FNUS72 KCAE 081230 FWSCAE SPOT FORECAST FOR LC 356...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 730 AM EST FRI MAR 8 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 EST ON MARCH 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING THEN BEGIN MOVING AWAY FROM THE AREA. THIS WILL KEEP MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS IN THE FORECAST...ALONG WITH AFTERNOON MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 25 AND 30 PERCENT. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE IN FROM THE WEST ON MONDAY SPREADING INCREASING CHANCES OF RAIN ACROSS THE AREA FOR LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE MORNING INVERSION WILL BREAK AROUND 9 AM. TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE NORTHEAST 5-10 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING BUT WILL BE NORTH 10-15 MPH BY IGNITION TIME AND FOR THE REST OF THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TWENTY FOOT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NORTH LESS THAN 5 MPH THROUGHOUT THE DAY BUT TWENTY FOOT WIND GUSTS COULD BE 10 MPH THIS MORNING FROM THE NORTH THEN DECREASE TO NEAR 5 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHTS WILL BE 1000-2000 FEET BY IGNITION TIME BUT WILL INCREASE TO 4000-5000 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABOVE 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON FROM 3 TO 5 PM I N THE 27-29 PERCENT RANGE. THE EVENING INVERSION WILL SET UP AROUND 8 PM. TONIGHT...SKIES WILL BE CLEAR WITH LIGHT WINDS LESS THAN 3 MPH. ALSO...MIXING HEIGHTS WILL BE LOW LESS THAN 500 FEET. OVERNIGHT DISPERSION WILL BE POOR. .TODAY... TIME (EST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE......... TEMP.................40 46 50 53 56 58 59 60 59 RH...................55 43 39 35 31 29 29 28 29 20 FT WIND DIR.......N N N N N N N N N 20 FT WIND DIR.......020 010 010 000 350 350 350 350 350 20 FT WIND SPD.......4 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 20 FT WIND GUST......10 10 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)........1.7 2.4 3.1 3.8 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.3 TRANSP WIND DIR......N N N N N N N N N TRANSP WIND SPD......9 10 12 13 13 13 12 12 10 LVORI................2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 .TONIGHT... TIME (EST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)..............0 0 0 0 0 0 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE.........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP.................56 48 43 40 37 35 RH...................34 46 55 62 67 69 20 FT WIND...........N 2 N 1 N 1 NE 2 NE 2 NE 2 20 FT WIND GUST......5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT).........2600 800 500 300 200 300 TRANSPORT WIND.......NE 9 NE 8 NE 7 N 7 N 7 NE 6 LVORI................2 2 3 3 3 4 .SATURDAY... TIME (EST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)..............0 1 3 5 7 10 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE.........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP.................33 37 50 58 63 65 RH...................75 64 42 33 30 29 20 FT WIND...........NE 2 NE 2 E 3 E 4 E 4 E 3 20 FT WIND GUST......5 5 5 10 10 5 MIX HGT (FT).........300 900 1900 3000 3700 4100 TRANSPORT WIND.......NE 6 NE 6 NE 7 NE 8 E 8 E 8 LVORI................4 3 2 1 1 1 $$ FORECASTER...HAWKS REQUESTED BY...BILL HAMMOND TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130308.LC356.01/CAE