FNUS72 KCAE 071259
FWSCAE

SPOT FORECAST FOR SRS CAPS...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
759 AM EST SAT JAN 7 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 EST ON JANUARY 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SURFACE WINDS WILL BE STRONGER TODAY THAN WHAT
WAS EXPERIENCED YESTERDAY...WITH WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 10 AND 15
MPH BEING POSSIBLE.  SOME GUSTS TO 20 MPH MAY BE ENCOUNTERED
DURING THE AFTERNOON.  TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE BETWEEN 15 AND 22
MPH.  BOTH SURFACE AND TRANSPORT WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE OUT OF
THE SOUTHWEST.  LOWEST RH VALUES WILL FALL TO AROUND 40 PERCENT
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

.TODAY...
TIME (EST)          9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%)..............56  55  55  56  56  56  55  54  53
WEATHER COV..........
WEATHER TYPE.........
TEMP.................45  52  58  63  67  70  71  71  69
RH...................89  77  64  55  49  44  42  42  47
20 FT WIND DIR.......SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT WIND DIR.......240 240 250 260 260 260 260 250 250
20 FT WIND SPD.......4   5   5   6   7   8   8   8   7
20 FT WIND GUST......5   10  10  15  15  15  15  15  15
MIX HGT (KFT)........0.3 0.8 1.8 3.0 4.0 4.4 4.5 4.0 2.8
TRANSP WIND DIR......W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
TRANSP WIND SPD......17  17  17  16  17  21  22  20  16
LVORI................M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M

.TONIGHT...
TIME (EST)          6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%)..............52     63     58     57     62     78
WEATHER COV..........
WEATHER TYPE.........NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP.................64     58     55     52     51     49
RH...................58     75     83     89     89     96
20 FT WIND...........W 6    W 3    W 3    W 2    W 2    W 2
20 FT WIND GUST......10     5      5      5             5
MIX HGT (FT).........1400   BLW100 300    200    200    200
TRANSPORT WIND.......SW 14  SW 5   SW 2   W 12   W 12   SW 8
LVORI................M      M      M      M      M      M

.SUNDAY...
TIME (EST)          6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%)..............84     86     85     78     78     83
WEATHER COV..........S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE.........RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP.................48     49     55     61     64     65
RH...................96     89     74     62     58     58
20 FT WIND...........W 1    W 1    S 2    S 2    SW 4   SW 4
20 FT WIND GUST......              5      5      5      5
MIX HGT (FT).........100    400    1100   2800   3400   2900
TRANSPORT WIND.......SW 9   SW 8   S 3    S 6    S 7    W 6
LVORI................M      M      M      M      M      M

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FORECASTER...LISCINSKY
REQUESTED BY...MARK FRIZZELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120107.SRSCA.01/CAE