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Spot Forecast for Slate Lick RX...U.S. Forest Service
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
933 AM EST Wed Feb 19 2020

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EST on February 19.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

A cold front has pushed east of the area. Skies are clearing out
rapidly behind the front with mostly sunny skies by afternoon.

A strong area of high pressure will begin building over the
region tonight into Thursday morning, bringing dry and chillier
conditions. However, low pressure will track across the southern
United States Thursday and off the Carolina coast Thursday night.
The northern edge of its precipitation shield may reach central
Virginia and southern Maryland.

High pressure will return Friday into the weekend. Temperatures
will moderate this weekend as this high moves offshore.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (45-55 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 49.
Min humidity........29 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 6 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......4700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 14 to 22 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (25800 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (79700 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EST)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........65     39     64     51
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
CWR.............0      0      0      0
TEMP............43     47     49     47
RH..............41     32     29     30
20 FT WIND......N 6    NW 8   NW 8   NW 6
20 FT WIND GUST.12     14     14     12
MIX HGT (FT)....1600   2900   4300   4600
MIXNG WIND......NW 18  NW 21  NW 21  NW 17
VRATE KT-FT/100026     53     77     68

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (65-75 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 30.
Max humidity........66 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 5 mph early in the
                    evening becoming light.
Mixing height.......200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 2 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (16300 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (500 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (EST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........21     17     22     19     38     77
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
TEMP............42     38     35     33     31     32
RH..............37     44     52     56     61     61
20 FT WIND......NW 5   NW 4   NW 3   N 2    NE 2   E 2
20 FT WIND GUST.8      6      5
MIX HGT (FT)....1800   300    600    400    300    300
MIXNG WIND......NW 10  NW 8   NW 8   NW 5   N 2    N 2
VRATE KT-FT/100016     2      4      2      1      1

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent).
CWR.................10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 40.
Min humidity........41 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......3500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 1 to 3 mph shifting to the west around 2
                    mph early in the afternoon, then shifting to
                    the northeast 2 to 3 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (700 knot-ft).

TIME (EST)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
SKY (%).........85        88        88        85
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
CWR.............0         0         10        10
TEMP............31        34        37        39
RH..............66        58        52        48
20 FT WIND......NE 1G2    NE 2      N 2G4     N 3G4
MIX HGT (FT)....200       1300      3100      2900
MIXNG WIND......NE 3      N 2       W 2       N 2
VRATE KT-FT/10001         3         6         6

$$
Forecaster...Martin
Requested by...Brent Foltz
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 02/19/20
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