FNUS72 KCHS 261247
FWSCHS

SPOT FORECAST FOR C-20...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
847 AM EDT TUE APR 26 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1930 EDT ON APRIL 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL THROUGH WEDNESDAY. TROPICAL MOISTURE
WILL CONTINUE TO FEED INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHEAST TODAY BRINGING
AN ENHANCED RISK FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MOST OF THE
AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY LINGERING INTO EARLY EVENING.

FOG POTENTIAL FOR TONIGHT...MODERATE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE
                    OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84.
MIN HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT.
20 FT WINDS.........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING SOUTHEAST 8
                    TO 13 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH.

TIME (EDT)          10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY COVER...........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.........CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE........RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP................76     81     83     83
RH..................82     67     59     59
20 FT WIND..........S 4    S 8    S 10   SE 12
20 FT WIND GUST.....10     15     20     22

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE
                    OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING. PATCHY TO AREAS OF FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
20 FT WINDS.........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING.
INVERSION/DISPERSION...7PM-9AM/FAIR

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY
                    IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 87.
MIN HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT.
20 FT WINDS.........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING...BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25
                    MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 30 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BRIGHT
REQUESTED BY...JOSEPH BENTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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