FNUS72 KCHS 101232 FWSCHS SPOT FORECAST FOR C-123 139...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 732 AM EST TUE FEB 10 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EST ON FEBRUARY 10. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL OVER THE AREA TODAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS AROUND THE WESTERN EDGES OF THE HIGH PRESSURE BROUGHT IN HIGHER DEWPOINTS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO AREAS OF DENSE FOG EARLY THIS MORNING... BUT THE FOG SHOULD DISSIPATE BY LATE MORNING. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTH AND INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY THIS EVENING BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO GO CALM TONIGHT. FOG MAY AGAIN DEVELOP TONIGHT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. PATCHY DENSE FOG EARLY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73. MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT. 20 FT WINDS.........SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......4200 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH. TIME (EST) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY /PERCENT/...51 38 34 33 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............62 68 71 71 RH..............67 59 53 55 20 FT WIND......SW 5 S 6 S 7 S 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 15 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG LATE IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53. MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT. 20 FT WINDS.........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. INVERSION/DISPERSION...6PM-10AM/FAIR $$ FORECASTER...CALDERONE REQUESTED BY...BILL TWOMEY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090210.C1231.01/CHS