FNUS72 KCAE 221200 FWSCAE SPOT FORECAST FOR FTG_SAIA...DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 800 AM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0830 EDT ON MAY 22. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...THE MORNING INVERSION WILL BREAK BETWEEN 9 AND 10 AM THIS MORNING. THEN AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING INCREASING CHANCES OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREATS. LIGHT SURFACE WINDS LESS THAN 5 MPH THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE TO 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE FROM THE WEST AROUND 10 MPH THIS MORNING AND 10 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHTS WILL BE AROUND 1000 FEET THIS MORNING AND INCREASE TO 3000 FEET BY NOON AND 6000 FEET NEAR 3 PM. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE 50 TO 60 PERCENT THIS MORNING AND MAY DROP AS LOW AS 40 PERCENT BETWEEN 3 PM AND 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON. AN INVERSION WILL DEVELOP AROUND 8 PM OR 9 PM THIS EVENING WITH POOR TO FAIR DISPERSION EXPECTED. .TODAY... TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............49 50 51 51 52 53 53 56 61 64 WEATHER COV..........SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE.........RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP.................69 71 76 80 83 85 87 88 88 88 RH...................76 71 60 52 49 46 43 43 43 43 20 FT WIND DIR.......W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND DIR.......260 260 250 250 250 240 240 240 240 240 20 FT WIND SPD.......3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST......5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)........0.8 1.0 1.3 1.8 3.0 4.4 5.5 6.0 6.0 5.5 TRANSP WIND DIR......W W W W W W SW W W W TRANSP WIND SPD......7 8 9 10 12 13 13 13 12 12 LVORI................4 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 .TONIGHT... TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)..............64 63 64 64 65 59 WEATHER COV..........CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE S CHC WEATHER TYPE.........RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE TEMP.................87 81 73 70 67 64 RH...................45 54 68 76 84 90 20 FT WIND...........SW 4 SW 3 SW 2 SW 2 SW 2 SW 2 20 FT WIND GUST......10 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT).........4400 1500 1100 800 500 400 TRANSPORT WIND.......W 10 NW 8 N 7 NE 6 E 6 E 5 LVORI................1 2 3 4 5 6 .WEDNESDAY... TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)..............52 46 48 50 52 50 WEATHER COV..........S CHC S CHC S CHC CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE.........RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP.................63 66 76 83 87 88 RH...................93 84 60 47 42 40 20 FT WIND...........SW 2 W 2 W 2 SW 4 SW 5 SW 5 20 FT WIND GUST......5 5 5 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT).........300 700 2900 4800 6100 6600 TRANSPORT WIND.......SE 5 SE 5 S 7 SW 10 SW 13 SW 13 LVORI................6 5 3 1 1 1 $$ FORECASTER...HAWKS REQUESTED BY...ALLEN BRASWELL TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120522.FTG_S.01/CAE