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Spot Forecast for 116...USFS
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
257 PM EDT Sun Apr 28 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EDT on April 29.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Dry conditions will persist through Monday. A few passing thin high
clouds will be possible during the day tomorrow, maybe a few low
level cumulus. MinRH values will average between 40 and 45 percent
both Monday and Tuesday. There will be a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms are possible later Tuesday afternoon. SE transport
winds less than 10mph are likely tomorrow morning, but a shift more
towards the south is expected by the afternoon. Speeds will also pick up
slightly to around 10-12mph.

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........42 percent.
Dewpoint............59.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 6 mph in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......6500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 3 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (600 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (41600 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................4 early in the morning increasing to 52 in the
                    afternoon.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
CEILING (KFT).......1.5 increasing to 6.0.

TIME (EDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........27  30  33  26  20  28  36  33  28  23
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............58  61  67  71  75  77  80  81  82  82
Dewpoint........57  59  60  61  59  59  58  57  57  57
RH..............96  93  79  69  59  54  47  43  42  42
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..2   5   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.5   8   9   10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.2 1.0 2.5 3.3 3.9 5.1 5.7 5.9 6.3 6.5
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.3   6   8   10  9   8   6   6   7   7
LVORI...........8   6   3   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............4   7   27  42  46  46  43  45  48  52
Haines index....3   3   3   3   3   3   4   4   4   4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..1   8   22  29  29  30  30  33  39  42
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR
Ceiling (kft)...1.5 1.8 2.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 6.0 6.0

.MONDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (50-60 percent).
CWR.................10 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 60.
Max humidity........95 percent.
Dewpoint............57.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 6 mph.
Mixing height.......200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 5 to 7 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (31400 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (800 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................2 to 29.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
CEILING (KFT).......6.0 increasing to 25 late in the evening, then
                    decreasing to 20 in the late evening and
                    overnight decreasing to 15 overnight decreasing
                    to 12.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........20  20  20  23  28  34  39  45  47  50  56  58
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10  10  10  10  10
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............81  80  76  72  69  67  65  64  63  62  61  61
Dewpoint........56  57  58  58  58  57  57  56  56  57  57  58
RH..............42  46  54  62  67  71  74  76  78  82  87  91
20 FT wind dir..S   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..6   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.10  8   8   7   7   7   8   8   9   9   8   7
Mix hgt (kft)...3.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Transp wind dir.S   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.7   6   6   5   5   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
LVORI...........2   2   2   3   3   3   3   4   4   5   5   6
ADI.............29  3   2   2   2   2   3   4   4   4   4   4
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   3   3   3   3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..31  11  1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR
Ceiling (kft)...6.0 6.0 6.0 25  20  20  20  20  15  15  15  12

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers in the morning, then chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent increasing to 20 percent early in
                    the morning, then increasing to 30 percent
                    early in the afternoon increasing to 40 percent
                    early in the afternoon decreasing to 30
                    percent.
LAL.................1 until 1400, then 2 until 1700, then 3.
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........48 percent.
Dewpoint............60.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 7 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late
                    in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 3 to 9 mph increasing to southwest 14 to
                    21 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (700 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (79300 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................3 early in the morning increasing to 97 in the
                    afternoon.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.
Pcpn amount.........0.02 inches.
CEILING (KFT).......12 early in the morning.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........61  66  69  65  59  55  55  54  54  52  47  45
Weather cov.....        SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....        RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                                SCH SCH SCH CHC
CWR.............10  10  20  20  20  20  30  40  40  40  30  30
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   2   2   2   3
Temp............60  61  62  65  70  74  77  79  80  82  82  82
Dewpoint........59  59  60  60  61  62  62  62  61  61  61  61
RH..............94  95  92  84  74  66  60  56  52  50  48  49
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   5   6   6   7   7   6   7   7   6
20 FT wind gust.7   7   7   8   10  12  12  12  12  12  12  12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.2 0.2 0.2 1.0 2.7 3.5 3.8 4.5 4.9 5.0 5.2 5.3
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  S
Transp wind spd.5   3   5   9   15  18  21  20  18  18  16  14
LVORI...........6   6   6   4   3   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............3   3   4   11  44  66  75  80  78  74  97  85
Haines index....3   3   3   3   3   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..1   1   1   15  43  58  63  74  79  76  68  64
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD
Ceiling (kft)...12  12

$$
Forecaster...NListemaa
Requested by...Amy Galetka
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412639.0/FFC
.DELDT 04/28/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL amy.galetka@usda.gov