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Spot Forecast for SRS CPT 2 Dove Fields...US Forest Service
National Weather Service Columbia SC
207 PM EDT Wed Aug 27 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 EDT on August 28.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
High pressure will settle into the region tonight leading to calm
winds through 10 AM or 11 AM Thursday morning. No fog expected
tonight due to dry air. Light and variable winds are expected for
much of the remainder of the day with high pressure over the
region. RH values will drop down to near 35 percent. Rain
unlikely.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......6500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 6 to 7 mph shifting to the southwest 3 to
                    5 mph late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................3 early in the morning increasing to 44 in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........48  54  50  30  30  51  63  67  58  64  63  61
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10
Temp............65  64  66  70  75  79  81  83  84  84  84  84
RH..............78  81  81  73  64  53  47  42  37  38  40  44
Aparnt tmp (F)..65  64  66  70  75  79  82  84  84  85  84  84
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   SE  SE  S   S   NW  NE
20 FT wind dir..070 080 070 080 100 110 130 140 200 200 300 030
20 FT wind spd..1   1   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.5   6   6   6   6   7   7   6   6   6   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.9 1.6 3.4 5.1 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.2 5.6
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   SE  SE  S   S   S   SW  SW  SW
Transp wind dir.080 090 090 110 130 150 160 180 200 220 230 220
Transp wind spd.7   6   6   6   7   7   7   5   5   5   3   3
LVORI...........4   4   4   3   2   2   1   1   1   1   2   2
ADI.............3   6   6   6   15  30  44  35  36  36  26  24

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (55-65 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 66.
Max humidity........90 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 6 mph shifting to the north
                    around 5 mph early in the evening, then
                    shifting to the northeast around 7 mph late in
                    the evening shifting to the southeast around 8
                    mph late in the evening decreasing to 5 to 8
                    mph shifting to the east around 5 mph early in
                    the morning.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................2 to 30.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........58  45  34  55  61  66  66  67  67  63  60  56
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Temp............83  81  78  76  74  72  71  70  69  68  67  67
RH..............49  53  58  62  66  71  75  78  81  84  86  87
Aparnt tmp (F)..84  82  78  76  74  72  71  70  69  68  67  67
20 FT wind dir..N   N   NE  N   E   E   SE  SE  SE  E   E   NE
20 FT wind dir..010 020 040 020 070 110 120 130 130 110 070 050
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
20 FT wind gust.6   6   6   6   6   6   6   5   5   5   3   3
Mix hgt (kft)...4.1 1.2 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.SW  NW  N   NE  E   SE  SE  S   S   SE  E   E
Transp wind dir.240 330 010 030 090 140 150 160 160 140 110 090
Transp wind spd.6   5   5   7   8   8   8   7   6   6   5   5
LVORI...........2   2   3   3   3   3   4   4   5   5   6   6
ADI.............30  2   2   3   4   4   4   3   3   3   2   2

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Min humidity........51 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 5 mph shifting to the southwest
                    around 9 mph late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................2 early in the morning increasing to 43 in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........51  46  41  41  42  42  44  47  49  48  47  46
Weather cov.....                                SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....                                RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                                SCH SCH SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  20  20  20  20
Temp............67  67  68  71  75  79  81  82  83  84  84  83
RH..............89  90  87  80  72  64  59  55  53  51  51  53
Aparnt tmp (F)..67  67  68  71  75  79  83  84  84  85  85  84
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   SE  SE  S   S   S   SW
20 FT wind dir..050 040 040 060 090 100 120 150 170 180 200 210
20 FT wind spd..1   1   1   1   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.3   5   5   5   6   6   6   7   7   7   8   8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.2 0.1 0.3 1.2 2.4 3.5 4.4 5.0 5.2 4.9 4.2 3.3
Transp wind dir.E   E   NE  E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   SW
Transp wind dir.080 070 060 080 110 130 140 150 150 170 200 210
Transp wind spd.5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   6   7   8   9
LVORI...........7   6   6   4   3   2   2   2   1   1   1   1
ADI.............2   4   4   7   14  21  26  29  37  42  43  39

$$
Forecaster...Rohrbach
Requested by...Kevin Pope
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2520832.0/CAE
.DELDT 08/27/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL kevin.pope@usda.gov