FNUS72 KCAE 131146
FWSCAE

SPOT FORECAST FOR CSNWR RX 03 13 2013...US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
746 AM EDT WED MAR 13 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EDT ON MARCH 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRY CONDITIONS TODAY WITH AFTERNOON RH VALUES EXPECTED
TO FALL TO JUST BELOW 25 PERCENT. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE
TO MOVE FURTHER OFFSHORE TODAY...WHILE A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE
SHIFTS FROM THE PLAINS SE INTO THE LOWER MISS VALLEY. BETWEEN THE TWO
FEATURES...BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER OUR REGION
AFTER THE MORNING INVERSION BREAKS AROUND 11AM. LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE
SUGGESTS A LIGHT NW WIND THIS MORNING...BECOMING WEST AND INCREASING
BY MIDDAY AND AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO NW THIS EVENING THROUGH
TONIGHT BEHIND A SURFACE TROUGH.

.TODAY...
TIME (EDT)          9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%)..............12  11  11  14  17  19  17  14  10
WEATHER COV..........
WEATHER TYPE.........
TEMP.................42  47  52  55  58  60  60  61  61
RH...................67  53  41  35  30  26  25  24  24
20 FT WIND DIR.......NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT WIND DIR.......300 300 300 280 270 270 270 280 280
20 FT WIND SPD.......4   5   7   10  12  12  12  12  11
20 FT WIND GUST......10  10  12  18  25  25  25  25  24
MIX HGT (KFT)........0.8 1.5 3.6 5.1 5.6 6.4 6.7 6.8 6.5
TRANSP WIND DIR......NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   NW  NW
TRANSP WIND SPD......10  12  15  18  22  24  24  23  22
LVORI................2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1

.TONIGHT...
TIME (EDT)          6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%)..............6      0      0      0      0      0
WEATHER COV..........
WEATHER TYPE.........NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP.................59     53     43     39     36     33
RH...................25     28     45     50     54     61
20 FT WIND...........W 10   NW 8   NW 6   NW 6   NW 6   NW 5
20 FT WIND GUST......25     20     15     10     10     10
MIX HGT (FT).........6400   1000   600    400    200    200
TRANSPORT WIND.......NW 22  NW 15  NW 14  NW 13  NW 10  NW 8
LVORI................1      2      2      2      2      3

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FORECASTER...MILLER
REQUESTED BY...MARK PARKER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130313.CSNWR.01/CAE