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Spot Forecast for Darlington County Landfill Fire...Darlington County EMD
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
416 PM EDT Sun Sep 15 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1700 EDT on September 15.
If conditions become unrepresentative...or if you have questions
or concerns about this forecast...contact the National Weather
Service in Wilmington at 910-762-1374.

.DISCUSSION...
Periodic showers and a few storms expected into tonight with more
widespread and heavier rainfall likely Monday into Monday night as
a storm system offshore tracks over or near the area. Drier
conditions should then return mid to late week.

Fog potential for tonight is Low.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Chance of
                    showers.
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........62 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds around 14 mph.
Max mixing hgt......3000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 26 mph.
Max vent rate.......Good (78532 mph-ft).
Max LVORI...........1.
Max ADI.............63.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

TIME (EDT)      5PM
Sky (%).........84
Weather cov.....CHC
Weather type....RW
Tstm cov........
Temp............81
RH..............65
20 FT wind dir..NE
20 FT wind spd..14
20 FT wind gust.20
Mix hgt (kft)...3.0
Transp wind dir.NE
Transp wind spd.26
Stability.......D
LVORI...........1
ADI.............63
Haines index....4
Vrate mph-ft/1K.79
Ventrate Cat....GD
Sfc pres (in)...983

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Chance of
                    showers early in the evening, then slight
                    chance of showers late in the evening. Chance
                    of showers overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 68.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 13 to 14 mph with gusts to
                    around 24 mph.
Min mixing hgt......800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 21 to 25 mph.
Min vent rate.......Poor (17152 mph-ft).
Max LVORI...........4.
Min ADI.............19.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........85  84  83  85  87  89  89  89  89  90  90  91
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Temp............78  76  74  73  72  72  72  71  71  70  70  69
RH..............70  77  83  86  88  88  88  88  89  90  91  91
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..13  13  13  13  13  13  13  13  13  14  14  14
20 FT wind gust.20  20  19  20  20  20  20  20  21  22  24  24
Mix hgt (kft)...2.1 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.23  22  21  22  21  24  25  24  25  25  25  25
Stability.......D   D   D   D   D   D   D   D   D   D   D   D
LVORI...........3   3   3   3   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
ADI.............46  20  19  20  19  22  23  22  23  23  23  23
Haines index....4   4   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
Vrate mph-ft/1K.48  24  20  18  17  20  21  20  21  21  21  21
Ventrate Cat....FR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR
Sfc pres (in)...983 983 984 984 984 986 986 986 984 984 984 983

$$
Forecaster...Bacon
Requested by...Molly Odom
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2422498.0/ILM
.DELDT 09/15/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL modom@darcoems.net