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Spot Forecast for Loggerhead Wildfire...U.S. Fish and Wildlife
National Weather Service Charleston SC
426 AM EDT Wed Jul 29 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 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.
West winds will prevail through the morning and into the afternoon.
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 this afternoon through the early
evening hours. If a storm were to impact the burn site it would
move in from the west and could bring the risk of gusty winds and
lightning.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Slight chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms early in the afternoon. Chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon, then slight chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 96.
Min humidity........60 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 8 to 9 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing Height.......Max 2900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 12 to 16 mph.
Max ADI.............50.
Inversion End.......0900.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........36  44  29  14  22  34  35  49  47  43  51  57
Weather type....                                RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                                SCH CHC CHC SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   10  10  10  10  20  30  30  20
Temp............81  80  82  83  87  89  91  93  94  94  95  93
RH..............85  88  85  85  75  73  68  66  64  62  60  64
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..9   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8
20 FT wind gust.16  16  16  14  14  13  13  13  13  13  14  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.7 0.8 1.3 1.7 2.3 2.5 2.9 2.7 2.8 2.4 2.2
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.12  12  12  16  16  16  14  14  14  14  14  14
LVORI...........4   5   4   4   3   3   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............12  12  13  27  35  44  44  50  47  49  42  36

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy then
                    becoming mostly clear. Chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms early in the evening, then slight
                    chance of showers and thunderstorms early in
                    the evening.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 78.
Max humidity........85 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 8 mph shifting to the west
                    6 to 7 mph overnight. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms early in the
                    evening.
Max LVORI...........5.
Min ADI.............1.
Inversion Begin.....2000.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........44     55     43     31     18     6
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........CHANCE S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).30     20     10     10     0      0
Temp............91     86     84     82     81     80
RH..............68     80     82     85     85     85
20 ft wind......SW 8   SW 6   SW 5   W 6    W 7    W 6
20 ft wind gust.13     11     11     13     13     13
Mix hgt (ft)....1800   800    700    800    800    800
Transport wind..SW 10  SW 10  SW 8   W 12   W 12   W 8
LVORI...........4      4      4      5      4      5
ADI.............1      5      5      5      7      4

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny. Slight chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 92.
Min humidity........60 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 6 mph becoming around 5 mph
                    late in the morning, then becoming light late
                    in the morning becoming southeast 5 to 7 mph
                    late in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing Height.......Max 2800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North around 6 mph shifting to the east in the
                    afternoon.
Max ADI.............22.
Inversion End.......0900.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........6         12        5         21
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0         10        0         10
Temp............79        81        88        90
RH..............85        79        63        62
20 FT wind......NW 6G11   NW 5G11   NE 3G5    SE 6G9
Mix hgt (ft)....800       1500      2400      2700
Transport wind..N 6       N 6       E 6       SE 6
LVORI...........4         4         2         2
ADI.............7         13        18        19

$$

Forecaster...Holloway
Requested by...Adam Ells
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2618471.1/CHS
.DELDT 07/29/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL adam_ells@fws.gov