FNUS72 KCAE 081356 FWSCAE SPOT FORECAST FOR LC 356...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 856 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 LESS THAN 25 PERCENT BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY 22-23 PERCENT NEAR 4 PM. 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 THE 9 AM IGNITION TIME. TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH THIS MORNING BUT WILL BE NORTH 10-15 MPH. 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 INCREASE TO 4000-5000 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE AROUND 25 PERCENT BUT COULD DROP TO 22-23 PERCENT IN A FEW LOCATIONS. 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. .REST OF 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.................41 46 50 53 55 57 59 59 57 RH...................55 45 38 33 30 27 25 25 28 20 FT WIND DIR.......NE NE NE N N NW NW NW N 20 FT WIND DIR.......040 050 030 000 340 330 310 300 340 20 FT WIND SPD.......4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 20 FT WIND GUST......10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 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.................54 47 42 38 35 33 RH...................33 45 55 64 71 75 20 FT WIND...........NE 2 NE 2 NW 2 NE 2 NE 2 NE 2 20 FT WIND GUST......5 5 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.................31 37 50 58 63 65 RH...................81 65 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