FNUS72 KCAE 091144 FWSCAE SPOT FORECAST FOR CSNWR RX 03 09 2011...CAROLINA SANDHILLS NWR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 644 AM EST WED MAR 9 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EST ON MARCH 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE CANADIAN MARITIMES WILL CONTINUE TO RIDGE INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY BEGIN TO WEAKEN THIS AFTERNOON. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY. BEHIND THE FRONT DRYING WILL OCCUR THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. THE RAIN WILL BE SLOW TO ARRIVE UP IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THERE COULD BE A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS FROM LATER THIS MORNING UNTIL THE EARLY AFTERNOON... THE BEST CHANCE FOR A WETTING RAIN WILL BE AFTER 3 PM. THE RAIN CHANCES WILL END EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IT WILL ALSO BECOME BREEZY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE WINDS SHIFT FROM NORTHEAST AND EAST TO SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 20 MPH. .TODAY... TIME (EST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV..........SCH SCH SCH SCH LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY WEATHER TYPE.........RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP.................50 54 57 59 60 62 63 63 62 RH...................72 64 60 60 60 57 58 60 63 20 FT WIND DIR.......E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND DIR.......080 080 090 120 130 130 130 130 130 20 FT WIND SPD.......6 6 7 7 7 8 8 9 9 20 FT WIND GUST......15 15 15 15 15 15 15 20 20 MIX HGT (KFT)........1.4 1.8 2.1 2.5 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.0 TRANSP WIND DIR......E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE TRANSP WIND SPD......12 14 16 20 22 22 21 21 21 .TONIGHT... TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%)..............100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV..........LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF WEATHER TYPE.........RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP.................61 61 60 60 59 59 59 58 58 58 58 57 RH...................64 67 71 75 77 81 84 89 90 93 94 96 20 FT WIND DIR.......SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND DIR.......130 130 140 150 150 160 170 170 180 180 180 190 20 FT WIND SPD.......10 10 10 10 11 11 12 12 11 11 10 10 20 FT WIND GUST......20 20 20 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 20 20 MIX HGT (KFT)........1.6 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 TRANSP WIND DIR......SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD......21 21 20 20 18 17 17 16 16 16 17 18 $$ FORECASTER...VAUGHAN REQUESTED BY...MARK PARKER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110309.CSNWR.01/CAE