000 FNUS52 KCHS 100854 FWFCHS FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR SE SOUTH CAROLINA AND SE GEORGIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 354 AM EST FRI FEB 10 2012 ...CRITICAL WINDS AND HUMIDITY POSSIBLE SATURDAY.. .DISCUSSION... A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL LINGER OFF THE COAST TODAY. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH OFFSHORE LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY AND BE FOLLOWED BY A SECONDARY REINFORCING COLD FRONT SATURDAY NIGHT. COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD FROM THE WEST AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM COULD AFFECT THE AREA BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. FOG POTENTIAL FOR TONIGHT...LOW. GAZ087-088-SCZ040-102115- JENKINS-SCREVEN-ALLENDALE- 354 AM EST FRI FEB 10 2012 TODAY TONIGHT SAT CLOUD COVER MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PRECIP TYPE SHOWERS SHOWERS NONE CHANCE PRECIP 20 20 0 PRECIP AMOUNT 0.00 0.00 0.00 PRECIP DURATION 1 1 PRECIP BEGIN 12 PM CONTINUING PRECIP END CONTINUING 2 AM MAX/MIN TEMP 62 39 57 MIN/MAX RH 58 87 31 WIND 20FT/2MIN-EARLY LGT/VAR LGT/VAR W 10 WIND 20FT/2MIN-LATE LGT/VAR W 7 NW 15 INVERSION BEGIN 1900 INVERSION END 1000 1000 DISPERSION VERY POOR ADI EARLY 5 6 75 ADI LATE 7 8 107 MAX LVORI EARLY 10 5 4 MAX LVORI LATE 4 4 2 MIXING HEIGHT 1300 6500 TRANSPORT WIND NW 5 W 32 VENTILATION RATE 6500 208000 DSI 2 3 REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .SUNDAY...CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. MINIMUM RH 19 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .MONDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. MINIMUM RH 23 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. MINIMUM RH 51 PERCENT. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS AROUND 70. MINIMUM RH 47 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. MINIMUM RH 51 PERCENT. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. $$ GAZ099-100-114-115-102115- CANDLER-BULLOCH-TATTNALL-EVANS- INCLUDING...EXTREME WESTERN FORT STEWART...NORTHWEST FORT STEWART 354 AM EST FRI FEB 10 2012 TODAY TONIGHT SAT CLOUD COVER MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PRECIP TYPE SHOWERS SHOWERS NONE CHANCE PRECIP 20 20 0 PRECIP AMOUNT 0.00 0.00 0.00 PRECIP DURATION 1 1 PRECIP BEGIN 11 AM CONTINUING PRECIP END CONTINUING 3 AM MAX/MIN TEMP 63 40 57 MIN/MAX RH 59 86 34 WIND 20FT/2MIN-EARLY LGT/VAR LGT/VAR W 10 G17 WIND 20FT/2MIN-LATE LGT/VAR W 7 NW 15 INVERSION BEGIN 1900 INVERSION END 1000 1000 DISPERSION VERY POOR ADI EARLY 7 6 74 ADI LATE 10 8 108 MAX LVORI EARLY 9 5 4 MAX LVORI LATE 4 4 2 MIXING HEIGHT 1500 6500 TRANSPORT WIND N 6 W 32 VENTILATION RATE 9000 208000 DSI 2 3 REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .SUNDAY...CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. MINIMUM RH 19 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .MONDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. MINIMUM RH 24 PERCENT. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. MINIMUM RH 54 PERCENT. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. MINIMUM RH 47 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS AROUND 70. MINIMUM RH 52 PERCENT. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. $$ SCZ042>044-047-102115- HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND JASPER- INCLUDING...NORTHERN ACE BASIN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE... CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAVANNAH NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE 354 AM EST FRI FEB 10 2012 TODAY TONIGHT SAT CLOUD COVER MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PRECIP TYPE SHOWERS SHOWERS NONE CHANCE PRECIP 40 40 0 PRECIP AMOUNT 0.00 0.00 0.00 PRECIP DURATION 3 2 PRECIP BEGIN 9 AM CONTINUING PRECIP END CONTINUING 4 AM MAX/MIN TEMP 62 40 57 MIN/MAX RH 61 99 34 WIND 20FT/2MIN-EARLY LGT/VAR LGT/VAR W 9 G17 WIND 20FT/2MIN-LATE LGT/VAR W 5 W 14 INVERSION BEGIN 1900 INVERSION END 1000 1000 DISPERSION VERY POOR ADI EARLY 5 4 72 ADI LATE 7 8 104 MAX LVORI EARLY 10 7 5 MAX LVORI LATE 5 7 2 MIXING HEIGHT 1500 6500 TRANSPORT WIND NE 3 W 30 VENTILATION RATE 4500 195000 DSI 1 3 REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .SUNDAY...CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. MINIMUM RH 21 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .MONDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. MINIMUM RH 25 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. MINIMUM RH 53 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS AROUND 70. MINIMUM RH 49 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. MINIMUM RH 54 PERCENT. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. $$ SCZ045-102115- BERKELEY- INCLUDING...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL FRANCIS MARION NATIONAL FOREST 354 AM EST FRI FEB 10 2012 TODAY TONIGHT SAT CLOUD COVER MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PRECIP TYPE SHOWERS SHOWERS NONE CHANCE PRECIP 50 50 0 PRECIP AMOUNT 0.02 0.05 0.00 PRECIP DURATION 3 2 PRECIP BEGIN 10 AM CONTINUING PRECIP END CONTINUING 5 AM MAX/MIN TEMP 62 42 58 MIN/MAX RH 59 100 34 WIND 20FT/2MIN-EARLY LGT/VAR LGT/VAR W 9 WIND 20FT/2MIN-LATE LGT/VAR W 5 W 13 INVERSION BEGIN 1900 INVERSION END 1000 1000 DISPERSION VERY POOR ADI EARLY 6 3 67 ADI LATE 8 8 102 MAX LVORI EARLY 10 8 5 MAX LVORI LATE 6 9 2 MIXING HEIGHT 1300 6500 TRANSPORT WIND E 7 W 28 VENTILATION RATE 9100 182000 DSI 2 3 REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .SUNDAY...CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. MINIMUM RH 21 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .MONDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. MINIMUM RH 23 PERCENT. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. MINIMUM RH 51 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. MINIMUM RH 48 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. MINIMUM RH 52 PERCENT. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. $$ SCZ048>051-102115- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- INCLUDING...PINCKNEY ISLAND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE... WESTERN ACE BASIN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE... CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ACE BASIN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE... EASTERN AND SOUTHERN FRANCIS MARION NATIONAL FOREST... CAPE ROMAIN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE... EASTERN ACE BASIN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE... TYBEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE 354 AM EST FRI FEB 10 2012 TODAY TONIGHT SAT CLOUD COVER MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PRECIP TYPE SHOWERS SHOWERS NONE CHANCE PRECIP 50 50 0 PRECIP AMOUNT 0.03 0.04 0.00 PRECIP DURATION 3 2 PRECIP BEGIN 8 AM CONTINUING PRECIP END CONTINUING 5 AM MAX/MIN TEMP 63 43 58 MIN/MAX RH 60 100 36 WIND 20FT/2MIN-EARLY NE 4 W 3 W 11 G18 WIND 20FT/2MIN-LATE LGT/VAR W 6 W 14 INVERSION BEGIN 1900 INVERSION END 1000 1000 DISPERSION VERY POOR ADI EARLY 15 6 75 ADI LATE 21 13 104 MAX LVORI EARLY 9 7 4 MAX LVORI LATE 5 8 1 MIXING HEIGHT 2500 6500 TRANSPORT WIND S 13 W 30 VENTILATION RATE 32500 195000 DSI 2 3 REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. MINIMUM RH 24 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. .MONDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. MINIMUM RH 30 PERCENT. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. MINIMUM RH 56 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. MINIMUM RH 54 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS AROUND 50. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. MINIMUM RH 58 PERCENT. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. $$ GAZ101-116-118-137-138-140-102115- EFFINGHAM-INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY- INLAND MCINTOSH- INCLUDING...NORTHERN SAVANNAH NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE... NORTHERN AND EASTERN FORT STEWART... WESTERN SAVANNAH NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE... SOUTHWEST FORT STEWART...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FORT STEWART 354 AM EST FRI FEB 10 2012 TODAY TONIGHT SAT CLOUD COVER MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PRECIP TYPE SHOWERS SHOWERS NONE CHANCE PRECIP 30 40 0 PRECIP AMOUNT 0.00 0.00 0.00 PRECIP DURATION 2 2 PRECIP BEGIN 9 AM CONTINUING PRECIP END CONTINUING 4 AM MAX/MIN TEMP 66 42 58 MIN/MAX RH 62 91 35 WIND 20FT/2MIN-EARLY LGT/VAR LGT/VAR NW 9 G17 WIND 20FT/2MIN-LATE LGT/VAR W 6 NW 14 INVERSION BEGIN 1900 INVERSION END 1000 1000 DISPERSION POOR ADI EARLY 9 6 74 ADI LATE 12 8 105 MAX LVORI EARLY 10 5 4 MAX LVORI LATE 4 5 2 MIXING HEIGHT 2300 6500 TRANSPORT WIND SE 8 W 31 VENTILATION RATE 18400 201500 DSI 2 3 REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .SUNDAY...CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS AROUND 50. MINIMUM RH 20 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .MONDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. MINIMUM RH 28 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. MINIMUM RH 57 PERCENT. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS AROUND 50. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. MINIMUM RH 49 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. MINIMUM RH 56 PERCENT. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. $$ GAZ117-119-139-141-102115- COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- INCLUDING...WASSAW ISLAND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE... WOLF ISLAND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE... BLACKBEARD NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE... HARRIS NECK NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE 354 AM EST FRI FEB 10 2012 TODAY TONIGHT SAT CLOUD COVER CLOUDY CLOUDY PCLDY PRECIP TYPE SHOWERS SHOWERS NONE CHANCE PRECIP 40 40 0 PRECIP AMOUNT 0.00 0.00 0.00 PRECIP DURATION 3 2 PRECIP BEGIN 8 AM CONTINUING PRECIP END CONTINUING 5 AM MAX/MIN TEMP 66 45 59 MIN/MAX RH 67 99 36 WIND 20FT/2MIN-EARLY NE 6 W 3 NW 11 G18 WIND 20FT/2MIN-LATE LGT/VAR W 7 NW 15 G22 INVERSION BEGIN 1900 INVERSION END 1000 1000 DISPERSION VERY POOR ADI EARLY 18 8 76 ADI LATE 25 19 103 MAX LVORI EARLY 7 6 4 MAX LVORI LATE 5 6 1 MIXING HEIGHT 2300 6500 TRANSPORT WIND SE 13 W 30 VENTILATION RATE 29900 195000 DSI 2 3 REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .SUNDAY...CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. MINIMUM RH 25 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. .MONDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. MINIMUM RH 34 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. MINIMUM RH 61 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. MINIMUM RH 58 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS AROUND 50. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. MINIMUM RH 64 PERCENT. SOUTHEAST 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 $$