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Spot Forecast for Warden Crew Wildfire Burn operations raining...PA DCNR
National Weather Service State College PA
946 PM EDT Fri Oct 9 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 EDT on October 10.

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


.DISCUSSION...
Patchy early morning valley fog is possible, dissipating by 9 AM
Sat. Winds will start off light and variable between 6 AM and 9
AM Sat. By 10 AM, winds should become E and then SE by 11 AM with
speeds of 5-10 mph and gusts to 15 mph. Skies will be overcast
with a high deck of clouds that gradually lowers and thickens
through the day. RH will start near 90 percent in the morning and
drop into the mid 40s pct during peak afternoon heating. Rain is
expected to hold off until after 2 AM Sunday.


.SATURDAY...

Sky/Weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent).
Max Temperature.....Around 69.
Min Humidity........45 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds becoming southeast around 6 mph.

TIME (EDT)          6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%)...........  60  60  60  62  64  66  68  70  72  72  71  71
Weather Cov.......
Weather Type......
Tstm Cov..........
Temp..............  41  41  42  47  54  61  65  69  69  69  69  69
RH................  89  89  89  86  74  60  50  45  45  45  47  49
Surface wnd dir...  E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Surface wnd spd...  1   1   3   3   4   5   6   6   6   6   6   6
Surface wnd gst...  2   2   6   6   8   10  13  13  13  13  13  13

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

Sky/Weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain after 3 am. Chance of rain after 3 am.
Min Temperature.....Around 51.
Max Humidity........83 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Southeast winds around 6 mph with gusts to
                    around 20 mph in the evening becoming light,
                    then becoming southeast around 6 mph with gusts
                    to around 20 mph overnight becoming light
                    becoming southeast 6 to 8 mph with gusts to
                    around 22 mph after 3 am.

TIME (EDT)          6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%)...........  71  70  70  70  70  70  70  70  70  75  80  85
Weather Cov.......                                      SCH CHC CHC
Weather Type......                                      RN  RN  RN
Tstm Cov..........
Temp..............  67  62  58  57  56  55  55  55  54  53  53  53
RH................  54  62  72  72  72  72  72  72  74  77  80  83
Surface wnd dir...  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Surface wnd spd...  6   6   6   6   6   5   6   5   5   6   8   8
Surface wnd gst...  13  13  17  18  20  20  20  18  20  21  22  22

$$
Forecaster...Colbert
Requested by...Jay Lindemuth Fire Forester
Type of request...OTHER
.TAG 2623504.0/CTP
.DELDT 10/09/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jalindemut@pa.gov