FNUS72 KCAE 141212 FWSCAE SPOT FORECAST FOR COMP 20...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 812 AM EDT TUE MAY 14 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0830 EDT ON MAY 14. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CROSSES THE REGION. THE INVERSION SHOULD BREAK AROUND 10 AM. WARM AIR ADVECTION AND SUBSIDENCE WILL PUT MIN RH IN THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE. MAX MIXING HEIGHTS WILL REACH 4500 TO 5000 FEET. NORTHEAST TRANSPORT WINDS THIS MORNING WILL SHIFT SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES TO OUR SOUTH AND EAST. WARM AIR ADVECTION AND SUBSIDENCE CONTINUES WEDNESDAY. MIN RH WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 30 PERCENT WITH MIXING HEIGHTS AROUND 4500 FEET AND WEST TO SOUTHWEST TRANSPORT WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE...ALTHOUGH MAINLY FROM THE NE THIS MORNING. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO E THEN SE BY LATE MORNING AND THEN FINALLY TO THE SOUTHWEST BY AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL BE LESS THAN 10 MPH THROUGH THE DAY...AVERAGING AROUND 5 TO 8 MPH WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS. .TODAY... TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE......... TEMP.................46 54 61 65 69 72 74 76 77 77 RH...................84 66 48 40 33 28 25 23 24 24 20 FT WIND DIR.......N NE E E SE S SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND DIR.......000 030 090 110 140 180 210 210 230 240 20 FT WIND SPD.......2 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST......5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)........0.5 1.7 2.7 3.6 4.2 4.6 4.8 5.1 5.2 5.0 TRANSP WIND DIR......N NE E E SE S S SW SW W TRANSP WIND SPD......3 5 6 7 6 6 5 6 7 8 LVORI................5 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 .TONIGHT... TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%)..............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE......... TEMP.................76 74 71 66 63 61 59 58 57 55 54 53 RH...................27 32 36 47 54 60 64 67 69 77 80 83 20 FT WIND DIR.......SW SW SW SW SW S S S S SW SW SW 20 FT WIND DIR.......230 220 210 210 210 200 200 200 200 210 210 220 20 FT WIND SPD.......5 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 20 FT WIND GUST......10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)........4.2 3.0 2.0 1.3 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 TRANSP WIND DIR......SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD......8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 10 12 13 LVORI................1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 .WEDNESDAY... TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%)..............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEATHER COV.......... WEATHER TYPE......... TEMP.................53 53 57 65 71 77 81 84 86 87 88 88 RH...................86 93 83 65 55 45 39 34 32 31 30 30 20 FT WIND DIR.......SW W W W SW SW W W W W W W 20 FT WIND DIR.......230 250 250 250 240 240 250 250 250 250 250 250 20 FT WIND SPD.......2 2 2 4 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST......5 5 5 10 15 15 15 15 15 20 20 20 MIX HGT (KFT)........0.3 0.3 0.4 1.7 2.9 3.7 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.8 5.1 4.9 TRANSP WIND DIR......SW SW SW W W W W W W W W W TRANSP WIND SPD......14 15 15 14 13 12 12 13 13 14 15 16 LVORI................5 5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 $$ FORECASTER...VAUGHAN REQUESTED BY...MARK FRIZZELL TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130514.COMP2.01/CAE