FNUS72 KCAE 311048 FWSCAE SPOT FORECAST FOR CSNWR RX 03 31...US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 648 AM EDT TUE MAR 31 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EDT ON MARCH 31. .DISCUSSION... NOTE YOUR 600 AM RELATIVE HUMIDITY APPEARS TOO LOW. YOUR DEW POINT WOULD HAVE TO BE 22 DEGREES. HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE TODAY. MORE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN MOISTURE TONIGHT AHEAD OF APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL HANG UP IN THE MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. FAIR DISPERSION EXPECTED TONIGHT. .TODAY... TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........43 45 47 49 51 52 56 65 73 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............49 56 62 66 69 72 72 72 72 RH..............70 59 50 43 37 33 33 33 34 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E E E E 20 FT WIND DIR..070 080 080 090 100 110 110 110 110 20 FT WIND SPD..2 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.2 1.8 2.4 2.9 3.4 3.8 4.1 4.3 4.6 TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE TRANSP WIND SPD.12 12 12 13 14 15 14 13 12 .TONIGHT... TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........82 95 97 98 100 100 WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC S CHC WIDSPD WIDSPD WEATHER TYPE....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............70 65 60 58 58 55 RH..............38 46 58 62 64 74 20 FT WIND......E 5 E 5 E 6 E 6 SE 6 E 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)....3900 1200 900 600 500 400 TRANSPORT WIND..SE 12 SE 13 S 14 S 14 S 14 S 14 .WEDNESDAY... TIME (EDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).........100 99 93 89 WEATHER COV.....WIDSPD DEFNTE DEFNTE LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............54 57 63 66 RH..............77 77 72 65 20 FT WIND......E 6G15 E 5G10 NE 4G10 N 5G10 MIX HGT (FT)....500 700 1900 2500 TRANSPORT WIND..S 14 SW 14 W 16 W 10 $$ FORECASTER...PETROLITO REQUESTED BY...MARK PARKER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090331.CSNWR.01/CAE