONG WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. BY FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...THE COMBINATION OF A STALLED COLD FRONT AND WAVES OF WEAK LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO THE REGION WILL BRING A WIDESPREAD WETTING RAINFALL TO THE AREA. AS A RESULT...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO RUN MODERATE TO HIGH THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH FIRE DANGER LESSENING AS FINE FUEL MOISTURE LEVELS CLIMB. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS LIKELY AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT. BEGIN/END OF PCPN... MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65. MIN HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS TRENDING SOUTHWEST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AT 6 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).............89 93 94 WEATHER COV.........CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE........RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV............S CHC S CHC S CHC TEMP................64 64 64 RH..................52 52 54 20 FT WIND..........SW 7 SW 8 W 6 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 15 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).....40 60 60 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. PATCHY FOG LATE IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT. BEGIN/END OF PCPN... MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52. MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).............85 67 43 43 40 71 WEATHER COV.........CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE........RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RN/FG RN/FG TSTM COV............S CHC S CHC S CHC TEMP................64 61 58 56 55 54 RH..................56 67 75 77 77 74 20 FT WIND..........W 6 W 5 SW 3 SW 3 SW 2 S 3 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 5 5 5 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).....50 40 30 30 20 20 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THEN SHOWERS LIKELY LATE. CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT. BEGIN/END OF PCPN... MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65. MIN HUMIDITY........63 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS...BECOMING EAST 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............90 96 95 96 100 100 WEATHER COV.........S CHC S CHC CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE........RN/FG RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV............ TEMP................53 56 59 62 64 64 RH..................80 80 75 70 63 63 20 FT WIND..........S 3 SE 3 E 1 NE 2 N 7 E 7 20 FT WIND GUST.....5 5 5 5 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).....20 20 30 30 40 50 $$ FORECASTER...KM REQUESTED BY...SCOTT JACKSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130509.WANAK.01/BTV