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Spot Forecast for SRS CPT 17 Rx...US Forest Service
National Weather Service Columbia SC
444 AM EDT Sun Apr 28 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EDT on April 28.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Ridge of high pressure will be centered over the burn area
creating southeasterly surface and transport winds through the
day. Patchy fog and low clouds early this morning will mix out by
ignition time with cumulus developing from late morning through
the afternoon. Cumulus vertical development will be limited with
not rain expected. With the moist southeasterly flow afternoon
minimum RH will be around 44 percent. With sunset winds will
subside becoming 5 mph or less overnight. Patchy fog and stratus
are possible tonight.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 81.
Min humidity........44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 6 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......6000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 9 to 14 mph.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................15 early in the morning increasing to 92 in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........54  52  52  46  45  43  42  41  47
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............65  70  73  75  77  78  79  80  79
RH..............84  71  64  55  52  48  47  44  45
Aparnt tmp (F)..65  70  73  75  77  78  79  80  79
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind dir..130 140 150 150 150 140 140 150 140
20 FT wind spd..6   7   8   8   8   9   9   9   9
20 FT wind gust.9   10  13  13  13  14  14  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 3.1 4.1 4.8 5.4 5.2 5.8 6.0 6.0
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Transp wind dir.140 140 150 150 140 150 150 150 150
Transp wind spd.9   12  13  14  13  14  14  14  14
LVORI...........4   3   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............15  44  62  77  77  83  90  92  92

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 55.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 8 mph in the evening and
                    overnight becoming light.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 6 to 13 mph.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................74 early in the evening decreasing to 3 late in
                    the night.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........37     20     6      5      4      17
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............78     71     66     62     59     57
RH..............45     57     68     81     90     96
Aparnt tmp (F)..78     71     66     62     59     57
20 FT wind......SE 8   SE 6   SE 7   SE 7   SE 5   SE 3
20 FT wind gust.13     10     10     9      7      6
20 FT wind dir..140    140    150    150    140    150
Mix hgt (ft)....5100   700    300    300    300    300
Transp wind dir.150    140    160    150    150    140
Transport wind..SE 13  SE 10  S 10   SE 9   SE 7   SE 7
LVORI...........1      3      3      4      6      8
ADI.............74     5      5      4      3      3

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........40 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 6 mph.
Mixing height.......5700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 6 to 10 mph.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................3 early in the morning increasing to 73 in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........34        34        10        17
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0         0         0         0
Temp............57        63        77        82
RH..............96        87        54        41
Aparnt tmp (F)..57        63        77        82
20 FT wind......SE 3G5    S 2G7     S 6G12    S 6G12
20 FT wind dir..140       180       190       190
Mix hgt (ft)....300       1200      4200      5200
Transp wind dir.140       180       190       190
Transport wind..SE 6      S 7       S 10      S 10
LVORI...........8         5         1         1
ADI.............3         10        55        67

$$
Forecaster...Proud
Requested by...Kevin Pope
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412620.0/CAE
.DELDT 04/28/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL kevin.pope@usda.gov