575 FNUS71 KBTV 151248 FWSBTV Spot Forecast for Old Job...Federal or State Agency National Weather Service Burlington VT 848 AM EDT Fri Apr 15 2022 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EDT on April 15. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. Please contact our office at (802) 658-0207, if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION... Gusty southwest winds will develop by mid-morning with sustained wind speeds of 12 to 18 mph and maximum wind gusts up to 35 mph mainly occurring between 1 PM and 7 PM. Otherwise, a very dry day is expected with plenty of sunshine this morning and minimum relative humidity values dropping into the 20-30% range. Clouds will begin increasing late this afternoon with chances for rain increasing towards daybreak on Saturday. At this time, rain is expected to begin across central/southern Vermont around 8 AM Saturday and then continuing through the day. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent). Chance of pcpn......10 percent. Begin/end of pcpn... Max temperature.....Around 60. Min humidity........25 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds 13 to 17 mph. Gusts up to 31 mph increasing to 35 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......9300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 17 to 23 mph increasing to 28 to 35 mph late in the morning. Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (EDT) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM Sky (%).........4 7 16 21 50 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 10 Temp............45 51 55 59 59 RH..............53 37 30 26 28 20 ft wind......W 13 W 15 W 15 SW 16 W 17 20 ft wind gust.22 28 31 32 35 Mix hgt (ft)....2900 7200 8600 8700 7600 Transport wind..W 17 W 28 W 31 W 33 SW 32 Haines index....4 5 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Chance of pcpn......10 percent. Begin/end of pcpn... Min temperature.....Around 43. Max humidity........76 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10 to 18 mph increasing to 13 to 20 mph overnight. Gusts up to 30 mph early in the evening. Mixing height.......300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 17 to 25 mph shifting to the west 14 to 15 mph. Haines Index........3 to 5 or very low to moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........61 61 48 33 18 66 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 Temp............58 53 50 47 47 45 RH..............30 39 50 56 56 62 20 ft wind......SW 13 S 10 S 16 SW 20 SW 18 SW 15 20 ft wind gust.30 15 23 26 26 23 Mix hgt (ft)....5200 300 300 300 300 600 Transport wind..SW 25 S 12 S 15 SW 18 SW 17 W 15 Haines index....5 5 5 5 4 3 .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Chance of rain showers early in the morning, then rain showers likely in the late morning and early afternoon. Rain showers late in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......80 percent. Begin/end of pcpn... Max temperature.....Around 46. Min humidity........62 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 12 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......1600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 10 to 14 mph. Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky (%).........80 83 88 92 92 90 Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY DEFNTE Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).30 50 60 70 70 80 Temp............44 44 44 45 46 45 RH..............70 73 79 79 76 76 20 ft wind......W 12 W 9 W 7 W 5 W 5 W 6 20 ft wind gust.21 20 20 17 16 20 Mix hgt (ft)....1000 1500 1500 1500 1300 1000 Transport wind..W 14 W 13 W 13 SW 12 SW 10 W 13 Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 3 $$ Forecaster...Lahiff Requested by...NECC Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2209229.0/BTV .DELDT 04/15/22 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL keith.sargent@usda.gov,nhnecc@firenet.gov