FNUS72 KCAE 151130 FWSCAE SPOT FORECAST FOR COMP 85...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 630 AM EST SAT JAN 15 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1045 EST ON JANUARY 15. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. A DRY COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS THIS MORNING...BUT WINDS SHOULD BECOME MORE SOUTHWEST BY LATE MORNING AND REMAIN SO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO 6 TO 7 MPH BY NOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY AND BOTTOM OUT NEAR 30 PERCENT DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. .TODAY... TIME (EST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............18 15 12 11 10 8 6 4 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE......... TEMP.................34 40 46 50 53 54 54 52 RH...................56 44 37 31 29 28 30 33 20 FT WIND DIR.......SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W 20 FT WIND DIR.......230 230 240 240 240 240 240 250 20 FT WIND SPD.......2 3 5 6 6 7 5 3 20 FT WIND GUST......5 5 6 10 10 10 7 5 MIX HGT (KFT)........1.9 2.2 2.6 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.0 TRANSP WIND DIR......W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD......7 8 8 9 10 10 9 8 .TONIGHT... TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%)..............2 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 5 8 12 15 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE......... TEMP.................47 43 40 38 36 35 33 32 32 31 30 29 RH...................40 49 62 67 72 75 82 81 81 85 88 88 20 FT WIND DIR.......SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND DIR.......240 230 230 230 240 240 240 240 240 240 240 240 20 FT WIND SPD.......2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 20 FT WIND GUST......5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)........1.3 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 TRANSP WIND DIR......SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W TRANSP WIND SPD......7 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 .SUNDAY... TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............18 19 19 18 18 18 18 18 20 23 26 29 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE......... TEMP.................29 28 29 34 39 44 48 52 54 55 55 53 RH...................88 92 92 82 70 60 51 48 43 43 43 48 20 FT WIND DIR.......SW SW SW W W W W W W W W NW 20 FT WIND DIR.......240 240 240 250 260 260 270 280 270 270 260 300 20 FT WIND SPD.......3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 20 FT WIND GUST......5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)........0.4 0.4 0.9 1.3 1.7 2.0 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 1.8 TRANSP WIND DIR......W W W W W W W W SW SW S S TRANSP WIND SPD......7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 3 2 $$ FORECASTER...VAUGHAN REQUESTED BY...MARK FRIZZELL TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110115.COMP8.01/CAE