FNUS72 KCAE 132153
FWSCAE

SPOT FORECAST FOR FT  JACKSON...FORESTRY BRANCH FT. JACKSON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
553 PM EDT WED MAR 13 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1732 EDT ON MARCH 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY AND COOLER AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD
INTO THE REGION. THIS DRY WEATHER WILL LAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
THURSDAY WILL HAVE WESTERLY WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS AND IN THE NORTH
PORTION  OF THE STATE...A FEW GUSTS TO 15 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON.
FOG WILL NOT BE AN ISSUE THURSDAY MORNING BECAUSE OF THE DRY AIR
AND LIGHT WINDS OVER THE AREA.

.TONIGHT...
SKY CONDITIONS WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.
THE 6 PM TEMPERATURE WILL BE 62 WITH AN RH OF 20 PERCENT. THE
TEMPERATURE WILL FALL TO 55 BY 8 PM WITH AN RH OF 30 PERCENT.
10 PM TEMPERATURES 45 WITH RH OF 40 PERCENT. THE OVERNIGHT LOW
WILL DROP TO 32 BY 6AM AND THE RH WILL BE 70 PERCENT. TRANSPORT
WINDS WILL BE WEST 15-20 MPH 6 PM THROUGH 9 PM...THEN WILL BECOME
NORTHWEST LESS THAN 10 MPH. THE OVERNIGHT INVERSION WILL SET UP
BY MIDNIGHT AS WINDS WILL BE UP A BIT. DISPERSION WILL BE GOOD
UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN FAIR AFTERWARDS WITH STILL A BIT OF A
BREEZE. MIXING HEIGHTS AT 6 PM WILL BE 5000 FEET BUT WILL DROP
TO 1000 FEET BY 8 PM AND BELOW 1000 FEET BY 10 PM. THE ADI WILL
BE 61...DECREASING TO 8. THE LVORI 2. NO FOG IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT
WITH A SURFACE BREEZE OF 5-6 MPH CONTINUING.

TIME (EDT)          6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%)..............1   0   19  2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
WEATHER COV..........
WEATHER TYPE.........
TEMP.................62  59  53  49  45  43  41  40  38  36  35  34
RH...................20  22  29  34  41  45  48  50  54  56  59  58
20 FT WIND DIR.......W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT WIND DIR.......280 290 290 300 310 310 320 330 330 330 330 330
20 FT WIND SPD.......10  8   6   6   6   6   6   5   4   4   4   4
20 FT WIND GUST......20  15  15  15  15  15  15  10  10  10  10  10
MIX HGT (KFT)........6.0 3.4 1.6 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
TRANSP WIND DIR......W   W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
TRANSP WIND SPD......18  17  16  15  14  12  10  9   8   7   7   6
LVORI................1   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   3   3   3

$$
FORECASTER...HAWKS
REQUESTED BY...IAN SMITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130313.FTJAC.01/CAE