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Spot Forecast for Loggerhead Wildfire...US Fish and Wildlife
National Weather Service Charleston SC
740 PM EDT Wed Jul 29 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2000 EDT on July 29.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.


.DISCUSSION...
Expect another hot and humid day along the southeast Georgia coast
on Thursday; however, it should not be as hot as it was Wednesday.
Winds will turn out of the northwest tonight and remain light out
of the northwest for most of the morning. The sea breeze will
develop later than the last few days, with winds likely not
turning southerly until the late afternoon hours. Isolated to
scattered thunderstorms will be possible along the southeast
Georgia coast late Thursday afternoon through the early evening
hours. If a storm were to develop over the burn site it would be
with the seabreeze during the late afternoon.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming partly cloudy then
                    becoming mostly clear. Slight chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms early in the evening.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 77.
Max humidity........94 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light, then becoming west around 5 mph
                    overnight. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms early in the evening.
Max LVORI...........6.
Min ADI.............3.
Inversion Begin.....2000

TIME (EDT)      8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........70  43  36  31  34  34  10  5   8   15
Weather type....RW
Tstm cov........SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).20  10  10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............84  83  82  82  81  81  80  80  79  79
RH..............82  82  85  88  91  88  91  91  91  91
20 FT wind dir..S   SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..6   5   5   4   5   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.11  11  9   9   9   11  11  11  11  11
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Transp wind dir.S   SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.8   6   6   6   8   8   8   8   8   8
LVORI...........4   4   5   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
ADI.............5   5   3   3   4   4   4   4   3   3

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 91.
Min humidity........64 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 5 mph shifting to the
                    north late in the morning, then becoming light
                    early in the afternoon becoming southeast 5 to
                    7 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing Height.......Max 2700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North around 8 mph in the morning becoming
                    light, then becoming southeast around 6 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
Max ADI.............19.
Inversion End.......0900

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........12     14     8      1      7      5
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      10     10
Temp............78     78     83     87     89     88
RH..............91     94     77     68     64     68
20 ft wind......NW 5   N 5    N 5    NE 4   SE 5   SE 6
20 ft wind gust.11     11     9      5      9      11
Mix hgt (ft)....700    800    1700   2400   2700   2100
Transport wind..NW 8   NW 8   N 8    NE 4   NE 4   SE 6
LVORI...........5      6      3      3      2      3
ADI.............7      8      18     14     16     19

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 78.
Max humidity........94 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Max LVORI...........7.
Min ADI.............1.
Inversion Begin.....0900

TIME (EDT)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM
Sky (%).........12        19        11        15
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10        10        0         0
Temp............87        81        81        80
RH..............72        88        88        88
20 FT wind......SE 6G11   S 4G9     S 3G7     SE 3G5
Mix hgt (ft)....1500      800       800       800
Transport wind..SE 8      S 6       S 6       E 4
LVORI...........4         6         6         6
ADI.............1         3         3         2

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 90.
Min humidity........68 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 8 mph late
                    in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing Height.......Max 2500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Light winds becoming southeast 6 to 10 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon.
Max ADI.............26.
Inversion End.......2000

TIME (EDT)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky (%).........17           28           21
Weather type....NONE         NONE         RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                          CHANCE
Chc of pcpn (%).0            10           30
Temp............79           84           88
RH..............91           77           70
20 FT wind......E 3G5        SE 4G7       SE 7G11
Mix hgt (ft)....800          1900         2500
Transport wind..E 4          S 6          S 6
LVORI...........6            4            3
ADI.............3            14           22

$$
Forecaster...Black
Requested by...Adam Ells
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2618471.2/CHS
.DELDT 07/29/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL adam_ells@fws.gov