FNUS72 KCHS 221215
FWSCHS

SPOT FORECAST FOR C-75...FRANCIS MARION NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
815 AM EDT FRI MAR 22 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EDT ON MARCH 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
NEAR CRITICAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AS
COOL HIGH PRESSURE PREVAILS TODAY. LIGHT WINDS WILL STEADILY VEER
THROUGH THE DAY WITH A SOUTHERLY FLOW PREVAILING BY EARLY
AFTERNOON. LIGHT WINDS OVERNIGHT WILL ALLOW THE INVERSION TO SETUP AND
PREVAIL THROUGH AT LEAST LATE MORNING ON SATURDAY. THEREAFTER...A
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH WILL APPROACH THE
AREA...INCREASING RAIN CHANCES BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BRING
DECENT RAINS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS.

FOG POTENTIAL FOR TONIGHT...NONE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE
                    MORNING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE...THEN
                    BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH LATE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH AROUND 6 MPH...BECOMING WEST AROUND 8 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (EDT)          9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY COVER...........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.........
WEATHER TYPE........NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TSTM COV............
TEMP................36     46     52     56     56
RH..................45     32     26     24     29
20 FT WIND..........NE 4   NE 4   SE 3   S 3    S 4
20 FT WIND GUST.....5      5      6      6      5
LVORI...............2      2      2      2      2
ADI.................7      12     17     16     11

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 43.
MAX HUMIDITY........82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
INVERSION/DISPERSION...8PM-12PM/VERY POOR.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN IN
                    THE MORNING. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
                    RAIN LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MIN HUMIDITY........74 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST 6 TO 8 MPH.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 5 TO 14 MPH.

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FORECASTER...PACKETT
REQUESTED BY...JOE BENTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130322.C75__.01/CHS