Spot Forecast Issued by NWS Atlanta, GA
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FNUS72 KFFC 242116
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Spot Forecast for 155...USFS
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
516 PM EDT Sun Mar 24 2024
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0000 EDT on March 25.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...
High clouds will be on the increase tonight with mostly cloudy to
overcast high to midlevel clouds through the day tomorrow. Despite
this increase in high cloud cover, no rain will occur on Monday.
Winds will be from the east and relatively breezy with near surface
winds in the 8-12 mph range with gusts in the 15-20 mph range through
the day. Transport winds will likewise be easterly increasing over
20 mph from late morning through the afternoon. Minimum RH values are
forecast to drop to around 40 percent in the afternoon hours, and mixing
heights are forecast to max out around 3300 ft.
Rain will likely hold off until during the day Tuesday, especially by
Tuesday afternoon. Rainfall totals with this next frontal system from
Tuesday through Wednesday are currently expected to be in the 1 to 1.5
inch range.
.MONDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 64.
Min humidity........42 percent.
Dewpoint............32 increasing to 41.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 8 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......3300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 9 to 15 mph increasing to 20 to 23 mph in
the late morning and afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3400 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (57900 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................7 early in the morning increasing to 67 in the
afternoon.
Haines Index........2 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
plume dominated fire growth.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
CEILING (KFT).......25 decreasing to 15 late in the morning, then
decreasing to 10 late in the afternoon.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........65 73 66 77 80 84 85 81 76 77 66 74
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Temp............41 41 41 41 44 48 52 55 57 59 61 62
Dewpoint........31 31 30 31 31 32 34 35 35 36 38 40
RH..............67 67 66 65 61 55 50 47 44 42 42 44
20 FT wind dir..E E E E E E E E E E E E
20 FT wind spd..8 9 9 10 10 11 11 10 10 10 10 10
20 FT wind gust.15 15 16 17 18 19 19 18 18 18 17 17
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 1.3 2.1 2.3 2.6 2.8 2.9 3.2 3.3
Transp wind dir.E E E E E E E E E E E SE
Transp wind spd.9 9 10 15 20 23 23 22 21 21 21 20
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............8 7 8 11 30 46 48 49 53 56 60 67
Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3 4 4 14 34 43 45 48 50 52 56 58
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR
Ceiling (kft)...25 25 25 25 25 15 15 15 15 10 10 10
.MONDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent).
CWR.................10 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 52.
Max humidity........90 percent.
Dewpoint............44 increasing to 47 overnight.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 9 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 10 to 17 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (44500 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (4400 knot-ft) late in the
night.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................9 to 40.
Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume
dominated fire growth.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
CEILING (KFT).......6.0 early in the evening.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........78 76 69 71 75 77 80 85 88 88 89 90
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Temp............62 59 58 57 56 55 55 54 54 53 53 52
Dewpoint........42 44 45 45 45 46 47 47 48 48 48 48
RH..............47 56 61 64 67 70 73 77 80 82 83 86
20 FT wind dir..E E E E E E E E E E E E
20 FT wind spd..9 9 9 9 10 12 12 12 10 10 10 10
20 FT wind gust.16 16 16 17 18 20 20 18 18 18 17 17
Mix hgt (kft)...1.9 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6
Transp wind dir.E E E E E E E E E E E E
Transp wind spd.17 14 10 10 12 13 13 13 13 12 12 12
LVORI...........1 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5
ADI.............40 12 9 9 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
Haines index....2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Vrate kt-ft/1K..45 18 4 5 7 8 8 7 7 7 6 6
Ventrate Cat....FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
Ceiling (kft)...6.0 6.0
.TUESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Chance of rain showers
early in the morning. Rain showers likely and
slight chance of thunderstorms late in the
afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent increasing to 70 percent.
LAL.................1 until 1400, then 2.
Max temperature.....Around 71.
Min humidity........66 percent.
Dewpoint............51 increasing to 56 in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 9 to 12 mph. Gusty and erratic
winds expected near thunderstorms late in the
afternoon.
Mixing height.......2100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 10 to 16 mph increasing to southeast 23 to
30 mph in the late morning and early afternoon,
then decreasing to 14 to 18 mph late in the
afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5300 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (48600 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................8 early in the morning increasing to 54 in the
afternoon.
Haines Index........2 to 3 or very low potential for large plume
dominated fire growth.
Pcpn amount.........0.15 inches.
CEILING (KFT).......MISSING.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........90 90 91 90 90 89 89 90 90 90 91 91
Weather cov..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............10 10 40 40 40 40 40 40 70 70 70 70
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
Temp............52 52 52 53 55 58 61 64 67 69 70 70
Dewpoint........49 49 49 50 52 53 54 56 57 57 58 58
RH..............88 90 90 89 88 85 79 74 69 67 66 67
20 FT wind dir..E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT wind spd..10 9 9 10 10 12 12 12 10 10 10 9
20 FT wind gust.17 17 17 18 20 20 20 20 20 18 17 16
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 1.0 1.3 1.5 1.9 2.1 1.9 1.4 1.2
Transp wind dir.E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Transp wind spd.10 10 12 16 23 28 30 29 26 23 18 14
LVORI...........5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 1 1 3 3
ADI.............10 8 9 17 29 43 49 54 52 43 30 20
Haines index....2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..6 6 5 12 26 32 37 45 49 40 23 14
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR PR PR PR
Ceiling (kft)...
$$
Forecaster...Willis
Requested by...Tim Kolnik
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 03/24/24
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.EMAIL timothy.kolnik@usda.gov