FNUS72 KCAE 211048
FWSCAE

SPOT FORECAST FOR CSNWR RX 03 21 2013...US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
648 AM EDT THU MAR 21 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EDT ON MARCH 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...VERY DRY LOW LEVEL AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO
THE REGION TODAY BEHIND A SURFACE TROUGH THAT MOVED THROUGH EARLY
THIS MORNING. LATEST GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT RH VALUES COULD FALL
TO 25 PERCENT BY AS EARLY AS NOON...EVENTUALLY FALLING TO NEAR
15 PERCENT BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE ALSO
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 20 TO 25 MPH.
LATEST HIGH RESOLUTION MODELS INDICATE A WNW TO NW WIND
TODAY...THEN WINDS WILL SWING AROUND TO N TO NNE THIS EVENING
AND EARLY TONIGHT WHILE DECREASING IN SPEED. HIGH PRESSURE WILL
BUILD INTO THE REGION TONIGHT...WITH WINDS EVENTUALLY
DIMINISHING TO LIGHT AND VARIABLE OR CALM.

.TODAY...
TIME (EDT)          9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%)..............0   0   0   0   1   1   3   6   7
WEATHER COV..........
WEATHER TYPE.........
TEMP.................38  39  41  43  46  47  49  51  50
RH...................44  37  31  27  23  21  19  17  18
20 FT WIND DIR.......NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT WIND DIR.......320 320 310 310 310 300 300 300 300
20 FT WIND SPD.......7   9   10  10  10  11  11  11  11
20 FT WIND GUST......12  15  20  23  23  25  25  25  25
MIX HGT (KFT)........1.2 1.9 3.9 4.6 4.9 5.2 5.6 6.1 6.2
TRANSP WIND DIR......NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
TRANSP WIND SPD......14  18  20  20  20  21  22  23  23
LVORI................2   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1

.TONIGHT...
TIME (EDT)          6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%)..............6      34     34     35     35     36
WEATHER COV..........
WEATHER TYPE.........NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP.................48     43     37     35     32     30
RH...................19     25     42     47     53     58
20 FT WIND...........NW 10  NW 5   NW 4   N 4    N 3    N 2
20 FT WIND GUST......20     10     7      5      5
MIX HGT (FT).........5800   500    300    300    300    300
TRANSPORT WIND.......NW 20  NW 10  N 7    N 6    N 5    N 4
LVORI................1      2      2      2      2      3

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FORECASTER...MILLER
REQUESTED BY...MARK PARKER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130321.CSNWR.01/CAE