FNUS74 KHGX 181142 FWSHGX SPOT FORECAST FOR SHNF C -104...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 642 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... LOW CLOUD CEILINGS WILL LINGER THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING AND MAY NOT BEGIN TO SCATTER OUT UNTIL BETWEEN 9 AM AND 11 AM. DO EXPECT THE SURFACE WINDS TO BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY DURING THE MID AND LATE MORNING WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE SITE BETWEEN 3 PM AND 6 PM. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND SUNRISE TUESDAY MORNING. A COUPLE OF COMPUTER MODELS ARE EVEN HINTING AT PATCHY FOG DEVELOPMENT TUESDAY MORNING. NOTE...FOG CHANCES ARE EXPRESSED IN TERMS OF FOG POTENTIAL. A FOG POTENTIAL OF LOW IS A FORECAST FOR VISIBILITY OF 7 MILES OR GREATER...MODERATE IS FOR VISIBILITY FORECAST OF 4 TO 6 MILES... WHILE HIGH IS FOR A VISIBILITY FORECAST OF 3 MILES OR LOWER. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............72 78 80 80 RH..............71 60 58 56 20FT WIND DIR...S S W NW 20FT WIND (MPH).7 7 7 7 20FT WIND GUST..10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....1500 1900 3800 5100 MIX HGT (M).....460 580 1160 1550 TRANS WIND DIR..190 200 260 290 TRANS SPD (KTS).9 10 9 8 TRANS SPD (M/S).5 5 5 4 CWR.............10 10 10 10 VENT RATE.......2216 3411 5324 6400 CATEGORY DAY....2 2 3 3 FOG POTENTIAL...LOW LOW LOW LOW .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............79 68 61 57 54 52 RH..............58 78 90 93 93 93 20FT WIND DIR...N N N NE NE NE 20FT WIND (MPH).8 8 7 7 7 5 20FT WIND GUST..15 15 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....5200 4000 1600 800 600 600 MIX HGT (M).....1580 1220 490 240 180 180 TRANS WIND DIR..330 350 010 020 030 070 TRANS SPD (KTS).9 12 14 15 15 13 TRANS SPD (M/S).5 6 7 8 8 7 CWR.............10 10 10 10 0 0 VENT RATE.......7616 7303 3445 1813 1344 1147 CATEGORY DAY....3 3 2 1 1 1 FOG POTENTIAL...LOW LOW LOW LOW MOD MOD .TUESDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............51 51 60 68 74 76 RH..............89 89 67 52 44 42 20FT WIND DIR...E E E E SE SE 20FT WIND (MPH).3 5 7 7 6 7 20FT WIND GUST..5 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....300 900 2300 3000 3800 4600 MIX HGT (M).....90 270 700 910 1160 1400 TRANS WIND DIR..090 100 120 120 130 130 TRANS SPD (KTS).10 12 14 8 6 8 TRANS SPD (M/S).5 6 7 4 3 4 CWR.............0 10 10 10 10 10 VENT RATE.......542 1698 4948 4394 3475 5864 CATEGORY DAY....1 1 3 3 2 3 FOG POTENTIAL...MOD MOD LOW LOW LOW LOW $$ FORECASTER...LEWIS REQUESTED BY...JASON KLAWINSKY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130318.SHNFC.01/HGX