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Spot Forecast for 2024 CSNWR Rx Fire...US Fish and Wildlife Service
National Weather Service Columbia SC
412 AM EDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EDT on April 24.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...South southwest winds this morning will veer to
westerly by ignition time pushing a bit more moisture into the
area. Clouds will be increasing around midday as a weak front
will be approaching the burn area during the mid to late
afternoon. Winds will increase as the morning inversion lifts
around 930 am with some gusts up to 12 mph through mid afternoon.
Winds in open areas will be stronger with gusts up to 20 mph.
Minimum afternoon RH will be around 35 percent. As the front
crosses the area this evening into tonight a few showers are
possible however rainfall amounts will generally be a couple
hundredths or less. Winds will shift to northerly tonight as the
front moves offshore. On Thursday surface and transport winds will
be northeasterly however transport winds will weaken through the
day.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent) then becoming partly
                    sunny (60-70 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 78.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 6 to 9 mph shifting to the
                    northwest around 7 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......6200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 15 to 23 mph becoming northwest 7 to 10
                    mph late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................29 early in the morning increasing to 130 in
                    the afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........24  11  8   14  16  25  57  68
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   10  10  10  10
Temp............64  69  73  75  77  77  76  73
RH..............52  44  38  36  35  37  40  46
Aparnt tmp (F)..64  69  73  75  77  77  76  73
20 FT wind dir..SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   NW
20 FT wind dir..240 250 250 250 260 260 270 300
20 FT wind spd..7   8   7   7   6   6   6   5
20 FT wind gust.11  12  11  11  10  10  10  9
Mix hgt (kft)...2.2 3.4 4.3 5.1 5.7 6.2 4.8 3.5
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   NW  N
Transp wind dir.250 250 260 260 260 280 320 340
Transp wind spd.21  23  23  22  20  15  10  7
LVORI...........1   1   1   1   1   1   1   2
ADI.............59  95  118 130 126 105 59  29

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (30-40 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain showers early in the evening, then chance
                    of rain showers.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 52.
Max humidity........89 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 7 mph early in the evening
                    becoming north 5 to 6 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 6 to 10 mph.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................3 to 16.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........65     63     47     47     45     31
Weather cov.....S CHC  CHANCE S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).20     30     20     10     0      0
Temp............72     68     63     60     59     55
RH..............49     63     78     84     83     86
Aparnt tmp (F)..72     68     63     60     59     55
20 FT wind......NW 7   NW 5   NW 4   N 5    N 5    N 5
20 FT wind gust.12     7      6      7      7      7
20 FT wind dir..310    320    260    120    340    000
Mix hgt (ft)....2200   400    500    400    400    400
Transp wind dir.330    310    000    300    020    010
Transport wind..NW 6   NW 8   N 6    NW 6   N 8    N 9
LVORI...........2      3      5      5      5      4
ADI.............16     4      3      4      4      4

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 77.
Min humidity........33 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 6 to 8 mph decreasing to around
                    6 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......6700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 6 to 15 mph.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................5 early in the morning increasing to 56 in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........17        8         3         7
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0         0         0         0
Temp............53        59        69        75
RH..............83        67        47        36
Aparnt tmp (F)..53        59        69        75
20 FT wind......N 6G9     NE 7G12   NE 8G13   NE 7G10
20 FT wind dir..010       030       040       050
Mix hgt (ft)....600       1700      4300      6400
Transp wind dir.010       030       040       020
Transport wind..N 12      NE 15     NE 9      N 7
LVORI...........5         3         1         1
ADI.............5         33        47        50

$$
Forecaster...Proud
Requested by...Perrine
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412031.0/CAE
.DELDT 04/24/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL nathan_perrine@fws.gov
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
