FNUS72 KCHS 091451
FWSCHS

SPOT FORECAST FOR SAR PILES...U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
951 AM EST FRI JAN 9 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EST ON JANUARY 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...NEAR CRITICAL HUMIDITY TODAY...

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN TODAY AND MOVE OFF THE
COAST ON SATURDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST SATURDAY
NIGHT AND PASS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL AGAIN
DOMINATE THE WEATHER EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
20 FT WINDS.........NORTH 6 MPH BECOMING EAST-NORTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 10 MPH...BECOMING EAST AROUND 6 MPH LATE.

TIME (EST)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY ............CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR
TEMP............51     55     59     58
RH..............42     30     26     29
20 FT WIND......NE 5   NE 5   E 5    E 4
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10            5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 39.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
20 FT WINDS.........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
INVERSION/DISPERSION...6PM-10AM/POOR

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
20 FT WINDS.........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH 6 TO
                    9 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 3 MPH...INCREASING TO SOUTH 15 MPH IN THE LATE
                     MORNING.

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FORECASTER...LAMB
REQUESTED BY...JAN TRIPP
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090109.SARPI.01/CHS