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Spot Forecast for Wateree River HP/WMA...SCDNR
National Weather Service Columbia SC
730 AM EDT Tue Sep 2 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EDT on September 02.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Dry high pressure continues to push in from the northeast today with
below average moisture and temps. Winds are starting off light, out
of the north-northeast, this morning but will become gusty as the
inversion mixes out between roughly 8:30-10:30am; gusts up to 20 mph
expected from the northeast during this time. Winds will then remain
fairly steady out of the north-northeast the rest of the morning and
afternoon, sustained 8-12 mph with periodic gusts to around 16-20
mph. Some shallow river fog is possible Wednesday morning but not
expecting dense or widespread fog.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........40 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 6 mph.
Mixing height.......6000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 9 to 16 mph.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................11 early in the morning increasing to 79 in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM
Sky (%).........6   7   18  26  32  35  40  29  38  18
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............63  68  73  76  79  81  81  82  82  82
RH..............87  76  64  56  49  42  42  41  40  41
Aparnt tmp (F)..63  68  73  76  79  81  81  82  81  82
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind dir..030 040 050 050 040 040 040 040 040 040
20 FT wind spd..5   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.14  15  15  16  15  15  14  14  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 1.3 2.1 3.5 4.6 5.0 5.4 5.7 6.0 5.6
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   N
Transp wind dir.030 050 050 050 030 030 030 020 020 020
Transp wind spd.12  14  14  16  14  12  12  10  9   9
LVORI...........5   3   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............11  24  38  73  79  72  76  73  67  63

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 60.
Max humidity........84 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds around 5 mph early in the
                    evening becoming light.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 6 to 9 mph.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................51 early in the evening decreasing to 3 late in
                    the night.

TIME (EDT)      2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM
Sky (%).........14  21  13  13  6   7   3   9   1   3   3   1
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............80  79  75  71  69  68  66  65  64  63  62  62
RH..............42  44  52  57  63  65  70  70  73  75  78  78
Aparnt tmp (F)..80  79  75  71  69  68  66  65  64  63  62  62
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind dir..040 040 040 040 030 030 010 020 010 010 010 010
20 FT wind spd..5   3   2   2   2   2   1   1   1   1   1   2
20 FT wind gust.12  10  8   7   7   7   7   6   7   6   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...4.4 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   NE
Transp wind dir.030 060 040 050 060 050 050 050 060 020 020 050
Transp wind spd.9   9   8   7   7   6   7   6   7   7   7   6
LVORI...........1   2   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   4   4   4
ADI.............51  4   4   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Min humidity........36 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......7000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 3 to 9 mph.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................3 early in the morning increasing to 53 in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM
Sky (%).........2   8   5   0   2   3   5   6   8   7   6   5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............61  60  62  67  73  78  81  83  84  85  86  85
RH..............81  84  81  70  60  52  46  41  38  37  36  37
Aparnt tmp (F)..61  60  62  67  73  78  81  83  83  84  84  84
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E
20 FT wind dir..010 010 020 040 050 050 050 060 060 070 080 090
20 FT wind spd..1   1   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.6   6   6   6   6   7   8   9   9   9   9   8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 1.1 2.2 3.3 4.4 5.3 6.0 6.7 7.0 6.5
Transp wind dir.NE  N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E
Transp wind dir.040 020 050 050 050 050 050 050 050 060 070 070
Transp wind spd.6   7   6   8   9   9   9   8   7   6   5   3
LVORI...........5   4   4   3   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   2
ADI.............3   7   6   12  26  39  51  53  51  46  39  27

$$
Forecaster...Gropp
Requested by...Samuel Moore
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2521098.0/CAE
.DELDT 09/02/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL moores@dnr.sc.gov