FNUS72 KCAE 131158 FWSCAE SPOT FORECAST FOR FTG_TA48...DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 758 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 RH VALUES EXPECTED TO FALL TO NEAR 20 PERCENT BY LATE AFTERNOON. 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 TO N THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT BEHIND A SURFACE TROUGH. THE INVERSION WILL BE WEAK OR SLOW TO SET UP EARLY TONIGHT BECAUSE OF WIND STAYING UP...BUT WITH WEAKENING WINDS LATE TONIGHT THE INVERSION SHOULD STRENGTHEN SOME LATE. .TODAY... TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............3 4 4 5 6 7 6 5 4 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE......... TEMP.................43 48 52 55 57 59 60 63 60 RH...................65 54 44 37 31 27 24 20 20 20 FT WIND DIR.......NW W W W W W W W W 20 FT WIND DIR.......300 290 290 290 290 280 280 290 290 20 FT WIND SPD.......4 5 7 10 12 12 13 13 12 20 FT WIND GUST......8 10 12 20 25 25 25 25 24 MIX HGT (KFT)........0.8 1.5 3.4 4.8 5.4 5.5 5.7 5.7 5.4 TRANSP WIND DIR......NW NW NW NW W W W NW NW TRANSP WIND SPD......12 15 20 24 25 28 30 30 30 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 (%)..............3 0 0 0 0 0 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE.........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP.................58 52 45 41 37 34 RH...................22 29 40 44 50 56 20 FT WIND...........W 11 NW 7 NW 5 NW 6 NW 5 NW 5 20 FT WIND GUST......25 15 15 15 15 10 MIX HGT (FT).........5000 1000 600 400 300 300 TRANSPORT WIND.......NW 25 NW 15 NW 10 NW 10 NW 9 NW 8 LVORI................1 2 2 2 2 3 .THURSDAY... TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)..............0 0 0 0 0 10 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE.........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP.................31 30 41 50 56 59 RH...................66 69 42 30 24 23 20 FT WIND...........NW 5 NW 4 NW 4 NW 5 W 5 W 6 20 FT WIND GUST......10 10 10 10 15 15 MIX HGT (FT).........300 400 1700 3200 4300 4300 TRANSPORT WIND.......NW 7 NW 7 NW 8 NW 9 W 12 W 12 LVORI................3 3 2 1 1 1 $$ FORECASTER...MILLER REQUESTED BY...ALLEN BRASWELL TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130313.FTG_T.01/CAE