FNUS72 KCAE 041251 FWSCAE SPOT FORECAST FOR SRS COMP 51...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 751 AM EST MON MAR 4 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EST ON MARCH 04. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE AREA TODAY WITH LIGHT WEST WINDS SLOWLY BACKING TO SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE 25 PERCENT OR LESS THIS AFTERNOON BETWEEN 1PM AND 5PM WITH MINIMUM VALUES AROUND 21 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHTS WILL BE SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN YESTERDAY AND TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE WESTERLY AROUND 10 MPH. CLOUDS WILL BEGIN INCREASING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE NEXT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WHICH WILL ARRIVE ON TUESDAY. AN INVERSION WILL DEVELOP WITH SUNSET RESULTING IN SURFACE WINDS BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE BY 6PM. FOG IS NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT. .TODAY... TIME (EST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............5 8 11 14 15 19 26 33 39 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE......... TEMP.................36 42 47 50 53 54 56 57 56 RH...................51 40 33 27 25 23 22 21 24 20 FT WIND DIR.......W W W W W W W SW SW 20 FT WIND DIR.......290 290 280 280 280 270 260 240 230 20 FT WIND SPD.......3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 20 FT WIND GUST......5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 MIX HGT (KFT)........1.6 2.2 2.7 3.1 3.3 3.7 3.8 3.5 2.8 TRANSP WIND DIR......W W W W W W W W W TRANSP WIND SPD......7 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 LVORI................2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 .TONIGHT... TIME (EST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)..............46 51 57 62 65 72 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE.........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP.................54 48 45 43 41 39 RH...................27 38 45 53 60 69 20 FT WIND...........SW 3 SW 3 SW 3 SW 3 SW 3 S 3 20 FT WIND GUST......5 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT).........1600 300 300 300 200 200 TRANSPORT WIND.......W 8 SW 5 SW 5 SW 6 SW 7 SW 8 LVORI................2 2 2 2 3 3 .TUESDAY... TIME (EST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)..............79 81 86 91 93 96 WEATHER COV.......... S CHC CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE.........NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP.................38 42 53 61 66 68 RH...................81 80 58 49 45 43 20 FT WIND...........S 3 S 5 SW 6 SW 9 SW 10 SW 10 20 FT WIND GUST......5 10 15 20 20 20 MIX HGT (FT).........300 900 2200 3400 4100 3600 TRANSPORT WIND.......SW 8 SW 12 SW 17 SW 23 SW 26 SW 25 LVORI................4 4 2 1 1 1 $$ FORECASTER...PROUD REQUESTED BY...MARK FRIZZELL TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130304.SRSCO.01/CAE