FNUS72 KCAE 021455 FWSCAE SPOT FORECAST FOR CHERAW STATE PARK...THE NATURE CONSERVANCY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 955 AM EST SAT MAR 2 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 EST ON MARCH 02. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BE CROSSING THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL RESULT IN CLOUDS REMAINING ACROSS THE AREA WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN. RAIN AMOUNT ARE EXPECTED TO BE TWO HUNDREDTHS OR LESS. WITH THE CLOUDS AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL TOP OUT AROUND 46 WITH MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES AROUND 44 PERCENT. AN INVERSION WILL DEVELOP WITH SUNSET RESULTING IN WINDS BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE BY 7PM AND REMAINING SO THROUGH SUNRISE SUNDAY. FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE...HOWEVER IT WILL BE CONTAINED TO FOG PRONE LOCATIONS. HIGH PRESSURE AND DRIER AIR WILL BE BUILDING IN FOR SUNDAY. .TODAY... TIME (EST) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............88 89 89 88 88 86 WEATHER COV..........SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE.........RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP.................45 46 46 47 47 46 RH...................51 49 49 47 47 49 20 FT WIND DIR.......NW NW NW W W NW 20 FT WIND DIR.......310 300 300 290 290 300 20 FT WIND SPD.......5 5 5 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST......10 10 10 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)........3.6 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.5 3.2 TRANSP WIND DIR......NW NW NW NW NW NW TRANSP WIND SPD......8 9 9 10 10 10 LVORI................2 2 1 1 1 1 .TONIGHT... TIME (EST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)..............81 74 57 40 25 19 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE.........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP.................44 39 35 34 32 30 RH...................53 64 72 69 72 75 20 FT WIND...........NW 5 NW 4 NW 4 N 4 N 3 N 4 20 FT WIND GUST......9 7 7 7 6 7 MIX HGT (FT).........2000 600 500 300 300 200 TRANSPORT WIND.......NW 12 NW 13 NW 15 N 20 N 20 N 16 LVORI................2 3 3 4 4 3 $$ FORECASTER...PROUD REQUESTED BY...TOM DOOLEY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130302.CHERA.01/CAE