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Spot Forecast for C175B...USDA Forest Service
National Weather Service Charleston SC
533 AM EDT Sat Apr 13 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 EDT on April 13.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Dry high pressure will prevail across the local area this weekend and
into next week. RH values will lower substantially this afternoon, likely
reaching critical values (20-22%) during peak heating. West winds could
also approach critical levels late morning into the afternoon near the spot
location, with peak gusts up to 20-22 mph at times (highest this afternoon).
A sea breeze circulation should remain pinned near the coast for much of
the day, but could make inland progress to the spot location late afternoon
into early evening (between 5-8 PM).

Fog potential for tonight: Low


.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 75.
Min humidity........22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 7 to 11 mph.
Mixing Height.......Max 5800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 8 mph increasing to northwest 18 to
                    22 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Max ADI.............94.
Inversion End.......0900

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............52  51  53  58  63  67  71  72  73  74  75  75
RH..............66  69  64  50  41  34  29  27  25  24  22  23
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..8   7   8   9   11  11  11  11  10  10  10  10
20 FT wind gust.11  11  11  14  16  18  18  18  16  16  16  16
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.5 1.3 2.9 3.6 4.3 5.0 5.8 5.6 5.4 5.2
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.8   8   8   18  18  18  22  22  22  20  20  20
LVORI...........3   3   3   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............10  8   10  25  62  82  94  91  91  90  89  83

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 47.
Max humidity........86 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 8 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Max LVORI...........6.
Min ADI.............1.
Inversion Begin.....2000

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........0      0      0      0      0      0
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............73     64     58     54     52     50
RH..............26     46     59     66     71     78
20 ft wind......W 8    W 5    W 3    W 1    W 1    N 0
20 ft wind gust.13            4      2      2
Mix hgt (ft)....3100   400    400    400    400    400
Transport wind..W 10   W 10   W 4    W 2    W 2    N 0
LVORI...........2      2      3      4      4      6
ADI.............1      3      2      1      1      1

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing Height.......Max 4500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Light winds becoming southwest 6 to 12 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Max ADI.............63.
Inversion End.......1000

TIME (EDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........0         1         0         1
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0         0         0         0
Temp............48        56        76        80
RH..............83        66        33        30
20 FT wind......N 0       W 1G2     S 4       S 8G11
Mix hgt (ft)....400       900       3100      4200
Transport wind..N 0       SW 4      SW 6      SW 12
LVORI...........6         4         2         1
ADI.............1         1         23        54

$$
Forecaster...Berry
Requested by...Mike Leslie
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2410521.0/CHS
.DELDT 04/13/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL michael.c.leslie@usda.gov
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
