FNUS72 KCAE 111151 FWSCAE SPOT FORECAST FOR SRS COMP 53...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 651 AM EST FRI JAN 11 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 EST ON JANUARY 11. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A WARM FRONT SOUTH OF THE AREA WILL LIFT NORTH TODAY AND SOUTHERLY TRANSPORT WINDS SHOULD PREVAIL. WIDESPREAD FOG AND LOW CLOUDS THIS MORNING WILL BE SLOW TO BURN OFF BUT SOME SUNSHINE MAY BE SEEN LATE AFTERNOON BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOW IN PLENTY OF SUN. RELATIVELY HIGH CONFIDENCE IN FOG AGAIN BEING AN ISSUE SATURDAY MORNING. DEPENDING ON AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON MIXING HEIGHTS COULD PUSH NEAR 4000 FT AND IF THE LOW CLOUDS HOLD LONGER THE MIXING HEIGHT MAY BE LOWER THAN FORECAST. INVERSION SHOULD SET UP QUICKLY AT SUNSET. .TODAY... TIME (EST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............100 98 89 82 78 78 78 77 WEATHER COV..........SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE.........RW RW TEMP.................63 66 70 71 72 73 73 71 RH...................87 81 71 68 64 59 62 63 20 FT WIND DIR.......S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND DIR.......160 170 180 190 190 200 200 190 20 FT WIND SPD.......3 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 20 FT WIND GUST......5 10 15 15 15 15 15 10 MIX HGT (KFT)........0.7 1.3 2.0 2.9 3.4 3.7 3.5 1.4 TRANSP WIND DIR......SE SE S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD......9 12 14 16 16 16 15 13 LVORI................4 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 .TONIGHT... TIME (EST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)..............77 68 72 76 76 74 WEATHER COV.......... AREAS AREAS WEATHER TYPE.........NONE NONE NONE NONE FOG FOG TEMP.................69 65 62 60 59 58 RH...................70 81 87 90 93 96 20 FT WIND...........S 5 S 3 S 2 S 2 S 2 S 2 20 FT WIND GUST......10 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT).........900 400 400 300 300 200 TRANSPORT WIND.......S 9 S 5 S 5 S 7 S 6 S 5 LVORI................3 5 5 6 6 8 .SATURDAY... TIME (EST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)..............72 69 60 51 48 44 WEATHER COV..........AREAS WEATHER TYPE.........FOG NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP.................56 57 65 73 77 78 RH...................100 100 81 64 56 52 20 FT WIND...........S 2 S 3 SW 4 SW 5 SW 5 SW 5 20 FT WIND GUST......5 5 10 15 15 15 MIX HGT (FT).........300 700 1300 2100 3200 4600 TRANSPORT WIND.......S 3 SW 5 SW 8 SW 12 SW 13 SW 13 LVORI................10 9 4 2 1 1 $$ FORECASTER...COLEMAN REQUESTED BY...MARK FRIZZELL TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130111.SRSCO.01/CAE