FNUS72 KCAE 271128
FWSCAE

SPOT FORECAST FOR LC 288...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
728 AM EDT WED MAR 27 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON MARCH 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE BUILDING INTO THE REGION
TODAY WITH THE PRESSURE GRADIENT FURTHER WEAKENING. HUMIDITIES
WILL ALSO BE LOWER TODAY WITH AFTERNOON MINIMUM HUMIDITY AROUND 25
PERCENT. WINDS WILL BEGIN TODAY NORTHWESTERLY AND GRADUALLY BACK
TO WESTERLY BY 1PM WITH SPEEDS BETWEEN 5 AND 10 MPH THROUGH THE
DAY. AN INVERSION WILL DEVELOP WITH SUNSET AND STRENGTHEN
OVERNIGHT WITH MINIMUM MIXING HEIGHTS THURSDAY MORNING AROUND 200
FEET. WINDS OVERNIGHT WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE.

.TODAY...
TIME (EDT)          10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%)..............0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0
WEATHER COV..........
WEATHER TYPE.........
TEMP.................40  45  49  52  54  56  56  55
RH...................52  41  35  30  27  25  26  28
20 FT WIND DIR.......NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W
20 FT WIND DIR.......310 320 310 290 280 280 280 280
20 FT WIND SPD.......4   5   6   6   7   7   7   6
20 FT WIND GUST......5   10  10  10  11  12  12  11
MIX HGT (KFT)........1.6 2.3 3.1 3.9 4.7 5.2 5.6 6.0
TRANSP WIND DIR......NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
TRANSP WIND SPD......9   12  12  13  13  14  16  17
LVORI................3   1   1   1   1   1   1   1

.TONIGHT...
TIME (EDT)          6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%)..............0      0      0      10     13     9
WEATHER COV..........
WEATHER TYPE.........NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP.................54     49     43     40     37     35
RH...................31     37     44     52     59     64
20 FT WIND...........W 5    W 4    W 4    NW 4   N 2    N 2
20 FT WIND GUST......10     7      7      7      5      5
MIX HGT (FT).........5000   700    400    300    300    300
TRANSPORT WIND.......W 14   W 7    W 3    NW 3   N 5    N 2
LVORI................1      2      2      2      3      3

.THURSDAY...
TIME (EDT)          6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%)..............5      0      6      12     17     15
WEATHER COV..........
WEATHER TYPE.........NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP.................33     33     44     53     58     60
RH...................72     72     47     33     28     26
20 FT WIND...........N 1    NW 1   N 2    NW 3   W 5    W 5
20 FT WIND GUST......              5      5      10     10
MIX HGT (FT).........200    400    1600   2700   3800   4500
TRANSPORT WIND.......NW 2   NW 2   NW 8   NW 10  NW 10  NW 14
LVORI................3      3      2      1      1      1

$$
FORECASTER...PROUD
REQUESTED BY...BILL HAMMOND
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130327.LC288.01/CAE