000 FNUS52 KCHS 080853 FWFCHS FIRE WEATHER FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 345 AM EST THU JAN 8 2004 .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL PUSH OFFSHORE TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL SLIDE EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN GEORGIA AND INTO THE ATLANTIC FRIDAY THEN MOVE NORTHEAST OF THE AREA SATURDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN FROM THE WEST SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE MONDAY FOLLOWED BY HIGH PRESSURE AGAIN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. GAZ087-088-SCZ040-042>045-082230- ALLENDALE-BERKELEY-DORCHESTER-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-JENKINS- SCREVEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLENDALE...HAMPTON...MILLEN... MONCKS CORNER...ST. GEORGE...SYLVANIA...WALTERBORO 345 AM EST THU JAN 8 2004 .RED FLAG...NONE. TODAY TONIGHT FRI CLOUD COVER PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY CHANCE PRECIP (%) 0 30 50 PRECIP TYPE NONE SHOWERS SHOWERS MAX/MIN TEMP 51 35 45 AM WIND LGT/VAR LGT/VAR PM WIND LGT/VAR LGT/VAR N 4 PRECIP AMOUNT 0.00 0.02 0.04 PRECIP DURATION 0 1 2 PRECIP BEGIN 1 AM 6 AM PRECIP END 6 AM 6 PM HUMIDITY 26 91 66 DSI 1 N/A 1 MIXING HGT 3400 3000 DISPERSION 7PM-9AM/VP TRANSPORT WIND SE 3 W 5 VENTILATION RATE 10200 15000 REMARKS...RH VALUES AROUND CRITICAL LEVELS BETWEEN 1PM-5PM THIS AFTERNOON. $$ GAZ099>101-114-115-SCZ047-082230- BULLOCH-CANDLER-EFFINGHAM-EVANS-INLAND JASPER-TATTNALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAXTON...METTER...REIDSVILLE... RIDGEVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...STATESBORO 345 AM EST THU JAN 8 2004 .RED FLAG...NONE. TODAY TONIGHT FRI CLOUD COVER PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY CHANCE PRECIP (%) 0 30 50 PRECIP TYPE NONE SHOWERS SHOWERS MAX/MIN TEMP 52 36 46 AM WIND LGT/VAR LGT/VAR PM WIND LGT/VAR LGT/VAR N 4 PRECIP AMOUNT 0.00 0.02 0.04 PRECIP DURATION 0 1 2 PRECIP BEGIN 1 AM 6 AM PRECIP END 6 AM 6 PM HUMIDITY 30 96 70 DSI 1 N/A 1 MIXING HGT 3500 2500 DISPERSION 7PM-9AM/VP TRANSPORT WIND SE 6 W 7 VENTILATION RATE 21000 17500 REMARKS...NONE. $$ GAZ116-118-137-138-140-082230- INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-LONG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HINESVILLE...LUDOWICI...PEMBROKE... SAVANNAH...TOWNSEND 345 AM EST THU JAN 8 2004 .RED FLAG...NONE. TODAY TONIGHT FRI CLOUD COVER PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY CHANCE PRECIP (%) 0 30 50 PRECIP TYPE NONE SHOWERS SHOWERS MAX/MIN TEMP 55 38 49 AM WIND LGT/VAR LGT/VAR PM WIND E 4 LGT/VAR N 5 PRECIP AMOUNT 0.00 0.02 0.04 PRECIP DURATION 0 1 2 PRECIP BEGIN 1 AM 6 AM PRECIP END 6 AM 6 PM HUMIDITY 36 96 70 DSI 1 N/A 1 MIXING HGT 3500 2600 DISPERSION 7PM-9AM/VP TRANSPORT WIND SE 6 SW 7 VENTILATION RATE 21000 18200 REMARKS...NONE. $$ GAZ117-119-139-141-082230- COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DARIEN...HALFMOON LANDING... WILMINGTON ISLAND 345 AM EST THU JAN 8 2004 .RED FLAG...NONE. TODAY TONIGHT FRI CLOUD COVER PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY CHANCE PRECIP (%) 0 30 50 PRECIP TYPE NONE SHOWERS SHOWERS MAX/MIN TEMP 55 41 50 AM WIND NE 4 N 4 PM WIND NE 6 NE 3 N 6 PRECIP AMOUNT 0.00 0.02 0.04 PRECIP DURATION 0 1 2 PRECIP BEGIN 1 AM 6 AM PRECIP END 6 AM 6 PM HUMIDITY 45 96 70 DSI 1 N/A 1 MIXING HGT 3600 2600 DISPERSION 7PM-9AM/PO TRANSPORT WIND SE 6 W 8 VENTILATION RATE 21600 20800 REMARKS...NONE. $$ SCZ048>051-082230- BEAUFORT-CHARLESTON-COASTAL COLLETON-COASTAL JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAUFORT...CHARLESTON...EDISTO BEACH 345 AM EST THU JAN 8 2004 .RED FLAG...NONE. TODAY TONIGHT FRI CLOUD COVER PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY CHANCE PRECIP (%) 0 30 50 PRECIP TYPE NONE SHOWERS SHOWERS MAX/MIN TEMP 52 38 48 AM WIND LGT/VAR N 4 PM WIND E 3 LGT/VAR N 7 PRECIP AMOUNT 0.00 0.02 0.04 PRECIP DURATION 0 1 2 PRECIP BEGIN 1 AM 6 AM PRECIP END 6 AM 6 PM HUMIDITY 36 90 67 DSI 1 N/A 1 MIXING HGT 3500 3000 DISPERSION 7PM-9AM/VP TRANSPORT WIND SE 3 W 6 VENTILATION RATE 10500 18000 REMARKS...NONE. $$ .EXTENDED FORECAST... .FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS AROUND 50. .MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 30. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN CLEARING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. .EXTENDED AFTERNOON HUMIDITY OUTLOOK... AFTERNOON HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL BE MODERATE THROUGH THE PERIOD... EXCEPT FOR SUNDAY WHICH WILL HAVE LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS. .EXTENDED WIND FORECAST... .FRIDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. .SATURDAY...NORTH WINDS AROUND 15 MPH. .SUNDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. .MONDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH. .TUESDAY...WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. .WEDNESDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...THURSDAY JANUARY 15 TO WEDNESDAY JANUARY 21 TEMPERATURES... BELOW NORMAL. PRECIPITATION... NEAR NORMAL. $$ JPC