FNUS72 KCAE 201500 FWSCAE SPOT FORECAST FOR C 32...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1000 AM EST FRI JAN 20 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1045 EST ON JANUARY 20. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A FRONT WILL BE STALLED JUST NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. MORE PREDOMINATE SOUTH WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH WILL OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MAINLY SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH WITH OCCUR TONIGHT. THE NEARNESS OF THE FRONT WILL HELP SUPPORT SCATTERED SHOWERS. THE RAIN COULD OCCUR AT ANY TIME...BUT WE EXPECT ANY SHOWERS WILL BE MAINLY LIGHT AND OF SHORT DURATION. THE CLOUDINESS AND LIGHT WIND WILL LIMIT DISPERSION. MIXING HEIGHTS WILL LIKELY STAY BELOW 2000 FEET THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. HEIGHTS WILL LIKELY BE AROUND 2800 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS WILL LIKEY BE 10 MPH OR LESS. FOG IS NOT EXPECTED OUTSIDE OF RAIN. .TODAY... TIME (EST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............100 100 100 99 99 100 100 100 WEATHER COV..........SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE.........RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP.................48 52 56 60 62 62 62 61 RH...................63 52 47 39 39 39 41 44 20 FT WIND DIR.......SE SE SE S S S S S 20 FT WIND DIR.......130 130 130 160 170 180 190 190 20 FT WIND SPD.......2 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST......4 5 5 7 7 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)........0.3 0.6 1.0 1.5 2.1 2.8 2.7 2.2 TRANSP WIND DIR......S S S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD......4 5 6 8 9 10 10 7 LVORI................3 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 .TONIGHT... TIME (EST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)..............100 100 100 100 92 92 WEATHER COV..........CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE.........RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP.................59 56 54 52 52 52 RH...................51 62 66 77 80 82 20 FT WIND...........S 4 S 5 S 5 S 6 S 6 S 5 20 FT WIND GUST......10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT).........1600 500 400 300 300 300 TRANSPORT WIND.......S 9 S 6 S 7 S 9 S 9 S 9 LVORI................2 3 3 3 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...LINTON REQUESTED BY...AMANDA DISMAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120120.C32__.01/CAE