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Spot Forecast for SGL 311...PA Game Commission
National Weather Service State College PA
426 AM EDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EDT on March 27.

If conditions become unrepresentative, or if you have questions or
concerns with this forecast, contact the National Weather Service
in State College.


.DISCUSSION...
A few showers will cross the area through this evening as a front crosses
the area. Cooler and drier air overspreads the area tonight and Thursday,
with min humidity dropping into the mid 30s Thursday afternoon.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/Weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain early in the afternoon. Chance of rain
                    late in the afternoon, then slight chance of
                    rain late in the afternoon.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Max Temperature.....Around 60.
Min Humidity........57 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 6 mph shifting to the
                    southwest 7 to 8 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing Height.......4600 ft AGL.
Transport Winds.....South 10 to 17 mph shifting to the southwest 17
                    to 22 mph in the afternoon.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................11 early in the morning increasing to 65 in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)          8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%)...........  77  70  67  64  61  59  57  61  63  63
Weather Cov.......                      SCH SCH SCH CHC SCH
Weather Type......                      RN  RN  RN  RN  RN
Tstm Cov..........
LAL...............  1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp..............  44  47  49  51  54  57  59  59  59  59
RH................  93  89  83  80  74  67  62  62  62  57
20 FT Wind Dir....  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW
20 FT Wind Spd....  5   6   6   6   7   7   7   8   7   7
20 FT Wind Gust...  8   8   10  11  11  12  13  13  13  12
Mix Hgt (kft).....  0.7 1.2 1.5 2.0 3.0 3.7 4.3 4.6 4.1 3.7
Transp Wind Dir...  S   S   S   S   S   SW  S   SW  SW  SW
Transp Wind Spd...  10  13  14  15  17  21  22  22  20  17
LVORI.............  5   4   3   3   3   1   1   1   1   1
ADI...............  11  29  29  29  63  63  63  65  65  65
Haines Index......  3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3

.TONIGHT...

Sky/Weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain early in the evening.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Min Temperature.....Around 33.
Max Humidity........86 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 6 mph shifting to the northwest
                    around 5 mph late in the evening, then becoming
                    light overnight.
Mixing Height.......900 ft AGL.
Transport Winds.....West 12 to 16 mph shifting to the northwest 8
                    to 12 mph in the late evening and overnight.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................8 to 22.

TIME (EDT)          6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%)...........  63  66  67  69  70  70  68  64  65  63  62  59
Weather Cov.......  SCH SCH
Weather Type......  RN  RN
Tstm Cov..........
LAL...............  1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp..............  56  52  49  47  46  44  42  41  39  38  36  35
RH................  64  74  80  79  79  82  86  82  85  85  85  85
20 FT Wind Dir....  SW  W   W   W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT Wind Spd....  6   6   6   6   5   5   5   5   4   4   4   4
20 FT Wind Gust...  11  10  10  8   8   8   7   7   7   7   7   7
Mix Hgt (kft).....  3.1 1.8 1.6 1.6 0.9 1.4 1.3 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.2
Transp Wind Dir...  SW  W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp Wind Spd...  16  14  12  12  9   9   8   9   12  12  12  9
LVORI.............  2   3   4   4   4   4   5   4   4   4   4   4
ADI...............  22  22  22  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8
Haines Index......  3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3

.THURSDAY...

Sky/Weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent).
LAL.................No Tstms.
Max Temperature.....Around 50.
Min Humidity........36 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 8 mph.
Mixing Height.......5600 ft AGL.
Transport Winds.....Northwest 9 to 17 mph.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................17 to 55.

TIME (EDT)          6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%)...........  56  56  61  57  49  42  43  43  43  38  34  29
Weather Cov.......
Weather Type......
Tstm Cov..........
LAL...............  1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp..............  34  34  33  35  38  40  43  46  48  49  49  49
RH................  85  82  85  75  64  59  51  45  40  37  36  36
20 FT Wind Dir....  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT Wind Spd....  5   5   5   5   6   6   6   7   7   8   8   8
20 FT Wind Gust...  6   7   7   8   10  10  10  11  11  11  12  12
Mix Hgt (kft).....  1.2 1.2 1.4 1.9 2.7 3.0 3.6 4.2 4.8 5.0 5.3 5.6
Transp Wind Dir...  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W
Transp Wind Spd...  9   9   10  9   10  10  12  13  14  15  16  17
LVORI.............  4   4   4   3   2   2   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI...............  17  17  17  25  25  25  41  41  41  55  55  55
Haines Index......  3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3

$$
Forecaster...DeVoir
Requested by...Eric Erdman
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2408498.0/CTP
.DELDT 03/27/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL eerdman@pa.gov


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