000 FNUS51 KCTP 091014 FWFCTP FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 514 AM EST MON NOV 9 2009 .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE LOCATED OFF THE EAST COAST THIS MORNING WILL PROVIDE ANOTHER PLEASANT FALL DAY ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. ABUNDANT SUNSHINE AND A LIGHT SOUTHWEST BREEZE WILL YIELD HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S...WHICH IS ALMOST 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. MID AND HIGH CLOUDS WILL THICKEN UP TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...AS HURRICANE IDA MAKES LANDFALL IN THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO AND PUSHES A PLUME OF TROPICAL MOISTURE UP THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN CHAIN. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL ALSO DRIFT SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY...AND COULD BRING A FEW SPRINKLES TO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. THE LONE CHANCE FOR RAIN DURING THE NEXT 6 DAYS WILL OCCUR LATE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND WILL BE CONFINED MAINLY TO THE TO THE SOUTHEASTERN THIRD OF THE STATE...AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IDA LINK UP WITH THE TAIL END OF A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY NEAR THE CAROLINA COAST. PAZ004-005-092130- WARREN-MCKEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD 514 AM EST MON NOV 9 2009 TODAY TONIGHT TUE CLOUD COVER PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY PRECIP TYPE NONE NONE SHOWERS CHANCE PRECIP (%) 0 0 40 TEMP (24H TREND) 67 (-1) 41 (-7) 56 RH % (24H TREND) 43 (+7) 97 (-3) 49 20FTWND-VAL/AM(MPH) S 6 NE 5 20FTWND-RDG/PM(MPH) SW 8 LGT/VAR NE 8 PRECIP AMOUNT 0.00 0.00 0.05 PRECIP DURATION 2 PRECIP BEGIN 7 AM PRECIP END CONTINUING MIXING HGT(FT-AGL/MSL) 2010 350 2800 TRANSPORT WND (KTS) SW 15 W 7 NE 12 VENT RATE (KT-FT) 31170 1820 30120 DISPERSION 5 1 5 DSI 1 0 1 LAL NO TSTMS NO TSTMS NO TSTMS HAINES INDEX 4 4 4 RH RECOVERY EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .VETERANS DAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 30. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .THURSDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .THURSDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 40. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 40. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. $$ PAZ006-010-011-017-092130- POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-CLEARFIELD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COUDERSPORT...ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY... EMPORIUM...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD 514 AM EST MON NOV 9 2009 TODAY TONIGHT TUE CLOUD COVER PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY PRECIP TYPE NONE NONE SHOWERS CHANCE PRECIP (%) 0 0 20 TEMP (24H TREND) 69 (+1) 41 (-3) 57 RH % (24H TREND) 39 (+5) 96 (+1) 49 20FTWND-VAL/AM(MPH) LGT/VAR NE 5 20FTWND-RDG/PM(MPH) SW 8 G17 LGT/VAR NE 6 PRECIP AMOUNT 0.00 0.00 0.02 PRECIP DURATION 1 PRECIP BEGIN 7 AM PRECIP END CONTINUING MIXING HGT(FT-AGL/MSL) 2340 260 3060 TRANSPORT WND (KTS) SW 13 N 7 NE 9 VENT RATE (KT-FT) 38910 580 30190 DISPERSION 5 1 5 DSI 1 0 1 LAL NO TSTMS NO TSTMS NO TSTMS HAINES INDEX 4 4 4 RH RECOVERY EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .VETERANS DAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 30. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 40. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. $$ PAZ024-033-092130- CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSTOWN...SOMERSET 514 AM EST MON NOV 9 2009 TODAY TONIGHT TUE CLOUD COVER MCLEAR PCLDY MCLDY PRECIP TYPE NONE NONE SHOWERS CHANCE PRECIP (%) 0 0 20 TEMP (24H TREND) 71 (+2) 44 (-6) 57 RH % (24H TREND) 29 (-1) 81 (-4) 50 20FTWND-VAL/AM(MPH) SW 5 LGT/VAR 20FTWND-RDG/PM(MPH) SW 7 LGT/VAR LGT/VAR PRECIP AMOUNT 0.00 0.00 0.01 PRECIP DURATION 1 PRECIP BEGIN 12 PM PRECIP END CONTINUING MIXING HGT(FT-AGL/MSL) 2350 170 3520 TRANSPORT WND (KTS) W 10 NW 4 NE 3 VENT RATE (KT-FT) 26750 600 17000 DISPERSION 5 1 5 DSI 1 0 1 LAL NO TSTMS NO TSTMS NO TSTMS HAINES INDEX 4 4 4 RH RECOVERY EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. .VETERANS DAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .FRIDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .SATURDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. $$ PAZ019-025>028-034-035-092130- SOUTHERN CENTRE-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-BEDFORD-FULTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATE COLLEGE...ALTOONA...HUNTINGDON... MOUNT UNION...LEWISTOWN...MIFFLINTOWN...BEDFORD...MCCONNELLSBURG 514 AM EST MON NOV 9 2009 TODAY TONIGHT TUE CLOUD COVER MCLEAR PCLDY MCLDY PRECIP TYPE NONE NONE SHOWERS CHANCE PRECIP (%) 0 0 20 TEMP (24H TREND) 71 (+2) 45 (+3) 60 RH % (24H TREND) 35 (+3) 94 (-6) 45 20FTWND-VAL/AM(MPH) LGT/VAR LGT/VAR 20FTWND-RDG/PM(MPH) SW 5 LGT/VAR LGT/VAR PRECIP AMOUNT 0.00 0.00 0.01 PRECIP DURATION 1 PRECIP BEGIN 7 AM PRECIP END CONTINUING MIXING HGT(FT-AGL/MSL) 2250 160 3110 TRANSPORT WND (KTS) SW 9 NW 6 NE 5 VENT RATE (KT-FT) 22870 840 23800 DISPERSION 5 1 5 DSI 1 0 1 LAL NO TSTMS NO TSTMS NO TSTMS HAINES INDEX 4 4 4 RH RECOVERY EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. .VETERANS DAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .THURSDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .FRIDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. $$ PAZ012-018-037-041-042-092130- NORTHERN CLINTON-NORTHERN CENTRE-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RENOVO...PHILIPSBURG...MANSFIELD... WELLSBORO...TROUT RUN...LAPORTE 514 AM EST MON NOV 9 2009 TODAY TONIGHT TUE CLOUD COVER PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY PRECIP TYPE NONE NONE SHOWERS CHANCE PRECIP (%) 0 0 20 TEMP (24H TREND) 68 (+1) 42 (+3) 56 RH % (24H TREND) 38 (+10) 95 (-4) 48 20FTWND-VAL/AM(MPH) LGT/VAR LGT/VAR 20FTWND-RDG/PM(MPH) SW 8 G17 LGT/VAR NE 6 PRECIP AMOUNT 0.00 0.00 0.01 PRECIP DURATION 1 PRECIP BEGIN 7 AM PRECIP END CONTINUING MIXING HGT(FT-AGL/MSL) 2440 290 3090 TRANSPORT WND (KTS) SW 13 W 6 NE 10 VENT RATE (KT-FT) 43910 690 32960 DISPERSION 5 1 5 DSI 1 0 1 LAL NO TSTMS NO TSTMS NO TSTMS HAINES INDEX 4 4 4 RH RECOVERY EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .VETERANS DAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .FRIDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .SATURDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. $$ PAZ045-046-049>053-058-092130- SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-SCHUYLKILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOCK HAVEN...WILLIAMSPORT...LEWISBURG... SELINSGROVE...DANVILLE...SUNBURY...SHAMOKIN...BLOOMSBURG... BERWICK...POTTSVILLE 514 AM EST MON NOV 9 2009 TODAY TONIGHT TUE CLOUD COVER MCLEAR PCLDY MCLDY PRECIP TYPE NONE NONE SHOWERS CHANCE PRECIP (%) 0 0 20 TEMP (24H TREND) 68 (0) 44 (+4) 60 RH % (24H TREND) 43 (+11) 96 (-4) 49 20FTWND-VAL/AM(MPH) LGT/VAR LGT/VAR 20FTWND-RDG/PM(MPH) S 6 LGT/VAR NE 5 PRECIP AMOUNT 0.00 0.00 0.01 PRECIP DURATION 1 PRECIP BEGIN 7 AM PRECIP END CONTINUING MIXING HGT(FT-AGL/MSL) 1880 240 3140 TRANSPORT WND (KTS) SW 10 W 3 NE 9 VENT RATE (KT-FT) 21250 320 29040 DISPERSION 5 1 5 DSI 1 0 1 LAL NO TSTMS NO TSTMS NO TSTMS HAINES INDEX 4 4 4 RH RECOVERY EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .VETERANS DAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. .THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .FRIDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 40. WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. $$ PAZ036-056-057-059-063>066-092130- FRANKLIN-PERRY-DAUPHIN-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMBERSBURG...NEWPORT...HARRISBURG... HERSHEY...LEBANON...CARLISLE...GETTYSBURG...YORK...LANCASTER 514 AM EST MON NOV 9 2009 TODAY TONIGHT TUE CLOUD COVER MCLEAR PCLDY MCLDY PRECIP TYPE NONE NONE SHOWERS CHANCE PRECIP (%) 0 0 20 TEMP (24H TREND) 70 (+2) 44 (+4) 62 RH % (24H TREND) 39 (+7) 96 (-4) 49 20FTWND-VAL/AM(MPH) LGT/VAR LGT/VAR 20FTWND-RDG/PM(MPH) S 5 LGT/VAR LGT/VAR PRECIP AMOUNT 0.00 0.00 0.02 PRECIP DURATION 1 PRECIP BEGIN 7 AM PRECIP END CONTINUING MIXING HGT(FT-AGL/MSL) 1810 130 3050 TRANSPORT WND (KTS) S 9 S 5 N 6 VENT RATE (KT-FT) 17420 520 22160 DISPERSION 5 1 5 DSI 1 0 1 LAL NO TSTMS NO TSTMS NO TSTMS HAINES INDEX 4 4 4 RH RECOVERY EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .TUESDAY NIGHT...CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. .VETERANS DAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .THURSDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. .THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .FRIDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 60. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 40. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 60. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. $$ .OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS... TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL. PRECIPITATION NEAR NORMAL. $$