FNUS72 KCAE 131428 AAA
FWSCAE

SPOT FORECAST FOR CSNWR RX 03 13 2013...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1028 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...

...PREVIOUS FORECAST CONTINUES TO LOOK ON TRACK. JUST MADE A FEW
SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS...

DRY CONDITIONS TODAY WITH AFTERNOON RH VALUES EXPECTED TO FALL
TO BETWEEN 20 AND 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 OR NOON.
LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS A LIGHT NW TO W WIND CONTINUING
LATE THIS MORNING...BECOMING WEST AND INCREASING BY MIDDAY AND
AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO NW THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT
BEHIND A SURFACE TROUGH.


.REST OF TODAY...
TIME (EDT)          10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%)..............0   1   9   26  35  36  39  40
WEATHER COV..........
WEATHER TYPE.........
TEMP.................50  54  57  59  61  61  62  61
RH...................48  38  33  29  25  24  23  23
20 FT WIND DIR.......NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT WIND DIR.......300 300 290 280 270 270 280 280
20 FT WIND SPD.......5   7   10  11  12  12  13  12
20 FT WIND GUST......8   12  18  22  25  25  25  24
MIX HGT (KFT)........1.5 3.6 5.1 5.6 6.4 6.5 6.5 6.5
TRANSP WIND DIR......NW  NW  W   W   W   W   NW  NW
TRANSP WIND SPD......8   13  17  21  23  24  23  22
LVORI................1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1

.TONIGHT...
TIME (EDT)          6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%)..............40     40     21     7      0      0
WEATHER COV..........
WEATHER TYPE.........NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP.................61     53     43     39     36     33
RH...................23     28     45     50     54     61
20 FT WIND...........W 10   NW 8   NW 6   NW 6   NW 6   NW 4
20 FT WIND GUST......20     15     13     12     12     8
MIX HGT (FT).........6200   1500   600    400    200    200
TRANSPORT WIND.......NW 22  NW 16  NW 14  NW 12  NW 9   NW 7
LVORI................1      2      2      2      2      3

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