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Spot Forecast for FE Prescribed Fire/Potential Precipitation...DoD
National Weather Service Columbia SC
446 AM EDT Sun Jun 2 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 EDT on June 02.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Mostly cloudy skies with increasing moisture expected today. A
few showers are expected to be in the area this morning. Shower
coverage then increases for the afternoon and evening before
diminishing after sunset. A few thunderstorms will be possible
this afternoon and evening as well. Southeast winds of 5-6 mph at
the start of the forecast period transition to southerly around
0900 or so and remain southerly through the overnight hours. Good
overnight recoveries are also expect tonight.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers in the morning, then chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........51 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 6 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 7 to 14 mph.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................7 early in the morning increasing to 68 in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........83  80  75  76  83  78  72  74  72  74  74
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                        SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).20  20  20  20  20  30  30  40  40  40  40
Temp............67  68  72  76  78  79  81  83  83  83  81
RH..............87  84  79  69  64  60  56  51  53  51  54
Aparnt tmp (F)..67  68  72  76  78  79  83  84  84  84  82
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind dir..150 150 170 170 180 180 180 190 180 170 170
20 FT wind spd..5   5   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.7   12  12  12  10  12  12  10  10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.7 1.5 1.9 2.5 3.5 4.0 4.4 4.7 4.2 3.3
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind dir.160 170 180 180 180 190 180 200 180 180 180
Transp wind spd.7   12  13  14  13  13  12  12  12  10  9
LVORI...........5   4   3   3   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............7   12  25  35  42  56  59  64  68  55  39

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (40-50 percent). Chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then
                    slight chance of showers late in the evening.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 65.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the evening.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 6 to 9 mph.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................3 to 40.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........72     74     70     71     53     41
Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
Chc of pcpn (%).40     30     30     20     20     20
Temp............83     78     71     69     68     66
RH..............53     64     84     90     90     97
Aparnt tmp (F)..84     78     71     69     68     66
20 FT wind......S 6    SE 3   SE 3   S 3    S 3    S 2
20 FT wind gust.10     7      6      7      7      6
20 FT wind dir..160    150    150    160    170    180
Mix hgt (ft)....3400   1100   500    500    500    500
Transp wind dir.180    160    160    170    180    180
Transport wind..S 9    S 7    S 6    S 7    S 7    S 6
LVORI...........1      3      5      6      6      8
ADI.............40     3      3      3      3      3

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 87.
Min humidity........52 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest around 5 mph.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 12 mph shifting to the west 7 to
                    8 mph in the afternoon.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................3 early in the morning increasing to 49 in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........40        47        49        49
Weather cov.....                              S CHC
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                              S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).10        10        10        20
Temp............65        73        82        86
RH..............100       83        61        52
Aparnt tmp (F)..65        73        84        88
20 FT wind......S 2G6     SW 3G7    SW 3G7    SW 5G7
20 FT wind dir..180       210       230       230
Mix hgt (ft)....400       1600      4000      4800
Transp wind dir.190       210       250       260
Transport wind..S 6       SW 12     W 8       W 8
LVORI...........9         4         1         1
ADI.............3         24        43        46

$$
Forecaster...Carlberg
Requested by...Zachary Hardy
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2415416.0/CAE
.DELDT 06/02/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL zachary.hardy@ones-llc.com