FNUS72 KCAE 101235 FWSCAE SPOT FORECAST FOR SRS COMP 34...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 735 AM EST SUN FEB 10 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EST ON FEBRUARY 10. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN US WILL MOVE OFFSHORE THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING THEN STALL JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BRING INCREASING CHANCES OF RAIN TO THE AREA BEGINNING THIS EVENING WITH RAIN EXPECTED FOR THE ENTIRE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. RAIN CHANCES WILL LOWER FOR MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY WITH THE FRONT MOVING BACK NORTHWARD TUESDAY NIGHT ALONG WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN. THE TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BEGIN FROM A MORE EAST/SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION THIS MORNING AND RATHER LIGHT FROM 6 TO 9 MPH. HOWEVER...BY MIDDAY AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...THE TRANSPORT WINS WILL BECOME EXCLUSIVELY SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH. AT THE SURFACE...THE WINDS WILL MUCH SIMILAR IN DIRECTION BEGINNING NEARLY EAST/SOUTHEAST THIS MORNING AND BECOME PREDOMINATELY SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. WINDS SPEEDS BEING NEARLY CALM THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY TO AROUND 8 TO 12 MPH. MIXING HEIGHTS WILL BE INCREASING THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AND PEAKING BETWEEN 3400-3700 FT THIS AFTERNOON BETWEEN 1 AND 3 PM. .TODAY... TIME (EST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............70 71 74 79 81 83 88 90 94 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE......... TEMP.................43 49 55 59 63 66 67 67 66 RH...................80 68 59 55 51 49 50 52 56 20 FT WIND DIR.......E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND DIR.......100 110 120 130 140 140 150 150 140 20 FT WIND SPD.......3 5 5 6 7 8 8 8 7 20 FT WIND GUST......5 10 10 15 15 15 20 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)........1.2 1.8 2.6 3.3 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.1 2.4 TRANSP WIND DIR......E SE SE S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD......12 14 16 17 18 18 17 17 16 LVORI................4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .TONIGHT... TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%)..............98 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV..........SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF WEATHER TYPE.........RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN TEMP.................65 63 62 61 60 60 59 59 58 58 58 58 RH...................58 64 68 73 78 81 83 87 93 93 93 93 20 FT WIND DIR.......SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND DIR.......140 130 140 150 150 160 170 180 180 180 180 190 20 FT WIND SPD.......7 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 6 20 FT WIND GUST......15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)........1.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 TRANSP WIND DIR......S S S S S S S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD......14 13 14 15 16 17 17 17 17 16 16 16 LVORI................2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 .MONDAY... TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV..........DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY WEATHER TYPE.........RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN TEMP.................57 57 58 60 62 65 66 67 68 69 69 68 RH...................100 100 100 93 90 81 78 75 70 66 62 62 20 FT WIND DIR.......S S S SW SW SW W W W W W W 20 FT WIND DIR.......190 190 200 220 230 240 250 260 260 270 270 280 20 FT WIND SPD.......6 6 6 7 8 9 9 9 8 8 7 6 20 FT WIND GUST......15 15 15 15 15 20 20 20 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)........0.5 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.5 TRANSP WIND DIR......S S SW SW SW W W W W W W W TRANSP WIND SPD......15 15 16 18 20 22 23 23 22 20 17 15 LVORI................5 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 1 2 $$ FORECASTER...VAUGHAN REQUESTED BY...MARK FRIZZELL TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130210.SRSCO.01/CAE