Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
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FNUS72 KCAE 181350
FWSCAE
Spot Forecast for Wateree River HP/WMA...South Carolina Department of Natural resources
National Weather Service Columbia SC
950 AM EDT Tue Jun 18 2024
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EDT on June 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...
Inversion has broken shortly after 9am this morning with easterly
winds continuing through this afternoon around 10 mph, with gusts
up to 20 mph possible. With a lingering pressure gradient over
the area, winds likely remain elevated after sunset, although they
are expected to become light and variable after midnight. Lower
dew points today, with easterly winds preventing RH from dropping
below 40 percent this afternoon. Moisture increases overnight,
although a low level jet in place over the area should prevent fog
from developing.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 90.
Min humidity........41 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east 6 to 9 mph in the
late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......6500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 2 to 8 mph increasing to 12 to 16 mph in
the late morning and afternoon.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................1 early in the morning increasing to 107 in the
afternoon.
TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........32 27 15 15 19 8 9 12
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............79 82 86 88 89 89 90 90
RH..............64 56 48 43 42 42 41 41
20 FT wind dir..E E E E E E E E
20 FT wind dir..090 080 090 090 090 100 100 110
20 FT wind spd..7 8 8 8 8 9 9 9
20 FT wind gust.13 14 15 15 15 15 16 17
Mix hgt (kft)...3.6 4.5 5.3 5.8 6.0 6.3 6.5 6.5
Transp wind dir.E E E E E E E E
Transp wind dir.090 090 090 090 090 100 100 110
Transp wind spd.14 16 16 16 15 15 15 15
LVORI...........1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............64 85 98 102 100 104 107 106
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 65.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 9 mph in the evening becoming
light.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 6 to 15 mph decreasing to 2 to 5 mph
overnight.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................102 early in the evening decreasing to 1 late
in the night.
TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........16 11 15 24 30 38
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............87 82 74 70 68 66
RH..............45 53 71 84 90 93
20 FT wind......E 9 E 7 E 6 E 3 E 2 NE 3
20 FT wind gust.16 12 7 5
20 FT wind dir..110 110 110 100 080 060
Mix hgt (ft)....6100 1300 400 400 400 400
Transp wind dir.110 110 100 090 080 070
Transport wind..E 15 E 13 E 7 E 5 E 2 E 3
LVORI...........1 2 3 5 7 7
ADI.............102 5 3 2 1 2
.JUNETEENTH...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 89.
Min humidity........44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......6400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 5 to 14 mph increasing to around 15 mph
late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................3 early in the morning increasing to 104 in the
afternoon.
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM
Sky (%).........44 32 21 38
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............66 74 84 89
RH..............93 76 53 44
20 FT wind......NE 5 E 5G12 E 6G15 E 7G15
20 FT wind dir..060 070 070 080
Mix hgt (ft)....400 2400 5000 5800
Transp wind dir.070 090 090 080
Transport wind..E 5 E 13 E 12 E 15
LVORI...........6 3 1 1
ADI.............3 38 70 95
$$
Forecaster...Landolfi
Requested by...Lewis Price
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2416343.0/CAE
.DELDT 06/18/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Pricel@dnr.sc.gov