Bridge Day 2010 Weather Forecast PREDICTION FOR: BRIDGE DAY – 10/16/2010 NEW RIVER GORGE NEAR FAYETTEVILLE, WV

DATE: For 10/16/2010 SIGNED: Simone Lewis, NOAA/NWS Meteorologist

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WEATHER DISCUSSION:

High pressure will begin to build into the region from the west late Friday night behind a departing low pressure system. This will lead to overall dry and sunny conditions for Saturday, outside of a few rag tag clouds lingering through mid morning, which are not expected to cause any disruption to aviation or Bridge Day operations in general. As the high builds into the region, expecting northwest flow aligned with the gorge, blowing from downriver to upriver throughout the day. Winds will blow rather steady in the morning, but become gusty by early afternoon with daytime heating. In general, by early afternoon sustained northwest winds will range between 12-14mph with gusts in the upper teens. An occasional gust in the lower 20s during the afternoon hours cannot be ruled out. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

WEATHER FORECAST:

TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10AM 11AM 12PM 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM

BRIDGE LEVEL WIND NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW DIR. / SPEED in mph 8 9 9G12 11G14 12G16 12G16 14G19 14G19 14G18

RIVER LEVEL WIND NNW NNW NNW NNW NNW NNW NNW NNW NNW DIR. / SPEED in mph 4 4 4 5 5G7 5G7 5G7 4G7 3G7

SKY COVER(%)………. 40 40 35 20 20 20 15 15 10

WEATHER..................... --------------- NONE ------------------------------------------------------

TEMPERATURE............ 39 41 45 49 54 56 58 59 60

REL. HUMIDITY(%)…… 84 78 64 53 48 45 42 40 40