656  
FNUS71 KBTV 161953  
FWSBTV  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR RAGGED WINDOW RX...USFS-GMNF  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT  
353 PM EDT WED APR 16 2025  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1600 EDT ON APRIL 16.  
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
 
 
RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON WITH  
DECREASING CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. WE ARE  
ANTICIPATING ABOUT 0.01-0.05 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION THIS  
AFTERNOON/EVENING. TOMORROW WILL FEATURE INCREASING SUNSHINE AND  
NO FORECAST PRECIPITATION AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. RELATIVE  
HUMIDITIES TONIGHT WILL REACH AS HIGH AS 65-75% THEN FALL TOMORROW  
TO ABOUT 25-35%. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE WEST TO NORTHWEST AT  
6-12 MILES PER HOUR AND POTENTIAL GUSTS AROUND 20-25 MILES PER  
HOUR. GUSTS WILL LIKELY BE PEAKING AROUND 2 TO 6 PM, COINCIDING  
WITH TIMING OF THE LOWEST VALUES OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY. RELATIVE  
HUMIDITIES ARE ANTICIPATED TO RECOVER TO ABOUT 60-70% OVERNIGHT  
THURSDAY NIGHT NO FORECAST PRECIPITATION OVER 0.05 INCHES IS  
ANTICIPATED FOLLOWING THE PRESCRIBED BURN THROUGH SATURDAY, THOUGH  
THERE COULD BE SOME LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS LATE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.  
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS  
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN CHANCE OF SNOW  
SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.  
BEGIN/END OF PCPN...  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 39.  
MIN HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND  
26 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......4700 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 31 TO 32 MPH.  
 
TIME (EDT) 4 PM  
SKY (%).........90  
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE  
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).30  
CHC OF THDR (%).0  
TEMP............39  
RH..............57  
20 FT WIND......W 14  
20 FT WIND GUST.26  
MIX HGT (FT)....4700  
TRANSPORT WIND..W 32  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SNOW  
SHOWERS IN THE EVENING, THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
SNOW SHOWERS LATE IN THE EVENING.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.  
BEGIN/END OF PCPN...  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 29.  
MAX HUMIDITY........72 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN  
THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......1300 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 20 TO 28 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 16  
TO 18 MPH OVERNIGHT.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM  
SKY (%).........92 87 81 71 63 60  
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE  
WEATHER TYPE....SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR NONE NONE NONE  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 10 10 10  
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............38 36 35 34 33 31  
RH..............59 64 69 72 69 72  
20 FT WIND......W 14 W 12 W 10 W 9 W 8 W 8  
20 FT WIND GUST.25 24 22 20 20 18  
MIX HGT (FT)....3000 1700 1700 1700 1600 2000  
TRANSPORT WIND..W 28 NW 22 NW 21 NW 21 W 18 W 18  
   
THURSDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.  
BEGIN/END OF PCPN...  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.  
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5300 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 17 TO 26 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 28  
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM  
SKY (%).........61 62 40 21 12 9  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0  
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............31 32 36 41 46 48  
RH..............72 66 54 42 32 27  
20 FT WIND......W 8 W 10 W 12 W 12 W 12 NW 12  
20 FT WIND GUST.18 20 20 21 21 22  
MIX HGT (FT)....1900 2300 3300 4700 5200 5300  
TRANSPORT WIND..W 17 W 17 NW 23 NW 25 NW 25 NW 28  
 

 
FORECASTER...STORM  
REQUESTED BY...RYAN HUGHES  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
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