948 FNUS71 KBOX 140731 FWSBOX SPOT FORECAST FOR CROWES PASTURE RX...DCR FOREST FIRE CONTROL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 331 AM EDT THU APR 14 2016 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 EDT ON APRIL 14. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... AFTER A FEW CLOUDS EARLY THIS MORNING...EXPECT A MOSTLY SUNNY DAY AND CLEAR NIGHT TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST CAPE WILL INCREASE FROM THE UPPER 30S EARLY TO THE MID 40S BY AFTERNOON. DEWPOINTS WILL BEGIN IN THE UPPER 20S AND THEN GRADUALLY LOWER TO THE LOW 20S. THIS MEANS MIN RH VALUES WILL DROP BETWEEN 45 AND 55 PERCENT. WINDS REMAIN N TO NE TODAY. STARTING MAINLY 5-10 MPH...BUT THEN INCREASING 10-20 MPH WITH GUSTS 25-30 MPH MID DAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45. MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......200-2100 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 21 TO 26 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (3300-48000 KNOT-FT). TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).............25 27 29 26 22 19 13 7 2 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........ TSTM COV............ TEMP................42 43 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 RH..................65 62 60 55 53 49 49 49 49 20 FT WIND DIR......N N N N N N N N NE 20 FT WIND SPD......16 17 18 18 18 20 18 16 15 20 FT WIND GUST.....20 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 MIX HGT (KFT).......0.8 1.1 1.5 1.7 1.9 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 TRANSP WIND DIR.....N N N N N N N N N TRANSP WIND SPD.....24 24 24 25 25 26 26 26 26 LVORI...............3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.................M M M M M M M M M CWR.................0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/1000....16 23 31 37 42 48 48 48 48 .TONIGHT... MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1400 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 20 TO 26 MPH...INCREASING TO AROUND 30 MPH LATE. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (1200-29900 KNOT-FT). TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM MIX HGT (KFT).......1.4 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.5 TRANSP WIND DIR.....N N N N N N N N N N N N TRANSP WIND SPD.....24 22 20 21 21 21 24 26 30 30 30 30 LVORI...............1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 ADI.................M M M M M M M M M M M M VRATE KT-FT/1000....30 14 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 6 9 13 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48. MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 17 TO 23 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......900-2700 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 1500-3100 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 30 TO 33 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO EXCELLENT (23100-67200 KNOT-FT)...INCREASING TO GOOD TO EXCELLENT (41900-91800 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).............3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........ TSTM COV............ TEMP................39 39 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 47 47 46 RH..................64 67 62 57 53 49 45 42 38 38 38 42 20 FT WIND DIR......N N N N N N N N N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD......14 16 17 20 21 22 22 23 23 21 20 17 20 FT WIND GUST.....20 25 30 30 30 30 30 35 35 35 35 35 MIX HGT (KFT).......0.9 1.2 1.6 1.9 2.2 2.5 2.7 2.9 3.1 2.6 2.1 1.5 TRANSP WIND DIR.....N N N N N N N N N N N N TRANSP WIND SPD.....30 30 31 31 31 31 32 33 33 33 32 31 LVORI...............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.................M M M M M M M M M M M M CWR.................0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/1000....23 33 43 51 59 67 75 83 92 75 58 42 $$ FORECASTER...WTB/DOODY REQUESTED BY...AARON WHIDDON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20160414.CROWE.01/BOX