FNUS72 KCAE 121221 FWSCAE SPOT FORECAST FOR LC 320...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 721 AM EST SAT MAR 12 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EST ON MARCH 12. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. FAIR WEATHER IS EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND...THEN A WEAK FRONT WILL SLOWLY SLIP SOUTHWARD TOWARD THE REGION ON SUNDAY. TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE FROM WEST SOUTHWEST THIS MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE FROM 8 MPH THIS MORNING TO AROUND 18 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO BOTTOM OUT IN THE MIDDLE 20S THIS AFTERNOON BETWEEN 2 PM AND 5 PM. SURFACE WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY AND PEAK AROUND 10 TO 12 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 15 AND 18 MPH. .TODAY... TIME (EST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE......... TEMP.................54 59 63 67 69 70 71 70 RH...................41 35 31 28 27 26 27 28 20 FT WIND DIR.......W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND DIR.......250 240 240 240 240 240 240 240 20 FT WIND SPD.......5 5 6 7 7 8 8 7 20 FT WIND GUST......10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)........2.6 3.0 3.4 3.8 3.9 4.0 4.1 2.9 TRANSP WIND DIR......W W SW SW SW SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD......10 13 14 16 16 17 17 15 .TONIGHT... TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%)..............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 6 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE......... TEMP.................67 63 59 56 54 52 51 49 48 47 47 46 RH...................32 37 44 49 52 58 61 65 68 72 73 76 20 FT WIND DIR.......SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W 20 FT WIND DIR.......230 230 230 240 240 240 250 250 250 250 250 250 20 FT WIND SPD.......6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 2 20 FT WIND GUST......15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)........1.7 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 TRANSP WIND DIR......SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W TRANSP WIND SPD......13 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 7 6 .SUNDAY... TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............10 12 13 15 17 19 21 22 22 23 24 25 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE......... TEMP.................44 44 49 55 61 65 68 71 73 74 75 74 RH...................85 86 75 59 50 45 40 37 35 34 33 35 20 FT WIND DIR.......W W W W W W W W W W W W 20 FT WIND DIR.......260 260 260 260 260 260 260 260 260 260 260 250 20 FT WIND SPD.......2 2 3 3 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 20 FT WIND GUST......5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)........0.2 0.2 1.1 1.9 2.7 3.4 4.1 4.8 4.9 5.0 5.0 3.6 TRANSP WIND DIR......W W W W W W W W W W W W TRANSP WIND SPD......6 6 7 8 9 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 $$ FORECASTER...VAUGHAN REQUESTED BY...BILL HAMMOND TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110312.LC320.01/CAE