FNUS72 KCAE 051118 FWSCAE SPOT FORECAST FOR CSNWR RX 04 05...US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 718 AM EDT SUN APR 5 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EDT ON APRIL 05. .DISCUSSION... EXPECT INCREASING HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS TODAY. EXPECT LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS THIS MORNING...BECOMING SW TO S AND INCREASING SOME DURING THE DAY. INCREASING ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WILL LEAD TO SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ACROSS YOUR AREA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...WITH PRECIPITATION ENDING. EXPECT WINDY CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP MONDAY...WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS CONTINUING MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. EXPECT STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION...WITH DRIER AIR ALSO ENTERING THE REGION...BEHIND THE COLD FRONT MONDAY. DESPITE DRIER AIR...IT APPEARS THAT DUE TO RELATIVELY COOL TEMPS...RH VALUES MONDAY SHOULD REMAIN HIGH ENOUGH TO THWART RED FLAG CONCERNS. BY TUESDAY...RH VALUES COULD DROP TO 20 TO 25 PERCENT...BUT THE WIND MAY NOT BE AS STRONG AS MONDAY. SO...AT THIS TIME...NO FIRE WEATHER WATCHES ANTICIPATED...BUT FIRE WEATHER INTERESTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR. .TODAY... TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........20 20 25 40 50 55 60 65 70 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............57 63 69 72 75 77 78 78 78 RH..............72 58 47 41 36 33 32 32 33 20 FT WIND DIR..SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW 20 FT WIND DIR..210 200 190 190 200 200 200 200 200 20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 5 6 6 7 8 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 1.4 2.1 2.9 3.7 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1 TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S S S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.6 8 9 12 13 15 17 18 20 .TONIGHT... TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........80 88 95 100 100 100 WEATHER COV..... LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............76 72 67 64 65 64 RH..............37 49 65 81 84 87 20 FT WIND......S 7 S 6 S 7 S 8 S 8 S 9 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 20 MIX HGT (FT)....4800 4000 2900 1900 1200 1000 TRANSPORT WIND..S 21 S 23 S 23 S 22 S 21 S 22 .MONDAY... TIME (EDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).........98 89 63 51 WEATHER COV.....LIKELY CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE TEMP............63 64 67 67 RH..............87 87 70 50 20 FT WIND......S 9G20 SW 10G25 SW 14G30 W 15G35 MIX HGT (FT)....1100 1800 3000 4400 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 23 SW 28 W 33 W 38 $$ FORECASTER...MILLER REQUESTED BY...MARK PARKER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090405.CSNWR.01/CAE