Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
651
FNUS72 KCAE 031138
FWSCAE
Spot Forecast for Wateree HP/WMA...SCDNR
National Weather Service Columbia SC
738 AM EDT Wed Sep 3 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EDT on September 03.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...
High pressure looks to weakly hang on today, bringing a dry day
near the burn site. There is the very outside chance a shower
creeps into the area after 2-3pm, but this seems very unlikely.
With high pressure in place, winds generally remain out of the north
to northeast, but they should remain light all day, between 3-8 mph, even
after the inversion breaks between 9-11am. Winds then may become a bit
more variable this evening, remaining light. Minimum RH values during
the afternoon looks to be between 35-40%. Some more shallow river fog is
possible into Thursday morning but if it develops, it should not be very
dense.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 87.
Min humidity........39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......6400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 5 to 8 mph shifting to the north 2 to
3 mph late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................4 to 36.
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........4 7 10 3 8 7 8 6 8 6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10
Temp............62 67 73 79 82 84 86 86 86 86
RH..............81 70 59 47 41 36 34 34 34 34
Aparnt tmp (F)..62 67 73 79 82 83 84 84 84 84
20 FT wind dir..N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT wind dir..020 040 060 050 050 040 040 040 030 030
20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT wind gust.6 6 7 8 8 8 9 8 7 7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.7 2.0 3.4 4.1 5.0 5.6 6.0 6.4 5.4
Transp wind dir.NE NE NE NE NE NE N N N N
Transp wind dir.050 060 060 050 050 030 010 010 340 340
Transp wind spd.7 7 8 8 7 6 5 5 3 2
LVORI...........4 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
ADI.............7 7 21 35 36 36 32 34 27 15
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 64.
Max humidity........90 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 2 mph shifting to the south 3
to 8 mph.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................2 to 13.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........4 8 8 7 5 9 6 5 8 12 17 11
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............85 83 78 74 72 70 69 68 67 65 65 65
RH..............35 37 50 57 61 66 70 73 78 84 84 87
Aparnt tmp (F)..83 82 78 74 72 70 69 68 67 65 65 65
20 FT wind dir..NE E E SE SE SE S S S S S S
20 FT wind dir..060 080 100 120 130 150 170 170 190 190 190 180
20 FT wind spd..2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
20 FT wind gust.7 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 6 6
Mix hgt (kft)...4.6 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5
Transp wind dir.NW S SE SE SE SE S S S S S S
Transp wind dir.330 180 140 140 140 150 170 170 180 190 190 200
Transp wind spd.2 3 5 5 5 6 7 7 8 8 8 8
LVORI...........2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 6
ADI.............13 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 91.
Min humidity........41 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south around 5 mph late in
the afternoon.
Mixing height.......7300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 12 mph.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................3 early in the morning increasing to 94 in the
afternoon.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........7 1 1 0 1 2 7 12 17 19 22 24
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............64 64 66 72 78 82 85 87 88 89 90 89
RH..............90 90 87 79 67 56 50 46 43 42 41 42
Aparnt tmp (F)..64 64 66 72 78 84 87 88 89 90 91 90
20 FT wind dir..S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S
20 FT wind dir..190 200 220 220 220 210 210 210 210 210 200 200
20 FT wind spd..1 1 1 2 3 3 3 5 5 6 6 6
20 FT wind gust.6 6 6 6 8 10 12 13 13 14 14 14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.4 0.5 1.3 2.5 3.8 5.2 6.4 7.1 7.3 6.8 5.9
Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Transp wind dir.210 210 210 240 230 220 220 230 230 230 230 230
Transp wind spd.7 7 7 9 10 10 10 9 9 10 12 12
LVORI...........6 5 5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............3 7 7 16 34 51 67 71 78 90 94 83
$$
Forecaster...Hickok
Requested by...Samuel Moore
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2521187.0/CAE
.DELDT 09/03/25
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.EMAIL moores@dnr.sc.gov