FNUS72 KCAE 011317 FWSCAE SPOT FORECAST FOR CAPS 1 1 11...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 817 AM EST SAT JAN 1 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 EST ON JANUARY 01. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY APPROACH FROM THE WEST TODAY AND MOVE BY LATE SUNDAY. AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL PERSIST THROUGH 10 AM THIS MORNING. LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS EARLY AS 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON WITH INCREASING CHANCES BY LATE AFTERNOON. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND 0.10 INCH DURING THE AFTERNOON. SURFACE WINDS MAY BE SOMEWHAT LIGHT AND VARIABLE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS BUT SHOULD BECOME MORE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH BY LATE AFTERNOON WITH SPEEDS AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH. .TODAY... TIME (EST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............89 88 87 86 86 87 90 93 96 WEATHER COV..........ARS CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY WEATHER TYPE.........FOG RW RW RW RW RW TEMP.................55 59 62 65 67 68 69 69 67 RH...................90 80 75 70 68 65 63 63 68 20 FT WIND DIR.......E E NE N N NE NE E SE 20 FT WIND DIR.......100 080 050 020 010 030 060 100 130 20 FT WIND SPD.......4 4 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST......5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)........1.3 1.7 2.1 2.4 2.6 2.8 2.6 2.2 1.7 TRANSP WIND DIR......SE S S S SW SW S S S TRANSP WIND SPD......10 13 16 17 18 18 17 15 14 .TONIGHT... TIME (EST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)..............99 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV..........LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE.........RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP.................65 61 59 58 57 56 RH...................73 84 90 93 96 100 20 FT WIND...........S 5 S 5 SW 5 W 5 W 5 W 5 20 FT WIND GUST......10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT).........1100 500 400 600 500 500 TRANSPORT WIND.......S 12 S 10 S 10 S 10 S 10 SW 9 .SUNDAY... TIME (EST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)..............100 99 94 89 83 67 WEATHER COV..........LIKELY CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE.........RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP.................55 55 59 63 64 65 RH...................100 100 87 75 67 60 20 FT WIND...........W 5 W 5 W 5 SW 4 SW 4 SW 5 20 FT WIND GUST......10 10 10 5 5 10 MIX HGT (FT).........500 800 1500 2200 2500 2200 TRANSPORT WIND.......SW 8 SW 8 W 9 W 10 W 10 W 12 $$ FORECASTER...CHERRY REQUESTED BY...BARNES TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110101.CAPS1.01/CAE