FNUS72 KCAE 091140
FWSCAE

SPOT FORECAST FOR COMP 86...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
640 AM EST SUN JAN 9 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0945 EST ON JANUARY 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
VERY DRY AIRMASS MOVING INTO THE AREA TODAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY SHOULD
FALL BELOW 25 PERCENT BY 12 PM. LOWEST RH AROUND 18 PERCENT AROUND 3 PM.


.TODAY...
TIME (EST)          9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%)..............29  35  48  60  66  66  70  77  85
WEATHER COV..........
WEATHER TYPE.........
TEMP.................28  31  34  37  39  40  41  41  40
RH...................44  37  32  26  23  21  19  19  21
20 FT WIND DIR.......NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E
20 FT WIND DIR.......060 060 060 060 060 060 060 070 070
20 FT WIND SPD.......5   5   5   5   5   5   4   4   3
20 FT WIND GUST......10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  5
MIX HGT (KFT)........2.4 3.0 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.3 2.8
TRANSP WIND DIR......NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E
TRANSP WIND SPD......20  18  17  16  15  14  14  13  12

.TONIGHT...
TIME (EST)          6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%)..............92     97     100    100    100    100
WEATHER COV..........              S CHC  S CHC  DEFNTE DEFNTE
WEATHER TYPE.........NONE   NONE   SNOW   SNOW   SNOW   SNOW
TEMP.................38     35     33     32     32     30
RH...................23     30     38     43     49     60
20 FT WIND...........NE 2   E 2    E 3    E 3    NE 5   NE 6
20 FT WIND GUST......5      5      5      5      10     15
MIX HGT (FT).........2300   1700   1500   1300   1300   1300
TRANSPORT WIND.......E 10   E 13   E 17   E 17   E 18   NE 22

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FORECASTER...MORRISON
REQUESTED BY...MARK FRIZZELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110109.COMP8.01/CAE