FNUS72 KCAE 221050 FWSCAE SPOT FORECAST FOR RATTLESNAKE BRANCH...US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 650 AM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0628 EDT ON MAY 22. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL ALABAMA WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN CLOUDS INCREASING THIS MORNING WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE AROUND 45 PERCENT WITH NEAR 100 PERCENT EXPECTED TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWESTERLY AROUND 5 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER WIND DIRECTION NEAR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE. .TODAY... TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............10 27 35 40 50 55 56 59 60 67 81 88 WEATHER COV..........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY WEATHER TYPE.........RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP.................63 65 68 71 75 79 81 83 85 86 86 86 RH...................93 89 81 76 66 58 54 51 48 46 48 48 20 FT WIND DIR.......W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND DIR.......290 230 230 230 230 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 20 FT WIND SPD.......1 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST...... 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)........0.3 0.3 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.8 3.0 4.4 5.5 6.0 6.0 5.5 TRANSP WIND DIR......SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W TRANSP WIND SPD......7 8 9 10 12 13 14 14 14 13 13 10 LVORI................9 9 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 .TONIGHT... TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)..............84 72 73 74 75 71 WEATHER COV..........LIKELY LIKELY CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE.........RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP.................85 80 73 69 66 64 RH...................50 60 73 84 90 97 20 FT WIND...........SW 5 SW 4 SW 3 SW 3 SW 2 SW 2 20 FT WIND GUST......10 10 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT).........4400 1500 1100 800 500 400 TRANSPORT WIND.......W 9 W 7 W 6 W 6 W 6 NW 5 LVORI................1 2 3 5 6 8 $$ FORECASTER...PROUD REQUESTED BY...DERRICK ODEGARD TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120522.RATTL.01/CAE