FNUS72 KCAE 171214 FWSCAE SPOT FORECAST FOR CRACKERNECK...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 814 AM EDT WED JUN 17 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON JUNE 17. .DISCUSSION...A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY SOUTH OF THE AREA WILL STALL TODAY AND THEN GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH THURSDAY. DRIER AIR AND WARMING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS WEEK. WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG LATE TONIGHT/EARLY THURSDAY MORNING DOES NOT APPEAR LIKELY AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...LOCALIZED REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ANY AREAS WHERE SIGNIFICANT RAIN FALLS LATER TODAY OR THIS EVENING. WINDS LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING COULD BE VARIABLE AND GUSTY NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS. SURFACE AND TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. .TODAY... TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........49 48 48 49 49 50 51 52 WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............81 85 87 88 89 91 91 91 RH..............68 63 59 60 57 54 54 54 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E SE SE 20 FT WIND DIR..090 090 090 070 070 090 130 150 20 FT WIND SPD..4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.5 3.6 4.1 4.6 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.3 TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E SE SE SE TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 .TONIGHT... TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........53 55 57 59 61 56 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE TEMP............89 85 79 75 73 71 RH..............57 65 80 90 98 96 20 FT WIND......SE 2 SE 2 SE 1 SE 0 SW 0 W 0 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 MIX HGT (FT)....4300 2300 1300 700 700 600 TRANSPORT WIND..S 7 S 7 S 6 S 3 S 2 S 2 .THURSDAY... TIME (EDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).........49 43 42 41 WEATHER COV..... S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR TEMP............70 79 91 95 RH..............100 81 54 47 20 FT WIND......NW 0 N 1 N 2G5 NW 3G5 MIX HGT (FT)....500 1300 3900 5400 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 2 SW 3 W 6 NW 8 $$ FORECASTER...VAUGHAN/MILLER REQUESTED BY...DEMAS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090617.CRACK.01/CAE