FNUS72 KCHS 241155
FWSCHS

SPOT FORECAST FOR EAST MARSH...U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
655 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0730 EST ON FEBRUARY 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST
THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH LATER TODAY...BRINGING PERIODS OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. FOLLOWED BY HIGH PRESSURE FOR THE FIRST
HALF OF THE WEEKEND. CRITICAL RELATIVE HUMIDITIES EXPECTED SATURDAY.
DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE OFFSHORE SUNDAY AND MONDAY WILL LEAD TO INCREASING
HUMIDITY AND SOME SHOWERS. A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHWARD THROUGH THE
AREA ON TUESDAY...WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO AND LIKELY STALLING ACROSS
THE AREA MID TO LATE WEEK.

FOG POTENTIAL FOR TONIGHT...NONE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...
                    MAINLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.
MIN HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25
                    MPH EARLY...INCREASING TO 35 TO 40 MPH BY EARLY
                    EARLY AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4700 FT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH...BECOMING WEST 35 TO 40 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (EST)          7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY COVER...........CLOUDY MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.........                            CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE........NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
TSTM COV............                            CHANCE CHANCE
TEMP................67     70     75     79     80     78
RH..................90     81     74     64     58     56
20 FT WIND..........SW 8   SW 10  SW 12  SW 15  SW 16  W 13
20 FT WIND GUST.....20     25     30     35     40     30
LVORI...............4      3      2      1      1      1

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY...THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44.
MAX HUMIDITY........63 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP
                    TO 25 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
INVERSION/DISPERSION...NONE/EXCELLENT.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.
MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO
                    25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5600 FT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...BERRY
REQUESTED BY...ROB WOOD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120224.EASTM.01/CHS