FNUS72 KFFC 210948 FWSFFC SPOT FORECAST FOR DRY SLOUGH...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 548 AM EDT WED MAR 21 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON MARCH 21. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... THERE ARE STILL INDICATIONS THAT SOME LOW CLOUDS CURRENTLY FORMING EARLY THIS MORNING OVER THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS MAY SPREAD WESTWARD TOWARD SUNRISE. IF THESE LOW CLOUDS MAKE IT INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA THEY WOULD LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY TO MID MORNING HOURS BEFORE GIVING WAY TO SCATTERED CUMULUS CLOUDS BY LATE MORNING. WE STILL EXPECT A HEALTHY LAYER OF HIGH CLOUDS TO SPREAD EASTWARD INTO THE AREA LATER TODAY. CURRENT FORECAST INDICATES 4 TO 5 FOR LVORI EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. AS FOR WIND GUSTS...STILL THINKING SOUTH EXPOSURE AND SOUTHEAST WINDS COULD RESULT IN FREQUENT GUSTS OF 10 TO 15 MPH THIS MORNING WITH GUSTS 15 TO 25 MPH BY MIDDAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. STILL EXPECTING MAIN STORM SYSTEM TO REMAIN WELL WEST OF THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY SO THE CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION WILL BE 10 PERCENT OR LESS AT THE FIRE SITE. SYNOPSIS...SOUTHEAST LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL BRING INCREASING MOISTURE TO NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH THURSDAY. ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA. BY FRIDAY AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL BRING INCREASING CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION TO ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT THIS MORNING...50-60 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81. MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH THIS MORNING...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......0 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6000 FT AGL THIS AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 7 TO 12 MPH THIS MORNING...INCREASING TO 20 TO 23 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....INCREASING TO 90-110 LATE IN THE MORNING THROUGH MIDDAY...THEN DECREASING TO 75-90 IN THE AFTERNOON. LVORI...............3. TIME (EDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........30 45 50 60 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............72 77 81 80 RH..............55 44 36 38 20 FT WIND......SE 8 SE 10 SE 14 SE 12 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 25 20 DISPERSION IDX..100 90 75 85 LVORI...........2 1 1 1 CWR.............0 0 10 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60. MAX HUMIDITY........97 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 0-200 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 12 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO 8 TO 12 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING. DISPERSION INDEX....65 DECREASING TO 4. LVORI...............4. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78. MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING...8 TO 15 MPH AFTERNOON. CWR.................10 PERCENT EARLY...INCREASING TO 30 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......0 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4000-5000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 8 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH BY AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....INCREASING TO 60-70 BY LATE MORNING THEN DECREASING TO 50-60 IN THE AFTERNOON. LVORI...............3. $$ FORECASTER...SENA REQUESTED BY...JEFFREY SCHARDT TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120321.DRYSL.03/FFC