FNUS72 KFFC 201311 FWSFFC SPOT FORECAST FOR 2E...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 911 AM EDT WED MAR 20 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0910 EDT ON MARCH 20. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES TODAY. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL PUSH EAST OF THE AREA BY THE AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING MID AND UPPER LEVEL CLOUDINESS TO THE REGION THROUGH THE LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. CLOUDS SHOULD SCATTER OUT LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND SKIES SHOULD BECOME PARTLY OR MOSTLY SUNNY. YESTERDAYS 18Z FUEL MOISTURES IN THE BURN AREA WERE ABOVE 15 PERCENT. ADDITIONAL DRYING IS EXPECTED TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON WHEN THE CLOUDS SCATTER OUT. A FIRE DANGER STATEMENT IS IN EFFECT NORTH OF THE BURN AREA TODAY. MUCH DRIER AIR WILL FILTER IN FOR THURSDAY WITH WINDS INCREASING AS WELL. THE DETERMINING FACTOR IN IF RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL BE REALIZED WILL BE FUEL MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA. SINCE THERE IS UNCERTAINTY IN HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL DRYING OF THE SOILS WILL TAKE PLACE...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL BUT EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-60 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63. MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4800-6200 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 16 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....5 INCREASING TO 70. LVORI...............2. TIME (EDT) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........46 63 35 25 24 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............46 50 57 61 62 RH..............53 44 34 29 27 20 FT WIND......N 3 N 5 NW 6 NW 8 W 10 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 15 15 DISPERSION IDX..6 36 47 53 74 LVORI...........2 1 1 1 1 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 32. MAX HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....77 DECREASING TO 9 EARLY IN THE EVENING. LVORI...............2. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 10 PM 2 AM SKY (%).........21 13 4 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE TEMP............60 50 41 RH..............28 41 60 20 FT WIND......W 10G15 NW 8G15 NW 8G15 DISPERSION IDX..77 9 8 LVORI...........1 2 3 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55. MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4700-6300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 14 TO 23 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 26 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....11 INCREASING TO 17 LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 99 LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 83 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 93 DECREASING TO 80 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. LVORI...............2. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........3 2 2 4 8 25 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............33 32 39 47 52 55 RH..............70 66 46 31 23 20 20 FT WIND......NW 6 NW 7 NW 10 NW 13 NW 14 NW 13 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 20 20 25 20 DISPERSION IDX..6 15 17 78 87 93 LVORI...........3 3 2 1 1 1 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...NLISTEMAA REQUESTED BY...JOHN MASON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130320.2E___.01/FFC