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Spot Forecast for McKinnon Site Prep...NC Forest Service
National Weather Service Columbia SC
741 AM EDT Tue Oct 7 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EDT on October 07.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Day will start off with some patchy fog and low
stratus around Lake Marion, along with some light drizzle or
sprinkles just off to your east coming inland off coastal plain.
Any fog should be burning off by 9 am, however cloud cover along
with a small percentage of seeing light sprinkles will remain
through about 11 am before beginning to thin out and become more
scattered.  As for winds, the general wind direction once better
mixing begins is expected to be easterly around 5 mph.  Some gusts
up to 10 mph possible through the afternoon.  Patchy fog will once
again be found late tonight.



.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........58 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 6 mph late
                    in the morning.
Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 8 to 12 mph shifting to the southeast
                    around 10 mph late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................8 early in the morning increasing to 59 in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........80  76  50  45  36  42  49  42  38  27
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   10  10  10  10  10  10
Temp............66  70  75  78  81  82  83  83  84  82
RH..............99  97  84  74  69  64  60  58  59  60
Aparnt tmp (F)..66  70  75  78  85  86  86  86  87  85
20 FT wind dir..NE  E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind dir..060 080 090 110 120 130 130 120 120 130
20 FT wind spd..2   2   3   5   5   6   6   6   6   5
20 FT wind gust.9   9   10  12  12  13  13  13  13  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.8 1.7 3.2 4.1 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.4 3.9
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Transp wind dir.080 100 100 120 120 130 130 140 130 140
Transp wind spd.8   9   12  12  12  12  10  10  10  10
LVORI...........8   6   4   3   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............8   10  26  45  56  59  54  54  54  48

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (50-60 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 65.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 5 mph early in the
                    evening becoming light.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 5 to 10 mph shifting to the south 3
                    to 6 mph after 3 am.
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................2 to 27.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........26  23  25  20  18  15  16  18  27  41  54  55
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  0   0   0   10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Temp............82  79  74  72  71  70  69  69  68  67  67  67
RH..............61  66  79  87  90  90  93  93  97  97  98  98
Aparnt tmp (F)..84  81  74  72  71  70  69  69  68  67  67  67
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind dir..130 130 130 130 130 130 000 000 000 000 000 000
20 FT wind spd..5   3   2   2   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0
20 FT wind gust.12  10  10  8   7   6   5   3   3   3   3   3
Mix hgt (kft)...2.1 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind dir.110 120 140 140 140 140 150 160 160 170 170 190
Transp wind spd.10  9   8   8   8   7   7   6   5   6   5   3
LVORI...........2   3   4   6   6   6   6   6   8   8   10  10
ADI.............27  4   4   4   4   3   3   3   2   3   2   2

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Chance of showers
                    late in the afternoon. Slight chance of
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 85.
Min humidity........56 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 3 to 7 mph shifting to the west 5 to
                    6 mph in the afternoon.
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................2 to 34.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........52  58  53  53  54  54  60  65  71  69  66  64
Weather cov.....                                CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....                                RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                                            SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0   30  30  30  30
Temp............66  65  67  69  74  79  82  83  83  84  84  83
RH..............100 100 100 97  84  72  65  62  60  57  56  58
Aparnt tmp (F)..66  65  67  69  74  82  85  86  87  87  87  86
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   NW
20 FT wind dir..000 000 000 000 230 230 230 240 240 260 290 310
20 FT wind spd..0   0   0   0   1   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.2   2   2   3   5   6   7   7   7   7   7   7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 1.1 2.2 3.2 4.1 4.7 4.8 4.3 3.5 2.6
Transp wind dir.S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind dir.190 190 220 240 240 240 240 250 250 260 270 270
Transp wind spd.5   3   3   6   7   7   7   6   6   6   5   5
LVORI...........10  9   9   6   4   3   3   1   1   2   2   2
ADI.............2   3   3   8   19  27  34  31  32  30  20  15

$$
Forecaster...Liscinsky
Requested by...Michael Frye
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2523075.0/CAE
.DELDT 10/07/25
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.EMAIL michael.frye@ncagr.gov