FNUS72 KFFC 201126 FWSFFC SPOT FORECAST FOR 130 134 146...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 726 AM EDT SUN MAR 20 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON MARCH 20. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A WEAK COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED TO NEAR A ROME TO ATLANTA TO DUBLIN LINE THIS MORNING...AND WILL CONTINUE PUSHING WEST AND SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. BEHIND THE FRONT... COOL HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD FROM THE EAST...RESULTING IN AN EAST WIND AROUND 8 TO 10 MPH AROUND THE BURN AREA BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. LOW CLOUDS (AROUND 1500 TO 2500 FEET) ARE ALREADY ON THE INCREASE OVER THE BURN AREA THIS MORNING. EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE AS THE COOL EASTERLY SURFACE WINDS GET OVERRUN BY A MOIST SOUTHERLY MID LEVEL WIND. MAY SEE A FEW BRIEF PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING OR IN THE AFTERNOON...BUT NOTHING SIGNIFICANT OR TOO WETTING. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-76 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. TEMPERATURE.........61 AT IGNITION...MAX 70. RH..................76 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 51 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE EAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. CWR.................20 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3500 FT AGL AT IGNITION. OTHERWISE 3500-5200 FT AGL MID MORNING THRU AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 5 MPH INCREASING TO EAST-SOUTHEAST 18 TO 21 MPH IN THE MORNING. TIME (EDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........54 68 76 76 WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............61 67 70 70 RH..............76 62 56 52 20 FT WIND......E 8 E 9 E 9 E 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 CWR.............20 20 20 20 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 47. RH..................MAX 96 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING THEN BECOMING LIGHT. CWR.................20 PERCENT DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING HEIGHT.......5200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 0-300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 18 MPH DECREASING TO 2 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........76 75 75 75 71 71 WEATHER COV.....S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............70 63 58 55 53 51 RH..............52 64 75 80 83 86 20 FT WIND......E 8 E 8 E 6 E 5 SE 3 SE 2 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 10 5 5 CWR.............20 10 10 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...DARBE REQUESTED BY...TIM KOLNIK TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110320.13013.01/FFC