FNUS72 KCAE 221210 FWSCAE SPOT FORECAST FOR SRS COMP 26...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 710 AM EST SAT JAN 22 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 EST ON JANUARY 22. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CROSS THE BURN AREA TODAY AS A WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES NORTHWARD OFFSHORE OF THE CAROLINAS. THIS WILL RESULT IN NORTHEAST TRANSPORT WINDS THIS MORNING SLOWLY BACKING TO NORTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE LOW MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW 30 PERCENT BY 11 AM AND RECOVER TO 30 PERCENT OR HIGHER AROUND 6 PM THIS EVENING. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES THIS AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED TO BE 20 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHTS TONIGHT WILL DROP TO 200 FEET OR LOWER AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN ALLOWING AN INVERSION TO DEVELOP. .TODAY... TIME (EST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............46 44 42 41 40 37 31 24 18 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE......... TEMP.................28 33 38 41 44 46 47 47 45 RH...................41 34 29 27 24 23 22 23 25 20 FT WIND DIR.......N N N N N N NW NW NW 20 FT WIND DIR.......010 000 000 350 340 340 330 330 320 20 FT WIND SPD.......7 8 8 7 7 6 5 5 4 20 FT WIND GUST......12 12 12 11 11 10 10 10 5 MIX HGT (KFT)........1.6 2.0 2.5 2.8 3.1 3.4 3.5 3.1 2.4 TRANSP WIND DIR......NE NE NE N N N N N NW TRANSP WIND SPD......14 14 13 12 12 11 10 10 8 .TONIGHT... TIME (EST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)..............12 8 8 8 9 13 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE.........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP.................41 34 30 27 26 24 RH...................30 41 51 60 62 68 20 FT WIND...........NW 3 NW 2 NW 2 NW 1 NW 1 W 1 20 FT WIND GUST......5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT).........1600 500 200 200 200 100 TRANSPORT WIND.......NW 7 NW 6 NW 6 NW 6 NW 5 NW 5 .SUNDAY... TIME (EST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)..............17 19 21 23 26 32 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE.........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP.................23 24 36 46 52 54 RH...................71 68 42 29 24 23 20 FT WIND...........W 1 W 1 W 2 SW 3 SW 3 SW 2 20 FT WIND GUST...... 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT).........500 1300 2100 2800 3500 3400 TRANSPORT WIND.......N 5 NW 6 NW 6 W 7 W 7 SW 6 $$ FORECASTER...PROUD REQUESTED BY...MARK FRIZZELL TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110122.SRSCO.02/CAE