FNUS72 KFFC 031344 FWSFFC SPOT FORECAST FOR 4 OF JULY EVENT...CARTERSVILLE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 944 AM EDT WED JUL 3 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EDT ON JULY 04. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... FOR THE ENTIRE AREA... MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL KEEP HUMIDITY VALUES WELL ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. WINDS WILL ALSO STAY BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS THROUGH NEXT WEEK SO NO FIRE WEATHER ISSUES EXPECTED. RAINFALL COVERAGE AND AMOUNTS WILL INCREASE BEGINNING TODAY AS A PLUME OF RICH MOISTURE CONTINUES TO SPREAD WEST ACROSS THE STATE. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. FOR THE SPOT LOCATION... JULY 4TH STILL LOOKING TO BE WET THROUGH THE DAY...WITH LATEST COMPUTER MODELS STILL INDICATING HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS EASTERN AL AND WESTERN GA...CARTERSVILLE INCLUDED. DESPITE 100 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN WITH NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...THERE WILL BE PERIODS WHEN NO RAIN IS FALLING...BUT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE AT THIS POINT TO PINPOINT WHEN THESE PERIODS WILL BE OR FOR HOW LONG. TYPICALLY WITH THESE TYPES OF SYSTEMS...BEST CHANCES WILL BE DURING THE MID AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. LATEST COMPUTER MODELS SHOW SOME SMALL AMOUNT OF CLEARING IN WESTERN GEORGIA THURSDAY EVENING...BUT UNCERTAINTY IS LOW. WILL PREPARE AN UPDATED SPOT FORECAST BEFORE 430 PM EDT TODAY /WEDNESDAY/ WITH THE NEW WEATHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE THIS AFTERNOON. .INDEPENDENCE DAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81. MIN HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT. CWR.................100 PERCENT. LAL.................3. MIXING HEIGHT.......600-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2900-3000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 9 TO 18 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 29 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. DISPERSION INDEX....10 INCREASING TO 21 EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 35 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 45 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 79 DECREASING TO 67 IN THE AFTERNOON. LVORI...............3. TIME (EDT) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........97 99 99 92 98 WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE LIKELY LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............72 74 79 81 80 RH..............85 79 68 65 69 DISPERSION IDX..21 32 45 77 65 LVORI...........4 3 1 1 1 CWR.............80 70 70 100 100 .THURSDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71. MAX HUMIDITY........91 PERCENT. CWR.................100 PERCENT. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........98 93 93 93 93 93 WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............78 75 73 72 71 71 RH..............72 78 82 86 90 90 CWR.............100 100 100 100 100 100 $$ FORECASTER...BELANGER REQUESTED BY...RAY KING TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130704.4OFJU.01/FFC