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Spot Forecast
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Spot Forecast for FMF C192 Savannah...USDA Forest Service
National Weather Service Charleston SC
459 AM EDT Fri Apr 19 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EDT on April 19.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
High pressure will prevail across the area today ahead of a cold front
approaching the spot site late tonight. Unsettled weather could remain
across the region into early next week, before high pressure returns by
the middle of next week. For today, shower and thunderstorm potential
will increase early afternoon and will mainly be driven by the seabreeze.
The seabreeze should develop near the spot site by 1-2 pm, producing south
winds with gusts up to 14-18 mph into mid afternoon. Showers and/or
thunderstorms are possible by 2-3 pm at the spot site, then shift inland
late afternoon.

Fog potential for tonight: Low.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Slight chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 6 to 9 mph in the
                    afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Mixing Height.......Max 2500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 10 mph.
Max ADI.............28.
Inversion End.......1100.

TIME (EDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........34  32  37  44  50  50  47  44
Weather type....                    RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                    SCH SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  10  10  20  20  20
Temp............75  80  84  84  84  83  82  80
RH..............71  62  55  55  55  57  58  62
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..3   4   6   7   8   9   9   9
20 FT wind gust.5   5   9   11  13  13  14  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 1.7 2.0 2.2 2.5 2.3 2.1 1.8
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S
Transp wind spd.6   6   8   8   8   10  10  10
LVORI...........3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
ADI.............4   13  17  20  25  27  28  24

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms early in the evening. Slight
                    chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3 am.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 64.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 9 mph decreasing to around
                    6 mph early in the morning. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms early in the
                    evening. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms after 3 am.
Max LVORI...........9.
Min ADI.............1.
Inversion Begin.....1800.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM         10 PM        2 AM
Sky (%).........44           42           48
Weather type....RNSHWR       NONE         NONE
Tstm cov........S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).20           10           10
Temp............79           69           66
RH..............64           90           100
20 FT wind......S 9G13       S 6G9        SW 6G7
Mix hgt (ft)....1200         300          300
Transport wind..S 10         SW 8         SW 6
LVORI...........3            6            9
ADI.............1            5            5

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Slight chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms early in the afternoon. Chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 85.
Min humidity........57 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 5 mph early in the
                    morning becoming light, then becoming west 5 to
                    7 mph late in the morning shifting to the
                    southwest 6 to 7 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing Height.......Max 4300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 10 mph.
Max ADI.............47.
Inversion End.......1000.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky (%).........38           18           42
Weather type....NONE         NONE         RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                          S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).10           10           20
Temp............65           76           84
RH..............100          76           57
20 FT wind......SW 5G7       W 4G5        SW 7G9
Mix hgt (ft)....300          1500         4300
Transport wind..SW 6         W 8          W 10
LVORI...........8            4            1
ADI.............7            16           47

$$
Forecaster...Berry
Requested by...sam sulser
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411327.0/CHS
.DELDT 04/19/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL samuel.sulser@usda.gov
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
