FNUS72 KCAE 241135 FWSCAE SPOT FORECAST FOR LC 239 240...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 735 AM EDT WED APR 24 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 EDT ON APRIL 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLIDE AWAY FROM THE REGION TODAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THIS WILL RESULT IN SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING THIS MORNING WITH GUSTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. FOG AND STRATUS WILL RAPIDLY BURN OFF BY 9 AM WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON AROUND 40 PERCENT. TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWESTERLY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THEN TURN WESTERLY. WITH THE FRONT TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER 6PM. A WEAK INVERSION WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER WITH THE FRONT APPROACHING MIXING HEIGHTS WILL REMAIN ABOVE 300 FEET. .TODAY... TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............86 51 53 46 44 44 52 60 60 WEATHER COV..........PTY WEATHER TYPE.........FOG TEMP.................61 64 69 72 75 76 77 77 77 RH...................81 75 63 57 50 45 43 41 43 20 FT WIND DIR.......S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND DIR.......200 210 210 210 220 220 220 230 230 20 FT WIND SPD.......4 5 6 8 10 10 10 9 7 20 FT WIND GUST......5 10 15 15 20 20 20 20 20 MIX HGT (KFT)........0.6 1.4 2.4 3.6 4.8 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.4 TRANSP WIND DIR......S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD......8 12 16 20 22 22 22 23 23 LVORI................7 6 5 3 1 1 1 0 1 .TONIGHT... TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)..............61 70 74 83 93 82 WEATHER COV..........S CHC CHANCE CHANCE S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE.........RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP.................76 69 67 63 60 58 RH...................46 63 65 75 81 83 20 FT WIND...........SW 6 SW 5 SW 5 SW 5 SW 4 W 3 20 FT WIND GUST......20 15 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT).........4200 600 500 400 300 300 TRANSPORT WIND.......SW 23 SW 17 SW 10 SW 8 SW 7 W 7 LVORI................1 2 3 4 4 5 .THURSDAY... TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)..............67 55 47 30 30 23 WEATHER COV..........S CHC WEATHER TYPE.........RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP.................56 57 65 70 73 74 RH...................86 80 56 42 34 29 20 FT WIND...........W 3 N 3 N 5 N 5 N 5 NW 5 20 FT WIND GUST......10 10 10 15 15 15 MIX HGT (FT).........300 300 1600 4000 6300 6300 TRANSPORT WIND.......NW 8 N 9 N 9 N 9 N 9 N 9 LVORI................4 4 3 1 1 1 $$ FORECASTER...PROUD REQUESTED BY...BILL HAMMOND TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130424.LC239.01/CAE