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Spot Forecast for SGL 143 Woods...Pennsylvania Game Commission
National Weather Service State College PA
406 AM EDT Tue Apr 16 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EDT on April 16.

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


.DISCUSSION...
Sunny to partly cloudy and pleasantly warm today with low
humidity and light wind. Clouds will increase tonight with
periods of light rain on Wednesday.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/Weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
LAL.................No Tstms.
Max Temperature.....Around 70.
Min Humidity........26 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing Height.......4700 ft AGL.
Transport Winds.....Southeast 5 mph shifting to the northwest
                    5 to 10 mph late in the morning, then shifting
                    to the north late in the afternoon.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................20 to 24.

TIME (EDT)          9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%)...........  8   8   8   9   9   10  12  14  16
Weather Cov.......
Weather Type......
Tstm Cov..........
LAL...............  1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp..............  48  55  59  62  65  66  67  69  70
RH................  56  45  39  35  31  30  29  27  26
20 FT Wind Dir....  E   E   SE  W   NW  NW  NW  N   N
20 FT Wind Spd....  2   2   2   3   4   4   4   4   4
20 FT Wind Gust...              4   5   5   5   5   5
Mix Hgt (kft).....  0.9 2.4 3.5 3.9 4.4 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.2
Transp Wind Dir...  E   SE  W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  N
Transp Wind Spd...  5   6   6   6   6   8   8   7   7
LVORI.............  3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
ADI...............  20  20  20  24  24  24  24  24  24
Haines Index......  3   3   3   3   3   4   4   4   4

.TONIGHT...

Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain after 3 am. Chance of rain after 3 am.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Min Temperature.....Around 47.
Max Humidity........65 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northeast 5 to 10 mph in
                    the evening, then shifting to the east overnight.
Mixing Height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport Winds.....Northeast 7 to 12 mph shifting to the east 10
                    to 15 mph in the late evening and overnight.
Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................5 to 13.

TIME (EDT)          6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%)...........  18  20  22  29  36  43  50  57  65  69  74  78
Weather Cov.......                                      SCH CHC CHC
Weather Type......                                      RN  RN  RN
Tstm Cov..........
LAL...............  1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp..............  67  62  56  53  52  50  49  49  48  49  48  48
RH................  30  36  47  50  52  54  56  58  60  61  63  65
20 FT Wind Dir....  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT Wind Spd....  4   5   5   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   7   7
20 FT Wind Gust...  5   7   7   7   7   7   8   10  10  10  10  11
Mix Hgt (kft).....  3.2 1.0 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6
Transp Wind Dir...  N   NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   SE
Transp Wind Spd...  7   9   10  12  10  10  13  13  13  13  13  15
LVORI.............  2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   3
ADI...............  5   5   5   7   7   7   11  11  11  13  13  13
Haines Index......  4   4   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/Weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Rain through the day.
                    Slight chance of thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
Max Temperature.....Around 64.
Min Humidity........63 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph
                    late in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing Height.......1500 ft AGL.
Transport Winds.....Southeast 10 to 20 mph.
Haines Index........3 to 5 or very low to moderate potential for
                    large plume dominated fire growth.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................16 to 34.

TIME (EDT)          6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%)...........  83  88  92  93  95  96  97  99  100 100 100 100
Weather Cov.......  CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
Weather Type......  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN
Tstm Cov..........                                              SCH
Temp..............  50  50  51  52  54  56  57  59  61  62  62  63
RH................  63  68  71  80  83  83  86  83  84  81  78  75
20 FT Wind Dir....  E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT Wind Spd....  7   7   8   7   7   8   8   9   9   10  10  10
20 FT Wind Gust...  10  11  12  11  13  14  14  14  16  16  17  17
Mix Hgt (kft).....  0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 1.0 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
Transp Wind Dir...  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SE  SE
Transp Wind Spd...  14  13  15  16  17  16  17  17  18  20  20  21
LVORI.............  2   3   3   3   4   4   4   4   4   3   3   3
ADI...............  16  16  16  19  19  19  30  30  30  34  34  34
Haines Index......  5   5   4   4   4   4   4   4   3   3   3   3

$$
Forecaster...Steinbugl
Requested by...Josh Mitchell
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2410964.0/CTP
.DELDT 04/16/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL joshmitche@pa.gov