FNUS72 KFFC 122221 FWSFFC SPOT FORECAST FOR VORTEC FIRE...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 621 PM EDT THU APR 12 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1757 EDT ON APRIL 12. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... BASED ON YOUR DESCRIPTION OF A SOUTH EXPOSURE...ANTICIPATING WINDS TO BE MAINLY FROM THE SOUTH TONIGHT 5 TO 10 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUST TO 15 MPH THROUGH 7 PM. THERE MAY BE TIMES WHEN WINDS TRY TO ACQUIRE A SW COMPONENT THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS WELL. EXPECTING WINDS TO TAIL OFF LATE THIS EVENING WITH GENERALLY 3 TO 5 MPH OR LESS THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. NO FOG CONCERNS ARE ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. ANOTHER DRY DAY ON TAP FOR FRIDAY WITH RH VALUES LIKELY BOTTOMING OUT IN THE MID 20S ONCE AGAIN. WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHT AT 5 TO 10 MPH AND GETTING A LITTLE MORE SE IN DIRECTION THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON FRIDAY. MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE ON SATURDAY AND THUS KEEP RH VALUES HIGHER. WINDS WILL BE UNDER 10 MPH ON FRIDAY...BUT INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH ON SATURDAY. WILL HAVE TO MONITOR SATURDAY FOR FIRE DANGER POTENTIAL DUE TO WIND SPEEDS ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 35. MAX HUMIDITY........77 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT S TO SW. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 0-100 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....31 DECREASING TO 3. LVORI...............2. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........12 21 21 21 16 16 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............58 54 48 44 41 38 RH..............25 35 49 59 66 71 20 FT WIND......S 8 S 5 SW 3 SW 3 SW 2 SW 2 20 FT WIND GUST.10 5 5 5 5 5 EYE LEVEL WIND..S 8 S 5 SW 3 SW 3 SW 2 SW 2 EYE LVL WND GST.12 5 5 5 5 5 DISPERSION IDX..31 5 3 1 1 2 LVORI...........1 2 2 3 3 3 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT). AREAS OF FROST EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64. MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING THEN SOUTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....31. LVORI...............3. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING AND SOUTHEAST IN AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........16 9 9 9 15 15 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............36 35 51 60 63 61 RH..............74 75 41 31 31 30 20 FT WIND......S 1 S 2 SW 3 W 5 SE 6 SE 7 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 10 10 10 EYE LEVEL WIND..S 1 S 2 SW 3 W 5 SE 6 SE 7 EYE LVL WND GST.5 5 5 10 10 10 DISPERSION IDX..1 1 1 27 35 31 LVORI...........3 3 2 2 1 1 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 CAN GIVE TABULAR FORECAST FOR FRIDAY NIGHT IF NEEDED...JUST LET US KNOW. FOR NOW...LOOKS LIE EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 5 MPH FOR THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. EXPECTING LVORI TO BE AROUND 3 FOR THIS TIME PERIOD. $$ FORECASTER...DEESE REQUESTED BY...MIKE DAVIS TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120412.VORTE.01/FFC