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Spot Forecast for Ft Gordon Rx Burn Planning...Dept of Army
National Weather Service Columbia SC
440 AM EDT Mon Jun 16 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EDT on June 16.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Warm and muggy conditions are expected again today as highs top
out in the lower 90s and RH values only drop to around 55-60% near
the burn site. Southwest winds of 5-10 mph, with gusts around 15
mph are also likely, particularly in the afternoon.
Shower/thunderstorm activity is expected to begin around midday
with coverage increasing during the afternoon hours when the
chance for this activity affecting the burn site tops out around
30%.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the
                    afternoon. Chance of showers and thunderstorms
                    late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 91.
Min humidity........56 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 8 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......4400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 13 mph.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................16 early in the morning increasing to 60 in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM
Sky (%).........59  58  52  47  56  58  51  51  59  60
Weather cov.....                SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....                RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  10  20  20  20  30  30  30
Temp............74  77  79  83  87  88  90  91  91  90
RH..............93  87  85  74  68  63  58  58  56  56
Aparnt tmp (F)..74  77  79  90  96  97  98  101 100 97
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind dir..240 240 240 240 240 230 240 230 230 230
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   6   7   7   7   8   8   8
20 FT wind gust.12  12  12  12  13  13  15  15  15  15
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 1.3 1.7 2.2 2.8 3.7 4.4 4.4 3.9 3.6
Transp wind dir.W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind dir.250 240 240 240 240 240 230 220 230 220
Transp wind spd.12  12  9   8   8   9   10  12  12  13
LVORI...........5   4   4   3   3   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............16  19  20  23  28  41  54  60  54  55

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (35-45 percent). Chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then
                    slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
                    overnight.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 73.
Max humidity........97 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 7 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the
                    evening.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 13 mph.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................4 to 41.

TIME (EDT)      2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT
Sky (%).........65     60     54     44     40     37
Weather cov.....CHANCE S CHC  CHANCE S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........CHANCE S CHC  CHANCE S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).30     20     30     20     10     0
Temp............90     85     79     76     75     74
RH..............58     67     82     90     90     93
Aparnt tmp (F)..98     92     79     76     75     74
20 FT wind......SW 7   SW 6   SW 5   SW 5   SW 5   SW 5
20 FT wind gust.14     10     9      9      9      10
20 FT wind dir..220    230    210    220    220    220
Mix hgt (ft)....2600   400    400    400    400    400
Transp wind dir.230    230    210    220    240    230
Transport wind..SW 13  SW 10  SW 9   SW 9   SW 9   SW 10
LVORI...........1      3      4      5      6      6
ADI.............41     7      6      6      4      5

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the
                    afternoon. Chance of showers and thunderstorms
                    late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 91.
Min humidity........55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 9 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......4900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 12 to 16 mph.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................5 early in the morning increasing to 84 in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      2 AM      5 AM      8 AM      11 AM
Sky (%).........38        28        32        29
Weather cov.....                              CHANCE
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                              CHANCE
Chc of pcpn (%).0         10        10        30
Temp............73        78        86        90
RH..............97        85        68        56
Aparnt tmp (F)..73        78        94        97
20 FT wind......SW 6G12   SW 6G13   SW 8G16   SW 9G18
20 FT wind dir..230       230       230       230
Mix hgt (ft)....400       1600      3800      4900
Transp wind dir.250       250       250       230
Transport wind..W 12      W 13      W 15      SW 15
LVORI...........7         4         1         1
ADI.............5         27        69        84

$$
Forecaster...Carlberg
Requested by...DPW-ED-NRB
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2516026.0/CAE
.DELDT 06/16/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL zachary.a.blunk.civ@army.mil