FNUS72 KCAE 291112 FWSCAE SPOT FORECAST FOR CSNWR RX 03 29 2013...US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 712 AM EDT THU MAR 29 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EDT ON MARCH 29. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTH TODAY. THE FRONT WILL STALL IN THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. MIXING FROM THIS FRONT WILL INHIBIT FOG DEVELOPMENT THIS MORNING. LOWEST AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE AROUND 30 PERCENT NEAR 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TODAY WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CROSSING THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WILL DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET. WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES TODAY MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE AROUND 25 PERCENT. FOG IS NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT. MAXIMUM MIXING HEIGHTS WILL BE BETWEEN 6 AND 7 THOUSAND FEET FROM 2 PM THROUGH 6 PM. .TODAY... TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............23 22 21 20 19 19 20 22 24 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE......... TEMP.................63 68 74 78 81 82 84 85 84 RH...................70 61 51 43 39 37 31 30 31 20 FT WIND DIR.......W W W W NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND DIR.......260 280 290 290 300 300 300 300 300 20 FT WIND SPD.......5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 20 FT WIND GUST......10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)........0.8 1.3 2.0 3.2 4.5 5.7 6.5 6.8 6.5 TRANSP WIND DIR......W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW TRANSP WIND SPD......9 10 12 13 13 14 14 14 13 LVORI................3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 .TONIGHT... TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)..............27 30 32 32 31 33 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE.........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP.................83 77 69 64 61 58 RH...................32 35 45 54 58 62 20 FT WIND...........NW 4 NW 2 W 2 S 2 E 2 NE 2 20 FT WIND GUST......5 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT).........5200 1000 700 400 200 200 TRANSPORT WIND.......NW 13 NW 10 N 8 NE 6 NE 5 NE 5 LVORI................1 2 2 2 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...HAWKS REQUESTED BY...MARK PARKER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120329.CSNWR.01/CAE