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Spot Forecast for SGL 251 McMullen HOs...PA Game Commission
National Weather Service State College PA
338 AM EDT Tue Apr 16 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0400 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 TONIGHT...

Sky/Weather.........Clear (0-5 percent).
LAL.................No Tstms.
Min Temperature.....Around 46.
Max Humidity........60 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing Height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport Winds.....North around 5 mph.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................3.

TIME (EDT)          4AM 5AM
Sky (%)...........  2   2
Weather Cov.......
Weather Type......
Tstm Cov..........
LAL...............  1   1
Temp..............  48  47
RH................  58  60
20 FT Wind Dir....  N   N
20 FT Wind Spd....  2   1
20 FT Wind Gust...      2
Mix Hgt (kft).....  0.4 0.4
Transp Wind Dir...  N   N
Transp Wind Spd...  6   6
LVORI.............  3   3
ADI...............  3   3
Haines Index......  4   4

.TODAY...

Sky/Weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
LAL.................No Tstms.
Max Temperature.....Around 74.
Min Humidity........22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing Height.......5300 ft AGL.
Transport Winds.....North 5 mph shifting to the west 5 to 10 mph.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................4 to 29.

TIME (EDT)          6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%)...........  3   4   5   6   8   9   11  12  14  16  18  20
Weather Cov.......
Weather Type......
Tstm Cov..........
LAL...............  1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp..............  47  47  50  54  60  64  66  69  71  72  73  74
RH................  60  60  54  46  39  34  30  27  25  24  23  22
20 FT Wind Dir....  N   NW  N   N   E   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT Wind Spd....  1   1   1   2   2   3   4   4   4   4   4   3
20 FT Wind Gust...  2   2   2           4   5   5   5   5   5   5
Mix Hgt (kft).....  0.4 0.4 0.4 1.2 2.1 2.9 3.6 4.2 4.8 5.1 5.3 5.0
Transp Wind Dir...  N   NW  N   NE  SE  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp Wind Spd...  5   3   3   3   3   5   6   8   8   8   7   7
LVORI.............  3   3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
ADI...............  4   4   4   14  14  14  24  24  24  29  29  29
Haines Index......  4   4   3   3   3   3   3   3   4   4   4   4

.TONIGHT...

Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain after 3 am.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Min Temperature.....Around 51.
Max Humidity........69 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing Height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport Winds.....Southwest 5 mph shifting to the east 5 to 10 mph.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................3 to 5.

TIME (EDT)          6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%)...........  23  25  27  34  40  47  54  61  67  71  75  79
Weather Cov.......                                          SCH SCH
Weather Type......                                          RN  RN
Tstm Cov..........
LAL...............  1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp..............  72  70  64  62  60  58  57  56  55  55  54  53
RH................  25  26  34  39  46  53  57  59  64  64  66  69
20 FT Wind Dir....  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT Wind Spd....  4   4   4   3   2   3   3   3   3   3   4   4
20 FT Wind Gust...  5   5       4       4   4   4   4   4       5
Mix Hgt (kft).....  4.0 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp Wind Dir...  SW  SE  SE  S   SE  SE  E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp Wind Spd...  6   5   7   6   6   6   8   8   8   7   8   8
LVORI.............  2   2   2   2   2   2   3   3   3   3   3   3
ADI...............  3   3   3   3   3   3   4   4   4   5   5   5
Haines Index......  4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4

$$
Forecaster...Steinbugl
Requested by...Joshua McCleester
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2410988.0/CTP
.DELDT 04/16/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jomccleest@pa.gov