FNUS72 KCAE 231253 FWSCAE SPOT FORECAST FOR FTG_42_43...DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 753 AM EST WED JAN 23 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EST ON JANUARY 23. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER THROUGH TODAY. A WEAK DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY. LIGHT/CALM WINDS THIS MORNING...WILL BECOME NORTHWEST BY MID TO LATE MORNING AROUND 5 KTS THEN INCREASE AND SHIFT TO A MORE SOUTHWEST DIRECTION BY AFTERNOON FROM 5 TO 8 KTS. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S/LOWER 30S BETWEEN 1 PM AND 4 PM. SURFACE WINDS OVERNIGHT WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST/WEST SOUTHWEST AROUND 4 TO 6 KTS WITH TRANSPORT WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST NEAR 10 KTS. AN INVERSION MAY SET UP EARLY...BUT WEAKEN TOWARD MORNING AS A 45 KT LOW LEVEL JET MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. .TODAY... TIME (EST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 5 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE......... TEMP.................34 39 43 47 49 51 52 52 51 RH...................44 36 32 31 30 30 31 32 36 20 FT WIND DIR.......W W W W W W W W SW 20 FT WIND DIR.......280 280 280 270 270 270 260 250 240 20 FT WIND SPD.......4 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST......5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)........1.7 2.3 2.8 3.2 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.3 TRANSP WIND DIR......W W W W W W W W SW TRANSP WIND SPD......6 7 8 9 10 12 13 13 12 LVORI................2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 .TONIGHT... TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%)..............7 7 7 7 7 6 6 15 23 24 26 28 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE......... TEMP.................48 45 44 42 41 40 40 39 39 40 40 40 RH...................41 47 52 57 62 67 71 76 79 82 85 89 20 FT WIND DIR.......SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W 20 FT WIND DIR.......230 230 230 230 230 240 240 240 240 250 250 260 20 FT WIND SPD.......4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 20 FT WIND GUST......5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)........0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 TRANSP WIND DIR......SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W TRANSP WIND SPD......9 8 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 LVORI................2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 .THURSDAY... TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............29 29 28 30 31 33 35 30 24 27 30 33 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE......... TEMP.................39 40 42 45 49 51 53 55 57 58 57 55 RH...................92 89 86 79 68 61 52 45 38 36 35 37 20 FT WIND DIR.......W W W W NW NW NW NW NW N N N 20 FT WIND DIR.......260 270 270 280 300 310 320 320 330 350 010 020 20 FT WIND SPD.......4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST......5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)........0.4 0.3 1.1 1.7 2.3 2.8 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.2 TRANSP WIND DIR......W W W W NW NW NW NW NW N N N TRANSP WIND SPD......7 7 8 10 12 14 15 15 14 13 12 10 LVORI................6 6 6 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 $$ FORECASTER...VAUGHAN REQUESTED BY...ALAN BRASWELL TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130123.FTG_4.01/CAE