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Spot Forecast for Ft Eisenhower Prescribed Burn Planning...Dept of Army
National Weather Service Columbia SC
420 AM EDT Thu May 2 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EDT on May 02.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
There may be some patchy morning fog around 800 am but threat appears
low at the moment. Strong surface based inversion will break between 1100 am
and Noon. Pressure ridge over the area today and temperatures
will be above normal. The afternoon RH values will be around 35 percent.
Winds light and variable becoming southeast in the afternoon. Poor
dispersion expected tonight with patchy fog toward morning.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent). Patchy fog early in the
                    morning.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 89.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 6 to 7 mph late
                    in the morning, then becoming around 6 mph late
                    in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......6400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 3 to 6 mph shifting to the southeast
                    7 to 8 mph late in the morning.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................2 early in the morning increasing to 54 in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........4   10  14  17  31  32  34  40
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............76  80  83  85  86  88  89  88
RH..............64  56  49  43  40  38  35  36
Aparnt tmp (F)..76  81  84  85  85  87  88  87
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind dir..080 090 100 120 120 130 130 140
20 FT wind spd..3   6   6   6   7   7   6   6
20 FT wind gust.7   9   9   10  10  10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...2.9 4.8 5.6 6.1 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.4
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Transp wind dir.090 110 110 120 130 130 140 130
Transp wind spd.6   8   8   7   7   7   7   7
LVORI...........2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............21  47  54  52  51  49  54  53

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 63.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light, then becoming southeast 5 to 6
                    mph in the late evening and overnight becoming
                    light.
Mixing height.......200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 6 to 10 mph.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................2 to 35.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........40     40     39     31     16     29
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............87     81     74     71     68     66
RH..............38     49     64     76     84     90
Aparnt tmp (F)..86     82     74     71     68     66
20 FT wind......SE 6   SE 3   SE 6   SE 6   S 5    S 5
20 FT wind gust.8      6      9      9      8      7
20 FT wind dir..140    140    140    150    160    160
Mix hgt (ft)....4900   300    200    400    300    200
Transp wind dir.140    140    150    160    170    180
Transport wind..SE 6   SE 6   SE 9   S 10   S 8    S 8
LVORI...........1      2      3      4      5      6
ADI.............35     2      4      5      3      4

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 87.
Min humidity........41 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 7 mph. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 6 to 8 mph.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................3 early in the morning increasing to 54 in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........46        35        31        47
Weather cov.....                              S CHC
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                              S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).0         0         10        20
Temp............64        69        81        85
RH..............97        87        55        42
Aparnt tmp (F)..64        69        82        85
20 FT wind......S 3G7     SE 5G7    S 6G9     S 7G10
20 FT wind dir..160       150       160       160
Mix hgt (ft)....200       1000      3700      5700
Transp wind dir.170       170       170       170
Transport wind..S 7       S 7       S 7       S 8
LVORI...........8         5         1         1
ADI.............3         8         34        53

$$
Forecaster...Petrolito
Requested by...DPW-NRB
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412798.0/CAE
.DELDT 05/02/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL zachary.a.blunk.civ@army.mil