FNUS72 KFFC 011207 FWSFFC SPOT FORECAST FOR PLEASANT GAP BLACKLINE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 707 AM EST FRI MAR 1 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EST ON MARCH 01. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... CLOUDS HAVE ALREADY MOVED INTO THE AREA AHEAD OF THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM THAT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT. UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA BY SATURDAY NIGHT. CLOUDS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE TODAY AND TONIGHT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN RETURNS THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL TRANSITION TO A LIKELY CHANCE OF A RAIN AND SNOW MIX TONIGHT. PRECIP WILL TRANSITION BACK TO MOSTLY RAIN AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON. CONFIDENCE ON THE TIMING OF THE BEGINNING OF PRECIP IS LOW AND COULD SEE PRECIP START SOONER THAN FORECAST. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH ON WIND DIRECTION REMAINING NW. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 42. MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH. CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3600-3900 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 TO 10 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....6 INCREASING TO 30 LATE IN THE MORNING. LVORI...............3. TIME (EST) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........96 95 95 96 WEATHER COV..... S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RAIN TEMP............39 42 42 42 RH..............64 56 55 55 20 FT WIND......NW 6 NW 6 NW 7 NW 8 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 15 15 DISPERSION IDX..6 29 30 31 LVORI...........3 2 2 1 CWR.............10 10 10 20 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN AND SNOW LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 31. MAX HUMIDITY........86 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING BECOMING LIGHT. CWR.................60 PERCENT. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......3900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 0-200 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....23 DECREASING TO 6. LVORI...............4. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). RAIN AND SNOW LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 43. MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 12 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. CWR.................60 PERCENT. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3300-3400 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5 TO 13 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....5 INCREASING TO 31. LVORI...............4. $$ FORECASTER...FIEUX REQUESTED BY...JEFFREY R SCHARDT TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130301.PLEAS.01/FFC