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Spot Forecast for 2024 CSNWR Rx Fire...USFWS
National Weather Service Columbia SC
427 AM EDT Wed May 22 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EDT on May 22.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...High pressure ridging over the area will shift to the
east, leading to winds out of the southwest, although generally
light 20 ft and transport winds are expected today. Once again,
some lingering fog is possible in creek valleys early this
morning. Any fog will quickly dissipate after sunrise with the
inversion breaking between 9 and 10 am this morning. Overall,
similar weather conditions expected today compared to yesterday
with marginally higher RH and a few more high clouds possible.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 87.
Min humidity........40 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest around 5 mph
                    late in the morning, shifting south
                    around 5 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 7 mph.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................3 to 40.

TIME (EDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........11  15  14  21  11  13  16  19
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............75  78  82  84  85  86  86  87
RH..............69  62  53  48  45  43  43  40
Aparnt tmp (F)..75  78  83  85  85  86  86  87
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S
20 FT wind dir..240 230 230 210 200 200 190 190
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   3   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.7   6   6   5   6   6   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...1.8 3.2 4.0 4.8 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.7
Transp wind dir.SW  W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind dir.240 250 240 240 220 220 220 210
Transp wind spd.7   6   5   6   6   6   5   6
LVORI...........3   2   2   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............16  24  24  35  40  40  32  40

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 65.
Max humidity........97 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest around 5 mph
                    after 3 am.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 7 to 10 mph.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................3 to 34.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........7      11     16     7      13     28
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............85     79     74     69     68     66
RH..............45     54     69     76     81     90
Aparnt tmp (F)..85     79     74     69     68     66
20 FT wind......S 3    S 3    S 3    S 3    S 3    S 5
20 FT wind gust.6      6      7      7      8      8
20 FT wind dir..190    180    180    190    190    200
Mix hgt (ft)....3900   300    300    300    300    300
Transp wind dir.190    180    180    190    200    200
Transport wind..S 7    S 7    S 8    S 10   S 9    S 9
LVORI...........1      2      3      4      4      6
ADI.............34     3      4      5      4      4

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 89.
Min humidity........49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 6 mph early in the morning
                    becoming light, then becoming southwest 5 to 6
                    mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......5800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 13 mph.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................5 early in the morning increasing to 91 in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........27        23        28        38
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0         0         0         10
Temp............66        72        84        87
RH..............93        84        59        49
Aparnt tmp (F)..66        72        87        89
20 FT wind......SW 5G9    SW 5G12   SW 6G13   SW 6G14
20 FT wind dir..210       230       220       220
Mix hgt (ft)....300       1500      4100      5800
Transp wind dir.220       240       250       230
Transport wind..SW 10     SW 12     W 13      SW 13
LVORI...........6         4         1         1
ADI.............5         22        66        91

$$
Forecaster...Landolfi
Requested by...Perrine
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2414847.0/CAE
.DELDT 05/22/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL nathan_perrine@fws.gov