FNUS72 KFFC 141137 FWSFFC SPOT FORECAST FOR 135...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 737 AM EDT THU MAR 14 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 EDT ON MARCH 14. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS EXIST THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. WINDS AT THE BURN SITE WILL START OUT NORTH AND NORTHWEST AROUND 6 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 15 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON... BUT THESE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH AND BECOME MORE WEST TO NORTHWEST BY MID AFTERNOON. EXPECT MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES TO PREVAIL TODAY AROUND THE BURN SITE... ALTHOUGH COULD SEE A FEW MID LEVEL CLOUDS DEVELOP DURING DAYTIME HEATING. COVERAGE SHOULD BE 30 PERCENT OR LESS THROUGH AT LEAST THE AFTERNOON. AN UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD SCATTERED TO BROKEN HIGH CLOUDS (10000-15000 FT) INTO THE AREA BY 6-8 PM THIS EVENING. COULD SEE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AROUND THE BURN SITE BY MID TO LATE EVENING... AND IF SO... WOULD PROBABLY STAY MOSTLY CLOUDY ALL NIGHT. HOWEVER... EXPECT CLOUDS TO REMAIN SCATTERED THAT FAR SOUTH AND WITH LIGHT WINDS OVERNIGHT... EXPECT SOME PATCHY FOG TO DEVELOP AROUND THE AREA BY 5-6 AM FRIDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO AROUND 3-4 MILES. THE FOG SHOULD BURN OFF BY 9 AM FRIDAY MORNING. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-30 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........44 AT IGNITION...MAX 58. RH..................46 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 21 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH BECOMING WEST IN THE AFTERNOON. MAY SEE AN OCCASIONAL WIND GUST TO 12 TO 15 MPH DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4100 FT AGL AT IGNITION. OTHERWISE 4100-4700 FT AGL BY LATE MORNING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 9 TO 14 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....7 INCREASING TO 42 LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 52 IN THE AFTERNOON. LVORI...............2. TIME (EDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........6 6 15 25 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............38 48 54 58 RH..............46 32 25 21 20 FT WIND......N 8 NW 8 WNW 7 W 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 12 12 DISPERSION IDX..5 41 36 51 LVORI...........2 1 1 1 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-45 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 33. RH..................MAX 79 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......4600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 0-100 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 TO 12 MPH DECREASING TO 1 TO 2 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. DISPERSION INDEX....42 DECREASING TO 4 EARLY IN THE EVENING. LVORI...............3. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........25 35 40 45 45 45 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............56 51 45 41 38 36 RH..............23 32 42 52 60 67 20 FT WIND......W 7 W 5 W 3 W 3 W 2 W 2 20 FT WIND GUST.12 10 5 5 5 5 DISPERSION IDX..45 6 4 2 1 1 LVORI...........1 2 2 2 3 4 .FRIDAY... DISPERSION INDEX....5 INCREASING TO 102 LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 83 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 96 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 103. LVORI...............3. $$ FORECASTER...DARBE REQUESTED BY...TIM KOLNIK TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130314.135__.01/FFC