FNUS72 KCAE 281144 FWSCAE SPOT FORECAST FOR C-1236...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 744 AM EDT WED MAR 28 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 EDT ON MARCH 28. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE JUST OFFSHORE WITH ONSHORE FLOW EARLY THIS MORNING WILL KEEP LOW CLOUDS OVER THE AREA WHICH WILL INHIBIT THE LIFTING OF THE MIXING HEIGHT. ONCE THE CLOUDS BURN OFF BY MID TO LATE MORNING A RAPID INCREASE IN THE MIXING HEIGHT WILL OCCUR. SMOKE MAY HOVER IN LOWER ELEVATIONS SUCH AS CREEK BEDS OR VALLIES UNTIL THE SUN BREAKS OUT AND THE BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS MIX DOWN LATER IN THE MORNING. EXPECT AN INVERSION TO SETUP AFTER SUNSET WITH POSSIBLE STRATUS CLOUDS DEVELOPING AFTER MID NIGHT. .TODAY... TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............95 95 76 57 50 46 44 40 36 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE......... TEMP.................54 58 63 67 70 73 75 77 77 RH...................74 75 62 56 53 51 46 43 42 20 FT WIND DIR.......S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND DIR.......220 230 230 230 230 230 230 230 230 20 FT WIND SPD.......5 6 7 8 9 10 10 11 11 20 FT WIND GUST......10 10 15 15 20 20 25 25 25 MIX HGT (KFT)........0.4 0.7 1.2 2.3 3.3 4.1 3.8 3.6 3.2 TRANSP WIND DIR......S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD......5 10 15 20 22 23 22 21 18 .TONIGHT... TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%)..............31 27 25 26 27 28 30 31 32 32 32 31 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE......... TEMP.................77 74 72 69 66 65 63 62 60 59 59 58 RH...................42 44 49 55 63 65 70 72 78 80 78 80 20 FT WIND DIR.......SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND DIR.......230 220 220 220 230 230 230 230 230 240 240 240 20 FT WIND SPD.......10 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 20 FT WIND GUST......20 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)........3.0 2.5 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 TRANSP WIND DIR......SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W W TRANSP WIND SPD......15 13 10 9 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 .THURSDAY... TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............31 31 31 30 28 26 24 23 21 19 17 15 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE......... TEMP.................57 56 57 62 68 74 77 80 83 84 85 86 RH...................83 86 83 72 61 50 43 38 32 29 27 25 20 FT WIND DIR.......SW W W W W W W W W W W W 20 FT WIND DIR.......240 250 250 260 270 280 280 270 270 270 280 280 20 FT WIND SPD.......3 3 3 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 20 FT WIND GUST......5 5 5 5 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)........0.1 0.1 0.5 0.7 1.1 1.7 2.8 4.0 5.0 5.7 6.0 5.7 TRANSP WIND DIR......W W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW TRANSP WIND SPD......7 7 8 10 13 16 18 20 21 20 18 16 $$ FORECASTER...NAGLIC REQUESTED BY...MARCUS BEASLEY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120328.C1236.01/CAE