FNUS72 KCAE 181315 FWSCAE SPOT FORECAST FOR LC 311...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 915 AM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON MARCH 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SURFACE COLD AIR DAMMING/WEDGE THROUGH THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON... SO MIXING HEIGHTS WILL BE LOW. WINDS PROBABLY LIGHT AND VARIABLE...MAINLY NORTHEAST THROUGH THE MORNING...STILL EXPECT MIXING HEIGHTS TO RISE THIS AFTERNOON BUT CONFIDENCE IS RELATIVELY LOW TO MODERATE ON DEGREE OF RISE AND TIMING. SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS SHOULD INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON BUT AGAIN CONFIDENCE LOW. DISPERSION TONIGHT LIKELY FAIR AS COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE WEST. LINE OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. .TODAY... TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............88 86 87 89 90 91 93 95 WEATHER COV..........SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY WEATHER TYPE.........RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP.................57 58 58 59 61 62 63 63 RH...................86 86 90 90 84 81 78 81 20 FT WIND DIR.......E E E E E E E SE 20 FT WIND DIR.......110 100 090 080 070 090 110 130 20 FT WIND SPD.......3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 20 FT WIND GUST......10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)........1.5 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.4 2.8 2.8 TRANSP WIND DIR......E E E E SW SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD......7 5 5 7 12 12 9 7 LVORI................5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 .TONIGHT... TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)..............97 100 99 97 92 86 WEATHER COV..........DEFNTE LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE.........RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP.................63 64 63 62 61 59 RH...................81 78 79 82 86 87 20 FT WIND...........SE 4 S 5 SW 5 SW 5 SW 5 SW 4 20 FT WIND GUST......10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT).........1900 700 600 400 300 200 TRANSPORT WIND.......SW 9 SW 14 SW 13 SW 14 SW 14 W 13 LVORI................3 4 4 4 5 5 .TUESDAY... TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)..............78 58 41 18 1 2 WEATHER COV..........CHANCE S CHC WEATHER TYPE.........RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP.................57 56 60 65 68 69 RH...................90 84 58 40 29 24 20 FT WIND...........W 5 W 6 W 7 NW 8 NW 8 NW 7 20 FT WIND GUST......10 15 15 20 20 15 MIX HGT (FT).........200 400 2400 3800 5200 5300 TRANSPORT WIND.......W 12 W 13 NW 16 NW 18 NW 21 NW 22 LVORI................5 4 2 1 1 1 $$ FORECASTER...PETROLITO REQUESTED BY...BILL HAMMOND TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130318.LC311.01/CAE