FNUS72 KCAE 231209 FWSCAE SPOT FORECAST FOR RATTLESNAKE BRANCH...US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 809 AM EDT WED MAY 23 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0657 EDT ON MAY 23. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION TODAY RESULTING IN ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY OVER THE NORTHERN MIDLANDS. PATCHY FOG WILL BE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE MORNING INVERSION WILL BREAK ABOUT 9 AM THIS MORNING. SURFACE WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWEST 5 MPH OR LESS THIS MORNING AND INCREASE TO 10 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH THIS MORNING AND SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHTS WILL BE 1000 TO 2000 FEET THIS MORNING AND INCREASE TO AROUND 6000 FEET BY 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE 60 TO 70 PERCENT THIS MORNING AND WILL DROP TO NEAR 40 PERCENT BETWEEN 3 PM AND 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE A 20 TO 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALSO THIS AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE MORNING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........63 AT REQUEST...MAX 87. RH..................97 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MIN 43 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 4 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE 200-2000 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 5000-6700 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 14 MPH...INCREASING TO 13 TO 15 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. ADI.................4...INCREASING TO 55. LVORI...............5. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............60 70 75 70 60 55 57 62 64 63 62 61 WEATHER COV.......... SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE......... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP.................63 63 66 71 75 80 82 84 86 87 87 87 RH...................97 97 87 73 64 54 51 48 45 43 43 43 20 FT WIND DIR.......SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S 20 FT WIND DIR.......210 210 210 210 210 210 210 210 210 200 200 200 20 FT WIND SPD.......3 2 2 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST......5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)........0.2 0.2 0.8 2.0 3.0 4.1 5.0 5.7 6.2 6.7 6.7 6.0 TRANSP WIND DIR......SW SW S S S S S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD......7 7 5 7 9 12 13 14 15 15 14 13 LVORI................9 9 6 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL EARLY MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 62. RH..................MAX 100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL EARLY MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......2900-4600 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 400-900 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 10 MPH. ADI.................37...DECREASING TO 6 EARLY IN THE EVENING. LVORI...............5. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)..............61 62 58 53 49 47 WEATHER COV..........CHANCE S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE.........RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE TEMP.................86 80 72 69 66 63 RH...................45 54 73 81 90 100 20 FT WIND...........S 5 S 4 S 4 S 4 S 3 S 3 20 FT WIND GUST......10 10 10 10 5 5 MIX HGT (FT).........4600 900 700 600 400 400 TRANSPORT WIND.......SE 10 SE 8 SE 7 SE 6 SE 6 S 6 LVORI................1 2 3 4 6 8 $$ FORECASTER...HAWKS REQUESTED BY...MARK PARKER TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120523.RATTL.01/CAE