FNUS72 KCAE 071742 AAA FWSCAE SPOT FORECAST FOR COMPARTMENT 150 151 152...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 142 PM EDT SUN APR 7 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 EDT ON APRIL 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...PREVIOUS SPOT FORECAST STILL GENERALLY APPEARS ON TRACK FOR THIS AFTERNOON. LOW CLOUDINESS LINGERED LONGER THAN EXPECTED THIS MORNING...AND LED TO TEMPS AND RH NOT FALLING AS QUICKLY AS PREVIOUSLY FORECAST. HOWEVER...A CHECK OF RECENT OBSERVATIONS AT THE RAWS SITE NEAR WHITMIRE CONFIRMS TEMPS AND RH NOW APPROACHING EXPECTED VALUES FOR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN SSW TO SW THIS AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY COMING AROUND TO SSE THIS EVENING AS A POSSIBLE SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY MOVES INLAND. TWEAKED MIXING HEIGHTS THIS AFTERNOON DOWN SLIGHTLY BASED ON CEILING HEIGHTS OF CUMULUS CLOUDINESS. LATEST HIGH RESOLUTION MODELS INDICATE A BRIEF ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWER POSSIBLE WITH THE SEA BREEZE EARLY THIS EVENING...HOWEVER CHANCES ARE LOW AND ANY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD BE VERY LIGHT. SURFACE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME LIGHT TONIGHT...AND LOW CLOUDINESS AND POSSIBLE FOG EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. .REST OF TODAY... TIME (EDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............71 71 72 77 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE......... TEMP.................71 73 74 73 RH...................44 44 43 44 20 FT WIND DIR.......SW S SW S 20 FT WIND DIR.......210 200 210 200 20 FT WIND SPD.......6 7 8 7 20 FT WIND GUST......10 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)........5.1 5.4 5.5 5.3 TRANSP WIND DIR......SW SW S S TRANSP WIND SPD......13 15 16 16 LVORI................1 1 1 1 .TONIGHT... TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)..............65 71 68 70 65 65 WEATHER COV.......... AREAS AREAS WEATHER TYPE.........NONE NONE NONE NONE FOG FOG TEMP.................72 65 60 59 56 54 RH...................46 61 76 75 86 90 20 FT WIND...........S 5 S 5 S 5 S 4 S 3 S 3 20 FT WIND GUST......12 10 8 5 5 4 MIX HGT (FT).........5000 800 400 400 300 200 TRANSPORT WIND.......S 14 S 10 S 8 S 7 S 6 S 5 LVORI................1 3 4 4 5 6 .MONDAY... TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)..............69 77 66 58 45 28 WEATHER COV..........AREAS AREAS WEATHER TYPE.........FOG FOG NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP.................53 53 64 73 77 80 RH...................93 96 69 51 43 39 20 FT WIND...........S 2 S 2 SW 5 SW 7 SW 8 SW 8 20 FT WIND GUST......4 4 8 12 15 20 $$ FORECASTER...MILLER REQUESTED BY...MARCUS BEASLEY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130407.COMPA.01/CAE