FNUS72 KCHS 171244
FWSCHS

SPOT FORECAST FOR C-175...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
844 AM EDT WED AUG 17 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON AUGUST 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY.
THE SEA BREEZE SHOULD MOVE THROUGH DURING THE MID-AFTERNOON...WITH
WINDS SHIFTING SOUTHEAST IN ITS WAKE.

FOG POTENTIAL FOR TONIGHT...MODERATE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 89.
MIN HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT.
20 FT WINDS.........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5
                    TO 9 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 12 MPH.

TIME (EDT)          10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY COVER...........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.........
WEATHER TYPE........NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TSTM COV............
TEMP................79     86     89     89
RH..................74     59     54     56
20 FT WIND..........E 5    E 6    E 6    SE 8
20 FT WIND GUST.....6      8      9      12

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG LATE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
20 FT WINDS.........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
INVERSION/DISPERSION...8PM-9AM/VERY POOR

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A
                    20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90.
MIN HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT.
20 FT WINDS.........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO
                    8 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 MPH.

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FORECASTER...QUAGLIARIELLO
REQUESTED BY...JOSEPH BENTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110817.C175_.01/CHS