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Spot Forecast for SRS Comp 28 Research...US Forest Service
National Weather Service Columbia SC
536 AM EDT Wed May 29 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EDT on May 29.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
High pressure and a drier air mass will be over the region today
with plenty of sunshine. Light northwesterly winds after sunrise
are expected to pick up to around 10 mph by mid morning with some
wind gusts up to 15-20 mph during the afternoon. Wind direction
may fluctuate between northwest and west this afternoon. Min RH
values are expected to lower lower than Tuesday with values
around 25-30 percent. Poor dispersion tonight.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 88.
Min humidity........27 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northwest 5 to 9 mph in
                    the late morning and early afternoon, then
                    shifting to the west late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......7500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 6 to 15 mph increasing to 16 to 18
                    mph late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............2.

TIME (EDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........0   2   3   5   5   6   6   10  13  17
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............67  73  77  81  84  86  87  88  88  87
RH..............65  55  48  42  37  32  30  28  27  28
Aparnt tmp (F)..68  73  77  81  83  84  85  85  85  84
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W
20 FT wind dir..340 340 340 340 330 310 300 300 290 290
20 FT wind spd..3   5   6   7   7   8   8   9   10  10
20 FT wind gust.9   9   10  12  12  14  14  15  16  16
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 1.5 3.7 6.0 6.7 7.0 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.5
Transp wind dir.N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W
Transp wind dir.340 340 320 320 310 300 300 300 290 290
Transp wind spd.6   9   12  13  13  15  16  16  18  18
LVORI...........3   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 59.
Max humidity........75 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 9 mph in the evening
                    becoming light, then becoming north around 5
                    mph overnight becoming light.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 17 to 18 mph decreasing to 6 to 8 mph
                    early in the evening.
LVORI...............2.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........16     14     16     17     19     18
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............85     80     74     70     66     63
RH..............31     39     48     53     61     67
Aparnt tmp (F)..83     80     74     70     66     63
20 FT wind......W 9    W 6    NW 5   NW 3   N 5    N 3
20 FT wind gust.15     10     10     10     10     9
20 FT wind dir..290    290    310    330    340    350
Mix hgt (ft)....6800   500    400    400    400    500
Transp wind dir.290    310    320    340    350    350
Transport wind..W 18   NW 8   NW 6   N 6    N 6    N 6
LVORI...........1      2      2      2      3      3

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......6300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 6 to 10 mph shifting to the northwest
                    around 10 mph late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............3.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........17        11        23        25
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0         0         0         0
Temp............62        67        79        83
RH..............70        63        41        34
Aparnt tmp (F)..62        67        79        82
20 FT wind......N 3G10    N 3G9     N 3G9     NW 3G9
20 FT wind dir..350       010       000       330
Mix hgt (ft)....400       1800      4900      6200
Transp wind dir.000       010       350       320
Transport wind..N 6       N 10      N 8       NW 9
LVORI...........3         2         1         1

$$
Forecaster...Coleman
Requested by...Chris Hobson
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2415268.0/CAE
.DELDT 05/29/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL christopher.hobson@usda.gov