FNUS72 KFFC 031251 FWSFFC SPOT FORECAST FOR 4E 4D...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 851 AM EDT WED APR 3 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON APRIL 03. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... MOISTURE INCREASES ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO AND MOVES TO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE LATE THURSDAY. THIS WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN TO THE AREA ESPECIALLY TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. RAIN CHANCES WILL DIMINISH ON FRIDAY. FOR THE SPOT FORECAST AREA...INCREASING HIGH CLOUDS EXPECTED THIS THROUGH LATE MORNING...WITH CLOUD BASES LOWERING TO 5KFT THIS AFTERNOON WITH APPROACHING SYSTEM. RAIN CHANCES HIGHEST OVERNIGHT...BUT SLIGHT CHANCES OF LIGHT RAIN POSSIBLE BY EARLY EVENING. ENE WINDS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO AROUND 8-12 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO INCREASE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WINDS OVERNIGHT WILL PREVENT WIDESPREAD FOG DEVELOPMENT...BUT WITH SHOWER ACTIVITY THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME HOURS...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF PATCHY VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS...GENERALLY 5 SM OR ABOVE...DURING THE EARLY MORNING THROUGH LATE MORNING THURSDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-75 PERCENT) THROUGH THE DAY. HIGH CLOUDS EXPECTED THROUGH LATE MORNING WITH LOWERING CEILINGS THIS AFTERNOON. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN BY LATE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68. MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME NORTHEAST 6 TO 12 MPH BY LATE MORNING. CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 30 PERCENT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3300-3700 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 8 TO 16 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....7 INCREASING TO 35. LVORI...............3. TIME (EDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........68 73 83 87 WEATHER COV..... S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RAIN TEMP............55 62 66 68 RH..............50 39 33 32 20 FT WIND......E 7 E 8 E 10 NE 12 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 20 20 DISPERSION IDX..18 34 33 34 LVORI...........2 1 1 1 CWR.............10 10 10 20 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN LIKELY LATE IN THE EVENING. RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48. MAX HUMIDITY........81 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 12 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....36 DECREASING TO 15. LVORI...............3. FOG POTENTIAL.......SLIGHT CHANCE OF PATCHY FOG...GENERALLY 5 SM OR HIGHER. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........93 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE....RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN TEMP............67 61 56 54 51 49 RH..............35 47 58 62 67 73 20 FT WIND......NE 12 NE 12 E 12 E 12 E 12 NE 12 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 15 20 20 20 DISPERSION IDX..36 13 12 12 12 11 LVORI...........1 2 2 2 3 4 .THURSDAY... DISPERSION INDEX....17 INCREASING TO 36 EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 45 LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 38 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. LVORI...............3. $$ FORECASTER...BELANGER REQUESTED BY...JOHN MASON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130403.4E4D_.04/FFC