FNUS72 KGSP 132105
FWSGSP

SPOT FORECAST FOR MUSKRAT FIRE...NORTH CAROLINA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
405 PM EST SUN JAN 13 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1552 EST ON JANUARY 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST TONIGHT AND LINGER
THROUGH TUESDAY. EXPECT STEADY RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY TONIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY NIGHT. DRIER HIGH PRESSURE WILL LIKELY BUILD BACK OVER THE
REGION MID WEEK.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). A CHANCE OF RAIN THIS
                    EVENING...THEN RAIN OVERNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45.
MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    6 TO 8 MPH LATE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1300-2500 FT AGL EARLY...DECREASING TO 700-1000 FT
                    AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH EARLY...BECOMING NORTHWEST 10
                    TO 15 MPH LATE.

TIME (EST)          6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).............90     96     97     98     99     99
WEATHER COV.........CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE
WEATHER TYPE........RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN
TEMP................65     60     58     58     57     54
RH..................66     79     85     86     90     95
20 FT WIND..........S 5    S 5    S 6    S 5    SW 6   NW 6
20 FT WIND GUST.....10     10     15     10     15     15
MIX HGT (FT)........2500   1500   800    900    900    900
TRANSPORT WIND......S 25   S 20   S 18   S 15   SW 12  NW 12

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). RAIN. PATCHY FOG EARLY
                    IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MIN HUMIDITY........82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE
                    MORNING...BECOMING LIGHT NORTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1100-1500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 9 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHEAST 8 TO 10
                    MPH LATE.

TIME (EST)          6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).............100    100    100    100    100    100
WEATHER COV.........DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE
WEATHER TYPE........RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN
TEMP................51     49     48     49     50     49
RH..................83     83     86     83     81     83
20 FT WIND..........NW 5   NW 4   NW 3   NW 2   N 2    N 2
20 FT WIND GUST.....10     10     5      5      5      5
MIX HGT (FT)........1300   1400   1500   1300   1300   1100
TRANSPORT WIND......N 9    NW 7   W 6    W 5    SW 7   S 9

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FORECASTER...GERAPETRITIS
REQUESTED BY...CHRIS SHARPTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130113.MUSKR.01/GSP