Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Atlanta, GA
Issued by NWS Atlanta, GA
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601 FNUS72 KFFC 310850 FWSFFC Spot Forecast for Pineknot I12 Backbone East...The Nature Conservancy National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 450 AM EDT Fri May 31 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EDT on May 31. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION...Humidity values will gradually climb through the weekend. Minimum RH values will then settle near the 50 percent level through much of next week. Winds will be generally light through the period. Wind directions will begin the period out of the east today, becoming southeast to south over the weekend. Shower and thunderstorm chances will increase ahead of a front Saturday evening through Sunday. More diurnal thunderstorm activity is expected next week. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent). CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 86. Min humidity........35 percent. Dewpoint............55. Wind (20 ft)........East 5 to 7 mph. Mixing height.......6600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....East 8 to 13 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (11800 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (61600 knot-ft) in the afternoon. LVORI...............2. ADI.................13 early in the morning increasing to 77 in the afternoon. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. Ceiling (kft).......12 increasing to 25. TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........22 26 26 25 22 28 29 27 23 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............70 74 78 80 82 83 84 85 85 Dewpoint........56 56 55 54 54 54 54 54 54 RH..............60 53 45 41 39 37 35 35 35 20 FT wind dir..E E E E E E E E E 20 FT wind spd..6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 20 FT wind gust.10 10 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 Mix hgt (kft)...1.2 3.2 4.2 4.7 5.8 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Transp wind dir.E E E E E E E E E Transp wind spd.8 12 13 12 9 8 9 10 10 LVORI...........2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.............13 45 62 63 63 58 63 72 77 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Vrate kt-ft/1K..12 34 45 45 45 46 50 58 62 Ventrate Cat....PR PR FR FR FR FR FR FR GD Ceiling (kft)...12 20 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (50-60 percent). CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....Around 65. Max humidity........75 percent. Dewpoint............54. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast 5 to 7 mph. Mixing height.......200 ft AGL. Transport winds.....East 6 to 9 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Good (46500 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (1000 knot-ft) late in the night. LVORI...............2. ADI.................55 early in the evening decreasing to 3 late in the night. Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. CEILING (KFT).......25 decreasing to 12. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........24 31 42 52 60 61 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............84 81 75 71 70 68 Dewpoint........53 55 56 55 56 55 RH..............35 41 52 56 61 64 20 ft wind......E 7 E 6 E 6 E 7 SE 7 SE 7 20 ft wind gust.12 9 10 12 12 12 Mix hgt (ft)....5000 200 200 200 200 200 Transport wind..E 9 E 6 E 7 E 7 SE 8 SE 8 LVORI...........1 2 2 3 3 3 ADI.............55 3 4 5 5 5 Haines index....4 4 4 4 3 3 Vrate kt-ft/1K..47 1 1 1 2 2 Ventrate Cat....FAIR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR Ceiling (kft)...25 25 25 20 20 15 .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). CWR.................10 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 84. Min humidity........43 percent. Dewpoint............58. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast 7 to 9 mph. Mixing height.......5100 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 7 to 13 mph increasing to 15 to 21 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1700 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (67000 knot-ft) in the afternoon. LVORI...............2. ADI.................5 early in the morning increasing to 94 in the afternoon. Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.01 inches. Ceiling (kft).......12 increasing to 20 early in the afternoon, then decreasing to 15 late in the afternoon. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky (%).........59 52 55 59 62 66 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 10 10 10 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............66 67 74 79 81 83 Dewpoint........56 58 59 59 59 59 RH..............68 75 61 52 47 43 20 ft wind......SE 7 SE 7 SE 9 SE 9 SE 8 SE 8 20 ft wind gust.13 13 15 15 15 15 Mix hgt (ft)....300 300 2800 3900 4700 5000 Transport wind..SE 7 SE 8 SE 17 SE 20 SE 15 SE 16 LVORI...........3 3 1 1 1 1 ADI.............5 8 60 94 78 74 Haines index....3 3 3 3 4 4 Vrate kt-ft/1K..2 2 50 65 63 66 Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR FAIR GOOD GOOD GOOD Ceiling (kft)...12 12 12 12 20 15 $$ Forecaster...Carroll Requested by...Mike Thompson Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2415366.0/FFC .DELDT 05/31/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL michael.thompson@tnc.org