FNUS72 KCHS 221330
FWSCHS

SPOT FORECAST FOR C-99...FRANCIS MARION NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
930 AM EDT FRI MAR 22 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 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 SET UP AND CONTINUE 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 RAIN AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS.

FOG POTENTIAL FOR TONIGHT...NONE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE
                    MORNING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE...THEN
                    BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH LATE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH AROUND 7 MPH...BECOMING WEST 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................38     47     52     55     56
RH..................46     32     28     26     31
20 FT WIND..........NE 5   NE 4   SE 3   S 4    S 5
20 FT WIND GUST.....10     5      5      5      10
LVORI...............2      2      2      2      2
ADI.................9      13     17     16     12

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44.
MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
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 58.
MIN HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING NORTHEAST
                    5 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 6 TO 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...SELLERS
REQUESTED BY...JOE BENTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130322.C99__.01/CHS