FNUS72 KCAE 231302 FWSCAE SPOT FORECAST FOR SRS COMP 84...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 802 AM EST WED JAN 23 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 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 NEAR 5 KTS THEN INCREASE AND SHIFT TO A MORE WEST THEN SOUTHWEST DIRECTION BY LATE 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...WHICH COULD CAUSE WINDS TO DROP OFF TO VERY LIGHT DURING THE EVENING HOURS. BUT EXPECT THE INVERSION TO WEAKEN TOWARD MORNING AS A 45 KT LOW LEVEL JET MOVES ACROSS THE AREA AND WINDS BEGIN TO PICK UP FROM THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 4 TO 6 KTS AFTER MIDNIGHT TOWARD MORNING. .TODAY... TIME (EST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE......... TEMP.................39 43 46 49 51 53 53 52 RH...................37 32 30 28 28 28 29 32 20 FT WIND DIR.......W W W W W W W SW 20 FT WIND DIR.......290 280 280 270 270 260 250 240 20 FT WIND SPD.......3 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 20 FT WIND GUST......5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)........2.2 2.7 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.2 TRANSP WIND DIR......W W W W W W W W TRANSP WIND SPD......7 8 9 10 13 14 14 13 LVORI................2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 .TONIGHT... TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%)..............3 4 4 4 4 4 4 12 20 22 23 25 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE......... TEMP.................49 47 46 44 43 42 41 40 40 39 39 39 RH...................37 43 47 52 56 61 65 70 73 79 82 85 20 FT WIND DIR.......SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W 20 FT WIND DIR.......240 230 230 230 240 240 240 240 240 250 250 260 20 FT WIND SPD.......4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 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 W W W W W W W W W TRANSP WIND SPD......9 7 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 8 8 7 LVORI................2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 .THURSDAY... TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............26 26 25 26 27 28 29 24 18 20 23 25 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE......... TEMP.................39 40 42 45 49 52 55 57 59 59 58 55 RH...................89 89 86 76 68 59 51 45 39 37 36 37 20 FT WIND DIR.......W W W W NW NW N N N N NE NE 20 FT WIND DIR.......260 260 270 290 300 320 340 350 350 010 030 040 20 FT WIND SPD.......4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST......5 5 10 10 10 10 10 15 15 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)........0.4 0.3 1.0 1.7 2.3 2.7 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.0 TRANSP WIND DIR......W W W NW NW NW N N N N NE NE TRANSP WIND SPD......7 7 8 10 13 14 16 16 15 14 13 12 LVORI................6 6 6 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 $$ FORECASTER...VAUGHAN REQUESTED BY...MARK FRIZZELL TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130123.SRSCO.01/CAE