FNUS72 KCAE 221239
FWSCAE

SPOT FORECAST FOR SRS...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
739 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 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. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW 30
PERCENT BY NOON AND RECOVER TO 30 PERCENT OR HIGHER BY 6 PM.
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED TO BE 23
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 (%)..............44  42  40  38  37  34  29  23  17
WEATHER COV..........
WEATHER TYPE.........
TEMP.................28  33  38  41  44  46  47  47  45
RH...................48  39  32  30  27  25  24  25  27
20 FT WIND DIR.......N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW
20 FT WIND DIR.......010 000 000 350 350 340 340 330 330
20 FT WIND SPD.......9   9   8   8   8   7   7   6   6
20 FT WIND GUST......15  15  15  14  14  14  12  11  10
MIX HGT (KFT)........1.6 2.0 2.4 3.0 3.2 3.8 3.9 3.4 2.8
TRANSP WIND DIR......NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   N   N   NW
TRANSP WIND SPD......16  16  16  15  13  13  11  10  8

.TONIGHT...
TIME (EST)          6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%)..............11     8      8      8      9      12
WEATHER COV..........
WEATHER TYPE.........NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP.................41     34     30     28     26     25
RH...................32     44     54     62     67     70
20 FT WIND...........NW 4   NW 2   NW 2   W 1    W 1    W 1
20 FT WIND GUST......5      5      5
MIX HGT (FT).........1400   400    100    200    200    100
TRANSPORT WIND.......NW 8   NW 6   NW 6   W 5    W 5    NW 5

.SUNDAY...
TIME (EST)          6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%)..............16     17     18     19     21     27
WEATHER COV..........
WEATHER TYPE.........NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP.................24     25     37     47     53     55
RH...................70     67     42     29     25     24
20 FT WIND...........W 1    W 1    W 2    W 3    W 3    SW 2
20 FT WIND GUST......              5      5      5      5
MIX HGT (FT).........500    1300   2100   2900   3600   3400
TRANSPORT WIND.......NW 5   NW 5   NW 6   NW 7   W 7    SW 6

$$
FORECASTER...PROUD
REQUESTED BY...JAMIE ATKINS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110122.SRS__.01/CAE