FNUS72 KCAE 132314 FWSCAE SPOT FORECAST FOR RCW4...DOI/NPS/CONG NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 714 PM EDT WED APR 13 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON APRIL 14. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDING INTO THE AREA WILL RESULT IN WINDS BECOMING LIGHT TONIGHT. THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN DRY AND FOG SHOULD BE LIMITED...EXCEPT VERY NEAR ANY WATER AREAS THE COOLING AND LIGHT WIND WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SHALLOW GROUND FOG BETWEEN 500 AM AND 900 AM. AS THE PRESSURE RIDGE SHIFTS EASTWARD THURSDAY...WINDS WILL VEER FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST. VERY EARLY IN THE DAY...BEFORE 1100 AM... EXPECT VARIABILITY WITH THE WIND BECAUSE OF THE WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT. AFTER 1100 AM...EXPECT A MORE CONSISTENT EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH. A CONTINUED LIGHT SOUTHEAST FLOW THURSDAY NIGHT SHOULD RESULT IN A FURTHER INCREASE IN LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE. BELIEVE FOG WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF FRIDAY. LVORI FORECAST...4 EARLY TONIGHT AND 6 TOWARD SUNRISE THURSDAY. EXPECT HIGHER LVORI VALUES DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS FRIDAY. .TONIGHT... TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%)..............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE......... TEMP.................75 75 69 63 59 55 56 55 53 52 51 50 RH...................28 29 39 51 57 72 71 70 75 77 77 80 20 FT WIND DIR.......NW NW NW NW NW N N NE NE NE NE NE 20 FT WIND DIR.......300 300 300 310 330 000 020 050 060 060 050 050 20 FT WIND SPD.......2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 20 FT WIND GUST......5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)........3.7 2.5 1.5 1.1 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 TRANSP WIND DIR......NW NW W NW NW N NE NE E E NE NE TRANSP WIND SPD......12 10 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 .THURSDAY... TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............0 0 0 2 4 7 9 11 12 14 17 19 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE......... TEMP.................50 49 50 56 62 68 71 74 76 78 79 79 RH...................81 83 80 64 50 40 36 32 30 29 28 29 20 FT WIND DIR.......NE NE NE NE E E E SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND DIR.......040 040 040 050 070 090 110 130 140 140 140 130 20 FT WIND SPD.......2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST......3 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 6 7 8 6 MIX HGT (KFT)........0.6 0.8 1.0 1.8 2.5 3.2 4.0 4.6 5.1 5.6 5.7 5.4 TRANSP WIND DIR......NE NE NE NE E E E SE SE SE SE SE TRANSP WIND SPD......3 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 6 7 8 6 .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. FOG LIKELY IN THE MORNING. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SATURDAY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 50. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. $$ FORECASTER...LINTON REQUESTED BY...JOHN FRY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110414.RCW4_.01/CAE