FNUS72 KCAE 121131 FWSCAE SPOT FORECAST FOR SRS COMP 16...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 631 AM EST SAT MAR 12 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 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 THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE DAY. 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 INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY AND PEAK AROUND 10 TO 12 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 15 AND 18 MPH. .TODAY... TIME (EST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE......... TEMP.................44 52 58 62 66 69 70 71 69 RH...................57 45 38 32 29 27 27 27 29 20 FT WIND DIR.......W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND DIR.......250 250 240 240 240 240 240 240 240 20 FT WIND SPD.......3 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 6 20 FT WIND GUST......5 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)........1.9 2.6 3.1 3.5 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 3.0 TRANSP WIND DIR......W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD......8 10 13 15 17 17 18 18 16 .TONIGHT... TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%)..............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE......... TEMP.................67 62 57 54 51 50 48 46 45 44 44 42 RH...................34 41 48 55 60 67 71 76 80 86 87 91 20 FT WIND DIR.......SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W 20 FT WIND DIR.......230 230 230 240 240 240 240 240 250 250 250 250 20 FT WIND SPD.......6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 20 FT WIND GUST......10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 MIX HGT (KFT)........1.8 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 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 7 6 .SUNDAY... TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............6 8 9 11 13 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE......... TEMP.................40 40 45 53 59 64 68 72 74 75 76 75 RH...................98 100 85 67 53 46 40 37 34 33 32 34 20 FT WIND DIR.......W W W W W W W W W W W W 20 FT WIND DIR.......250 260 260 260 260 260 260 260 260 250 250 250 20 FT WIND SPD.......3 3 3 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST......5 5 5 10 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...MARK FRIZZELL TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110312.SRSCO.01/CAE