FNUS72 KCAE 101149 FWSCAE SPOT FORECAST FOR ENOREE COMPARTMENT 163...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 749 AM EDT SUN MAR 10 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON MARCH 10. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DISCUSSION... TODAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL OF THE AREA TODAY THEN BEGIN MOVING AWAY FROM THE AREA TONIGHT. CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE INCREASING TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE GULF STATES. SURFACE WINDS SHOULD BE SOUTHEAST 3-5 MPH LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS BUT WITH HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE REGION WINDS WILL BE MAINLY LIGHT AND VARIABLE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE TWENTY FOOT WINDS WILL BE EAST 3-5 MPH THIS MORNING...THEN BECOME SOUTHEAST 5-10 MPH BY NOON AND FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE MORNING INVERSION WILL BREAK AROUND 10 AM AND THE NIGHT-TIME INVERSION WILL SET UP AROUND 7 PM THIS EVENING. MIXING HEIGHTS WILL INCREASE FROM 1000-2000 FEET THIS MORNING TO AROUND 4000 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. LOWEST AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE MAINLY 30-32 PERCENT BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM BUT COULD BRIEFLY DROP TO AS LOW AS 28 PERCENT FOR A SHORT TIME OF LESS THAN AN HOUR AGAIN BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM. TONIGHT...SKIES WILL BECOME MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE. NO RAIN EXPECTED THOUGH. WITH THE OVERNIGHT INVERSION SETTING UP AROUND 7 PM THIS EVENING...LIGHT WINDS AND MIXING HEIGHTS LESS THAN 300 FEET WILL MAKE OVERNIGHT DISPERSION POOR. ALSO... THERE MAY BE PATCHY FOG NEAR RIVERS AND LAKES AS WELL CLOSER TO DAYBREAK MONDAY. MONDAY AND TUESDAY...THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE MONDAY AND OFFSHORE TUESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN RAIN CHANCES INCREASING RAPIDLY MONDAY EVENING WITH ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD BACK INTO THE REGION TUESDAY AFTERNOON. .REST OF TODAY... TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............47 49 50 50 50 50 51 52 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE......... TEMP.................46 52 58 62 65 68 69 70 RH...................65 54 44 39 35 32 31 31 20 FT WIND DIR.......E E SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND DIR.......100 110 120 130 140 140 140 130 20 FT WIND SPD.......2 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST......5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)........1.5 2.1 2.7 3.3 3.9 4.0 4.1 3.9 TRANSP WIND DIR......E E SE S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD......7 7 8 9 9 9 9 9 LVORI................3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 .TONIGHT... TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)..............52 53 59 66 72 78 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE.........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP.................69 62 56 52 49 47 RH...................32 41 53 63 74 79 20 FT WIND...........SE 5 SE 4 SE 4 SE 4 SE 4 SE 3 20 FT WIND GUST......10 10 10 10 10 5 MIX HGT (FT).........2800 700 600 400 300 300 TRANSPORT WIND.......SE 9 SE 8 SE 8 SE 7 SE 7 SE 5 LVORI................2 2 2 3 3 4 $$ FORECASTER...HAWKS REQUESTED BY...TODD BENNETT TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130310.ENORE.01/CAE