FNUS72 KCAE 191338 FWSCAE SPOT FORECAST FOR SRS COMP 25...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 838 AM EST SAT JAN 19 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EST ON JANUARY 19. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION TODAY...THEN GRADUALLY WEAKEN TONIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING DRY FRONT THAT WILL COME THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. A STRONG NOCTURNAL INVERSION IN PLACE THIS MORNING WILL BE SLOW TO BREAK. BECAUSE OF OUR PROXIMITY TO SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE...SURFACE AND TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE LIGHT. MODEL CONSENSUS SUGGESTS A LIGHT E TO NE FLOW THIS MORNING...BECOMING EAST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND SWINGING TO SE THEN S DURING THE AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY BECOMING SW BY LATE DAY. HOWEVER...FORECASTER EXPERIENCE SUGGESTS LOW CONFIDENCE WITH WINDS GIVEN SURFACE HIGH PRESSURECENTER IN THE REGION...AND LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY...AND SUBJECT TO ANY LOCAL EFFECTS. EXPECT LIGHT AND VARIABLE TO CALM WINDS OVERNIGHT. AN INCREASE IN SURFACE AND TRANSPORT WINDS EXPECTED SUNDAY...FROM THE WEST. .TODAY... TIME (EST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE......... TEMP.................43 49 53 56 58 61 61 59 RH...................60 48 41 37 33 29 29 33 20 FT WIND DIR.......NE E E SE SE S S SW 20 FT WIND DIR.......080 090 110 130 150 180 200 210 20 FT WIND SPD.......2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 20 FT WIND GUST......5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)........0.7 1.7 2.7 3.2 3.2 3.2 2.9 0.3 TRANSP WIND DIR......NE E E SE SE S S SW TRANSP WIND SPD......3 4 5 6 6 7 7 6 LVORI................3 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 .TONIGHT... TIME (EST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)..............6 11 21 16 15 19 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE.........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP.................55 47 44 42 40 39 RH...................41 76 89 93 96 96 20 FT WIND...........SW 2 W 1 W 2 W 2 W 2 W 2 20 FT WIND GUST......5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT).........300 300 300 300 300 300 TRANSPORT WIND.......W 5 NW 3 E 2 NW 3 W 3 W 3 LVORI................2 4 6 7 8 8 .SUNDAY... TIME (EST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)..............21 19 10 9 7 0 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE.........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP.................39 41 50 59 65 66 RH...................96 92 71 45 33 29 20 FT WIND...........W 2 W 3 W 4 W 5 W 5 W 5 20 FT WIND GUST......5 5 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT).........300 300 1400 2500 3800 3200 TRANSPORT WIND.......W 3 W 8 W 14 W 14 W 14 W 14 LVORI................8 6 3 1 1 1 $$ FORECASTER...MILLER REQUESTED BY...MARK FRIZZELL TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130119.SRSCO.01/CAE