000 FNUS52 KCHS 232046 FWFCHS FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR SE SOUTH CAROLINA AND SE GEORGIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 346 PM EST MON NOV 23 2009 .DISCUSSION... A WEDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE INLAND CAROLINAS WILL WEAKEN BY TUESDAY NIGHT...THEN LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE UP THE EASTERN UNITED STATES COAST WEDNESDAY. A DRY FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...THEN A LARGE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER SYSTEM COULD APPROACH FROM THE WEST EARLY NEXT WEEK. SCZ043>045-241000- INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY- INCLUDING...NORTHERN ACE BASIN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE... NORTHERN AND CENTRAL FRANCIS MARION NATIONAL FOREST 346 PM EST MON NOV 23 2009 TONIGHT TUE TUE NIGHT WED CLOUD COVER CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY PRECIP TYPE DRIZZLE DRIZZLE NONE SHOWERS CHANCE PRECIP 10 10 0 20 PRECIP AMOUNT 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 PRECIP DURATION 0 0 1 PRECIP BEGIN 6 PM CONTINUING 7 AM PRECIP END CONTINUING 12 PM 6 PM MIN/MAX TEMP 47 59 48 63 MAX/MIN RH 100 78 100 70 WIND 20FT/2MIN-EARLY LGT/VAR LGT/VAR LGT/VAR N 3 WIND 20FT/2MIN-LATE LGT/VAR NE 3 LGT/VAR N 3 INVERSION BEGIN 1800 1800 INVERSION END 1400 1200 DISPERSION VERY POOR VERY POOR ADI EARLY 9 4 12 3 ADI LATE 6 7 2 14 MAX LVORI EARLY 8 8 5 9 MAX LVORI LATE 8 5 10 3 MIXING HEIGHT 2300 2700 TRANSPORT WIND NW 3 NW 8 VENTILATION RATE 6900 21600 DSI N/A 1 N/A 1 REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. MINIMUM RH 50 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. MINIMUM RH 36 PERCENT. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. MINIMUM RH 36 PERCENT. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. MINIMUM RH 41 PERCENT. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 40. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. MINIMUM RH 46 PERCENT. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. $$ GAZ087-088-SCZ040-042-241000- JENKINS-SCREVEN-ALLENDALE-HAMPTON- 346 PM EST MON NOV 23 2009 TONIGHT TUE TUE NIGHT WED CLOUD COVER CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY PRECIP TYPE DRIZZLE DRIZZLE NONE NONE CHANCE PRECIP 10 10 0 0 PRECIP AMOUNT 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 PRECIP DURATION 0 0 PRECIP BEGIN 6 PM CONTINUING PRECIP END CONTINUING 12 PM MIN/MAX TEMP 47 61 47 63 MAX/MIN RH 100 74 100 63 WIND 20FT/2MIN-EARLY LGT/VAR LGT/VAR LGT/VAR LGT/VAR WIND 20FT/2MIN-LATE LGT/VAR LGT/VAR LGT/VAR LGT/VAR INVERSION BEGIN 1800 1800 INVERSION END 1400 1200 DISPERSION VERY POOR VERY POOR ADI EARLY 9 6 7 2 ADI LATE 6 6 2 20 MAX LVORI EARLY 8 8 6 9 MAX LVORI LATE 8 4 10 3 MIXING HEIGHT 2800 3700 TRANSPORT WIND W 2 NW 7 VENTILATION RATE 5600 25900 DSI N/A 1 N/A 1 REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. MINIMUM RH 47 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. MINIMUM RH 33 PERCENT. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. MINIMUM RH 35 PERCENT. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. MINIMUM RH 38 PERCENT. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. MINIMUM RH 43 PERCENT. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. $$ GAZ099-100-114-115-241000- CANDLER-BULLOCH-TATTNALL-EVANS- INCLUDING...EXTREME WESTERN FORT STEWART...NORTHWEST FORT STEWART 346 PM EST MON NOV 23 2009 TONIGHT TUE TUE NIGHT WED CLOUD COVER CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY PRECIP TYPE DRIZZLE DRIZZLE NONE NONE CHANCE PRECIP 10 10 0 0 PRECIP AMOUNT 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 PRECIP DURATION 0 0 PRECIP BEGIN 7 PM CONTINUING PRECIP END CONTINUING 12 PM MIN/MAX TEMP 48 62 49 64 MAX/MIN RH 100 70 100 67 WIND 20FT/2MIN-EARLY LGT/VAR LGT/VAR LGT/VAR N 3 WIND 20FT/2MIN-LATE LGT/VAR NE 3 LGT/VAR N 3 INVERSION BEGIN 1800 1800 INVERSION END 1400 1200 DISPERSION VERY POOR VERY POOR ADI EARLY 5 6 10 3 ADI LATE 3 6 3 21 MAX LVORI EARLY 8 8 6 9 MAX LVORI LATE 9 3 9 3 MIXING HEIGHT 2800 3400 TRANSPORT WIND W 3 NW 7 VENTILATION RATE 8400 23800 DSI N/A 1 N/A 1 REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS AROUND 70. MINIMUM RH 46 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 40. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. MINIMUM RH 34 PERCENT. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. MINIMUM RH 37 PERCENT. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. MINIMUM RH 40 PERCENT. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 40. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. MINIMUM RH 47 PERCENT. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. $$ GAZ101-118-SCZ047-241000- EFFINGHAM-INLAND CHATHAM-INLAND JASPER- INCLUDING...NORTHERN SAVANNAH NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE... WESTERN SAVANNAH NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE... CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAVANNAH NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE 346 PM EST MON NOV 23 2009 TONIGHT TUE TUE NIGHT WED CLOUD COVER CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY PRECIP TYPE DRIZZLE DRIZZLE NONE SHOWERS CHANCE PRECIP 10 10 0 20 PRECIP AMOUNT 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 PRECIP DURATION 0 0 1 PRECIP BEGIN 7 PM CONTINUING 7 AM PRECIP END CONTINUING 12 PM 6 PM MIN/MAX TEMP 49 62 49 64 MAX/MIN RH 100 73 100 67 WIND 20FT/2MIN-EARLY LGT/VAR LGT/VAR LGT/VAR N 3 WIND 20FT/2MIN-LATE LGT/VAR NE 3 LGT/VAR N 4 INVERSION BEGIN 1800 1800 INVERSION END 1400 1200 DISPERSION VERY POOR VERY POOR ADI EARLY 6 5 10 4 ADI LATE 3 6 1 21 MAX LVORI EARLY 8 8 6 9 MAX LVORI LATE 9 4 10 3 MIXING HEIGHT 2500 3100 TRANSPORT WIND W 3 NW 9 VENTILATION RATE 7500 27900 DSI N/A 1 N/A 1 REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. MINIMUM RH 48 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. MINIMUM RH 34 PERCENT. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. MINIMUM RH 37 PERCENT. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. MINIMUM RH 41 PERCENT. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. MINIMUM RH 49 PERCENT. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. $$ GAZ116-137-138-140-241000- INLAND BRYAN-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- INCLUDING...NORTHERN AND EASTERN FORT STEWART... SOUTHWEST FORT STEWART...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FORT STEWART 346 PM EST MON NOV 23 2009 TONIGHT TUE TUE NIGHT WED CLOUD COVER CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY PRECIP TYPE DRIZZLE DRIZZLE NONE SHOWERS CHANCE PRECIP 10 10 0 20 PRECIP AMOUNT 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 PRECIP DURATION 0 0 1 PRECIP BEGIN 7 PM CONTINUING 7 AM PRECIP END CONTINUING 12 PM CONTINUING MIN/MAX TEMP 49 64 51 66 MAX/MIN RH 100 72 100 70 WIND 20FT/2MIN-EARLY LGT/VAR LGT/VAR LGT/VAR N 3 WIND 20FT/2MIN-LATE LGT/VAR NE 3 LGT/VAR N 4 INVERSION BEGIN 1800 1800 INVERSION END 1400 1200 DISPERSION VERY POOR VERY POOR ADI EARLY 7 4 9 5 ADI LATE 3 3 2 21 MAX LVORI EARLY 7 9 6 9 MAX LVORI LATE 8 4 9 3 MIXING HEIGHT 2500 3000 TRANSPORT WIND W 3 NW 8 VENTILATION RATE 7500 24000 DSI N/A 1 N/A 1 REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS AROUND 50. HIGHS AROUND 70. MINIMUM RH 47 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. MINIMUM RH 32 PERCENT. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. MINIMUM RH 39 PERCENT. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. MINIMUM RH 41 PERCENT. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. MINIMUM RH 53 PERCENT. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. $$ SCZ049-050-241000- COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON- INCLUDING... CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ACE BASIN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE... EASTERN AND SOUTHERN FRANCIS MARION NATIONAL FOREST... CAPE ROMAIN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE... EASTERN ACE BASIN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE 346 PM EST MON NOV 23 2009 TONIGHT TUE TUE NIGHT WED CLOUD COVER CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY PRECIP TYPE DRIZZLE DRIZZLE NONE SHOWERS CHANCE PRECIP 10 10 0 20 PRECIP AMOUNT 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 PRECIP DURATION 0 0 1 PRECIP BEGIN 6 PM CONTINUING 7 AM PRECIP END CONTINUING 12 PM CONTINUING MIN/MAX TEMP 50 61 50 64 MAX/MIN RH 100 77 100 73 WIND 20FT/2MIN-EARLY N 3 N 3 NE 3 N 4 WIND 20FT/2MIN-LATE LGT/VAR NE 4 NE 4 N 5 INVERSION BEGIN 1800 1800 INVERSION END 1400 1200 DISPERSION POOR POOR ADI EARLY 11 5 12 5 ADI LATE 4 9 2 16 MAX LVORI EARLY 6 6 5 9 MAX LVORI LATE 7 4 9 3 MIXING HEIGHT 2300 2600 TRANSPORT WIND NW 3 NW 12 VENTILATION RATE 6900 31200 DSI N/A 1 N/A 1 REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. MINIMUM RH 54 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. MINIMUM RH 39 PERCENT. WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. MINIMUM RH 40 PERCENT. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. MINIMUM RH 47 PERCENT. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. MINIMUM RH 50 PERCENT. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. $$ GAZ119-SCZ048-051-241000- COASTAL CHATHAM-BEAUFORT-COASTAL JASPER- INCLUDING...WASSAW ISLAND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE... PINCKNEY ISLAND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE... WESTERN ACE BASIN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE... TYBEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE 346 PM EST MON NOV 23 2009 TONIGHT TUE TUE NIGHT WED CLOUD COVER CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY PRECIP TYPE DRIZZLE DRIZZLE NONE SHOWERS CHANCE PRECIP 10 10 0 20 PRECIP AMOUNT 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 PRECIP DURATION 0 0 1 PRECIP BEGIN 7 PM CONTINUING 7 AM PRECIP END CONTINUING 12 PM CONTINUING MIN/MAX TEMP 50 63 51 64 MAX/MIN RH 100 75 100 70 WIND 20FT/2MIN-EARLY N 3 N 3 NE 3 N 4 WIND 20FT/2MIN-LATE LGT/VAR NE 3 NE 3 N 5 INVERSION BEGIN 1800 1800 INVERSION END 1400 1200 DISPERSION POOR POOR ADI EARLY 8 5 9 6 ADI LATE 3 8 2 23 MAX LVORI EARLY 7 6 5 8 MAX LVORI LATE 8 4 9 3 MIXING HEIGHT 2400 2900 TRANSPORT WIND W 5 NW 10 VENTILATION RATE 12000 29000 DSI N/A 1 N/A 1 REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. MINIMUM RH 52 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. MINIMUM RH 38 PERCENT. WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. MINIMUM RH 40 PERCENT. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. MINIMUM RH 46 PERCENT. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. MINIMUM RH 53 PERCENT. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. $$ GAZ117-139-141-241000- COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- INCLUDING...WOLF ISLAND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE... BLACKBEARD NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE... HARRIS NECK NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE 346 PM EST MON NOV 23 2009 TONIGHT TUE TUE NIGHT WED CLOUD COVER MCLDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY PRECIP TYPE DRIZZLE DRIZZLE NONE SHOWERS CHANCE PRECIP 10 10 0 20 PRECIP AMOUNT 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 PRECIP DURATION 0 0 1 PRECIP BEGIN 7 PM CONTINUING 7 AM PRECIP END CONTINUING 12 PM CONTINUING MIN/MAX TEMP 52 65 53 66 MAX/MIN RH 98 75 100 72 WIND 20FT/2MIN-EARLY N 3 N 4 N 3 N 5 WIND 20FT/2MIN-LATE N 3 NE 4 NE 3 N 5 INVERSION BEGIN 1800 1800 INVERSION END 1400 1200 DISPERSION POOR POOR ADI EARLY 12 4 7 8 ADI LATE 4 8 3 17 MAX LVORI EARLY 5 7 5 8 MAX LVORI LATE 6 4 9 3 MIXING HEIGHT 2300 2800 TRANSPORT WIND W 2 NW 9 VENTILATION RATE 4600 25200 DSI N/A 1 N/A 1 REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. MINIMUM RH 53 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. MINIMUM RH 36 PERCENT. WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. MINIMUM RH 43 PERCENT. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. MINIMUM RH 50 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. MINIMUM RH 58 PERCENT. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. $$ .OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS... TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL. PRECIPITATION ABOVE NORMAL. $$ ADI IS ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION INDEX BY LAVDAS. 1-6..... VERY POOR 7-12.... POOR 13-20... GENERALLY POOR 21-40... FAIR 41-60... GENERALLY GOOD 61-100.. GOOD >100.... VERY GOOD LVORI IS LOW VISIBILITY OCCURRENCE RISK INDEX. LVORI RANGES FROM 1 TO 10 WHERE 1 REPRESENTS THE LOWEST RISK AND 10 REPRESENTS THE HIGHEST RISK $$