FNUS72 KMHX 201134 FWSMHX SPOT FORECAST FOR JASON S BRANCH...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 734 AM EDT THU JUN 20 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON JUNE 20. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... LOW PRESSURE TROUGH OFFSHORE COMBINED WITH HIGH PRES RIDGING DOWN THE EAST COAST WILL BE CAUSE FOR BREEZY NORTHEAST WINDS OVER THE BURN AREA TODAY. WINDS WILL GUST UPWARDS OF AROUND 20 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE LOW 60S PERCENTILE THIS AFTERNOON UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY EARLY...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82. MIN HUMIDITY........61 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR VERY LOW TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 4400 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 20 TO 23 MPH. TIME (EDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............52 44 38 41 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV............ TEMP................75 78 79 79 RH..................73 65 61 62 20 FT WIND..........NE 11 NE 11 NE 12 NE 13 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 16 18 20 LVORI...............3 1 1 1 ADI.................30 55 56 54 HAINES INDEX........3 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66. MAX HUMIDITY........91 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......MIN 300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 16 TO 21 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).............45 48 48 49 53 63 WEATHER COV......... S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE........NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV............ TEMP................78 75 72 70 68 66 RH..................65 71 78 82 84 90 20 FT WIND..........NE 11 NE 9 NE 8 NE 7 NE 6 NE 8 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 15 15 10 10 15 LVORI...............1 3 3 4 4 5 ADI.................51 47 45 16 14 14 HAINES INDEX........4 4 4 4 4 4 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82. MIN HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR VERY LOW TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 5000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 12 TO 16 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............66 66 64 60 58 59 WEATHER COV.........S CHC CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE........RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV............ CHANCE CHANCE TEMP................68 72 76 80 81 81 RH..................90 81 74 65 60 58 20 FT WIND..........NE 9 NE 6 NE 6 E 6 E 6 E 5 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 10 10 10 10 LVORI...............4 3 3 1 1 1 ADI.................18 22 20 48 35 33 HAINES INDEX........4 4 4 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...LONKA REQUESTED BY...JAMES CHERRY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130620.JASON.01/MHX