FNUS52 KCAE 190908 FWFCAE FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR SOUTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 508 AM EDT WED JUN 19 2013 .DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT CROSSING THE NORTHERN MIDLANDS THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH TODAY...TO PUSH SOUTH OF THE CSRA THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL SHIFT NORTHEAST IN ITS WAKE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM WILL BE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS AHEAD OF THE FRONT. MIN RH WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 50 PERCENT ACROSS THE NORTH MIDLANDS TO AROUND 60 PERCENT OVER THE CSRA THIS AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHTS WILL RANGE FROM 3500 SOUTH TO NEAR 4800 FEET NORTH. LITTLE IN THE WAY OF FOG IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 KNOTS THURSDAY WITH MIXING HEIGHTS 4000 TO 5000 FEET. GAZ040-063-064-SCZ018-025-192115- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-MCCORMICK-EDGEFIELD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ... EVANS...MCCORMICK...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON 508 AM EDT WED JUN 19 2013 TODAY TONIGHT THU CLOUD COVER MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PRECIP CHC (%) 20 0 0 PRECIP TYPE TSTMS NONE NONE MAX/MIN TEMP 84 67 87 WND20FT2MIN/EARLY(MPH)LGT/VAR LGT/VAR NE 5 WND20FT2MIN/LATE(MPH) LGT/VAR LGT/VAR NE 7 PRECIP AMOUNT 0.05 0.00 0.00 PRECIP DURATION 0 0 0 PRECIP BEGIN 6 AM PRECIP END CONTINUING MIN/MAX HUMIDITY % 53 98 44 DSI 2 3 LAL 4 1 1 HAINES INDEX 3 5 5 MIXING HGT(FT-AGL) 4700 5300 DISPERSION 7PM-8AM/PO TRANSPORT WND (MPH) NE 10 NE 13 VENT RATE (MPH-FT) 47000 68900 ADI EARLY 25 FAIR 24 FAIR 43 GEN GOOD ADI LATE 28 FAIR 2 VERY POOR 52 GEN GOOD MAX LVORI EARLY 9 4 7 MAX LVORI LATE 3 7 1 REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. MINIMUM RH 43 PERCENT. EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. MINIMUM RH 45 PERCENT. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. MINIMUM RH 46 PERCENT. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. MINIMUM RH 48 PERCENT. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. MINIMUM RH 44 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. $$ SCZ020-021-026-192115- NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-SALUDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...SALUDA... RIDGE SPRING 508 AM EDT WED JUN 19 2013 TODAY TONIGHT THU CLOUD COVER MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PRECIP CHC (%) 20 0 0 PRECIP TYPE TSTMS NONE NONE MAX/MIN TEMP 84 66 86 WND20FT2MIN/EARLY(MPH)N 5 LGT/VAR NE 5 WND20FT2MIN/LATE(MPH) NE 5 LGT/VAR NE 7 PRECIP AMOUNT 0.02 0.00 0.00 PRECIP DURATION 0 0 0 PRECIP BEGIN 6 AM PRECIP END 2 PM MIN/MAX HUMIDITY % 51 98 43 DSI 2 3 LAL 4 1 1 HAINES INDEX 3 5 5 MIXING HGT(FT-AGL) 4700 5200 DISPERSION 7PM-8AM/PO TRANSPORT WND (MPH) NE 15 NE 13 VENT RATE (MPH-FT) 70500 67600 ADI EARLY 40 FAIR 39 FAIR 43 GEN GOOD ADI LATE 45 GEN GOOD 3 VERY POOR 51 GEN GOOD MAX LVORI EARLY 8 4 7 MAX LVORI LATE 2 6 1 REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. MINIMUM RH 43 PERCENT. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. MINIMUM RH 43 PERCENT. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. MINIMUM RH 46 PERCENT. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. HIGHS AROUND 90. MINIMUM RH 48 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. MINIMUM RH 44 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. $$ GAZ065-077-SCZ030-035-041-192115- RICHMOND-BURKE-AIKEN-BARNWELL-BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO... SAVANNAH RIVER SITE...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA...BARNWELL... WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...BAMBERG...DENMARK 508 AM EDT WED JUN 19 2013 TODAY TONIGHT THU CLOUD COVER MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PRECIP CHC (%) 40 30 0 PRECIP TYPE TSTMS TSTMS NONE MAX/MIN TEMP 85 67 88 WND20FT2MIN/EARLY(MPH)LGT/VAR LGT/VAR NE 7 G17 WND20FT2MIN/LATE(MPH) NW 5 LGT/VAR NE 9 G17 PRECIP AMOUNT 0.28 0.06 0.00 PRECIP DURATION 0 0 0 PRECIP BEGIN 6 AM CONTINUING PRECIP END CONTINUING 3 AM MIN/MAX HUMIDITY % 59 100 45 DSI 2 3 LAL 4 2 2 HAINES INDEX 3 5 5 MIXING HGT(FT-AGL) 4100 4700 DISPERSION 7PM-8AM/PO TRANSPORT WND (MPH) NW 10 NE 18 VENT RATE (MPH-FT) 41000 84600 ADI EARLY 14 GEN POOR 24 FAIR 43 GEN GOOD ADI LATE 25 FAIR 3 VERY POOR 63 GOOD MAX LVORI EARLY 8 6 8 MAX LVORI LATE 3 9 1 REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. MINIMUM RH 45 PERCENT. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. MINIMUM RH 47 PERCENT. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. MINIMUM RH 47 PERCENT. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. HIGHS AROUND 90. MINIMUM RH 48 PERCENT. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. MINIMUM RH 44 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. $$ SCZ015-016-022-029-192115- LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-KERSHAW-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LANCASTER...ELGIN...CHERAW...PAGELAND... CAMDEN...LUGOFF...BISHOPVILLE 508 AM EDT WED JUN 19 2013 TODAY TONIGHT THU CLOUD COVER MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PRECIP CHC (%) 30 0 0 PRECIP TYPE TSTMS NONE NONE MAX/MIN TEMP 84 66 85 WND20FT2MIN/EARLY(MPH)N 6 LGT/VAR NE 7 G18 WND20FT2MIN/LATE(MPH) NE 6 LGT/VAR NE 8 G18 PRECIP AMOUNT 0.08 0.00 0.00 PRECIP DURATION 0 0 0 PRECIP BEGIN 6 AM PRECIP END 12 PM MIN/MAX HUMIDITY % 53 100 44 DSI 2 3 LAL 4 2 1 HAINES INDEX 4 5 5 MIXING HGT(FT-AGL) 4700 4600 DISPERSION 7PM-8AM/PO TRANSPORT WND (MPH) NE 15 NE 17 VENT RATE (MPH-FT) 70500 78200 ADI EARLY 39 FAIR 40 FAIR 47 GEN GOOD ADI LATE 49 GEN GOOD 5 VERY POOR 58 GEN GOOD MAX LVORI EARLY 6 5 7 MAX LVORI LATE 1 7 1 REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. MINIMUM RH 44 PERCENT. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. MINIMUM RH 44 PERCENT. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. MINIMUM RH 46 PERCENT. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. HIGHS AROUND 90. MINIMUM RH 48 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 70. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. MINIMUM RH 47 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. $$ SCZ027-028-031-036>038-192115- LEXINGTON-RICHLAND-SUMTER-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...LEXINGTON... RED BANK...COLUMBIA...SUMTER...ORANGEBURG...ST. MATTHEWS... MANNING...SUMMERTON 508 AM EDT WED JUN 19 2013 TODAY TONIGHT THU CLOUD COVER MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PRECIP CHC (%) 50 30 0 PRECIP TYPE TSTMS TSTMS NONE MAX/MIN TEMP 84 67 86 WND20FT2MIN/EARLY(MPH)LGT/VAR LGT/VAR NE 8 G20 WND20FT2MIN/LATE(MPH) N 5 LGT/VAR NE 9 G20 PRECIP AMOUNT 0.24 0.04 0.00 PRECIP DURATION 2 0 0 PRECIP BEGIN 6 AM CONTINUING PRECIP END CONTINUING 12 AM MIN/MAX HUMIDITY % 58 100 45 DSI 2 3 LAL 4 2 1 HAINES INDEX 3 5 5 MIXING HGT(FT-AGL) 4300 4600 DISPERSION 7PM-8AM/PO TRANSPORT WND (MPH) N 12 NE 18 VENT RATE (MPH-FT) 51600 82800 ADI EARLY 20 GEN POOR 31 FAIR 47 GEN GOOD ADI LATE 32 FAIR 6 VERY POOR 57 GEN GOOD MAX LVORI EARLY 7 5 6 MAX LVORI LATE 3 7 1 REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. MINIMUM RH 45 PERCENT. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. MINIMUM RH 47 PERCENT. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. MINIMUM RH 47 PERCENT. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. HIGHS AROUND 90. MINIMUM RH 49 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 70. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. MINIMUM RH 47 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. $$ .OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS... TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL. PRECIPITATION ABOVE NORMAL. $$ ADI IS ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION INDEX BY LAVDAS. 1-6..... VERY POOR 7-12.... POOR 13-20... GENERALLY POOR 21-40... FAIR 41-60... GENERALLY GOOD 61-100.. GOOD >100.... VERY GOOD LVORI IS LOW VISIBILITY OCCURRENCE RISK INDEX. LVORI RANGES FROM 1 TO 10 WHERE 1 REPRESENTS THE LOWEST RISK AND 10 REPRESENTS THE HIGHEST RISK $$