FNUS72 KCAE 281122 FWSCAE SPOT FORECAST FOR COMPT 307 308 309...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 722 AM EDT WED MAR 28 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 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 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 FOG OR STRATUS CLOUDS DEVELOPING AFTER MID NIGHT. .TODAY... TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............95 95 80 60 51 46 45 41 37 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE......... TEMP.................56 60 64 69 72 75 77 78 78 RH...................76 72 65 55 53 46 42 39 40 20 FT WIND DIR.......S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND DIR.......200 210 220 220 230 230 230 230 230 20 FT WIND SPD.......4 5 6 6 6 7 8 9 9 20 FT WIND GUST......5 10 10 15 15 15 20 20 20 MIX HGT (KFT)........0.4 0.7 1.2 2.2 3.5 3.9 4.0 4.0 3.6 TRANSP WIND DIR......S S SW SW W W W W W TRANSP WIND SPD......8 10 15 18 20 21 21 18 17 LVORI................4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 .TONIGHT... TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%)..............34 30 28 28 27 26 25 24 24 25 26 27 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE......... TEMP.................78 76 73 71 68 66 64 63 62 60 60 59 RH...................39 43 46 49 57 61 65 70 72 78 77 79 20 FT WIND DIR.......SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W 20 FT WIND DIR.......230 220 220 220 230 230 230 240 240 240 250 250 20 FT WIND SPD.......7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 20 FT WIND GUST......15 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 0.1 0.1 0.1 TRANSP WIND DIR......W W W W W W W W W W W W TRANSP WIND SPD......15 13 10 9 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 LVORI................1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 .THURSDAY... TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............29 30 31 30 29 28 27 25 24 23 22 20 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE......... TEMP.................58 57 58 63 69 75 78 81 84 85 86 87 RH...................82 85 83 72 61 50 43 38 32 30 28 26 20 FT WIND DIR.......W W W W W W W W W W W W 20 FT WIND DIR.......250 250 250 250 260 270 270 270 270 270 270 260 20 FT WIND SPD.......3 3 3 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 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 4.1 5.2 5.9 6.3 5.9 TRANSP WIND DIR......W W W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW TRANSP WIND SPD......7 7 8 10 13 15 16 18 18 18 17 15 LVORI................5 6 5 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 $$ FORECASTER...NAGLIC REQUESTED BY...BILL HAMMOND TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120328.COMPT.01/CAE