Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Atlanta, GA
Issued by NWS Atlanta, GA
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FNUS72 KFFC 140711
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Spot Forecast for Compartment 159...USFS
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
311 AM EDT Thu May 14 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0630 EDT on May 14.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...
Good morning!
Expecting dry and rain free conditions today with clear skies
expected through the evening as the area will be in a post frontal
environment. RH values are forecasted to be ~55-65% at ignition
time (10 AM) before dropping to between 23-28% by 2pm and
lingering through the evening. Winds will begin picking up
after sunrise out of the northwest with speeds from 8-12mph and
gusts up to 15-20mph through the afternoon before diminishing
into the overnight. Winds are expected to turn nearly calm
overnight into Friday morning before picking up out of the
northeast and turn clockwise through the afternoon, to generally
south. Winds later in the day on Friday will be light and thus
may be variable in direction. Transport winds will follow a
similar pattern direction wise with speeds at 15-20mph tomorrow
afternoon (1-6pm). Mixing heights are expected to peak at
~5-6kft tomorrow afternoon between 2 PM and 5 PM. Fog will
not be a concern during the morning hours.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 79.
Min humidity........26 percent.
Dewpoint............50 decreasing to 41.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northwest 5 to 6 mph in
the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......5500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 12 to 18 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4200 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (85100 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................5 early in the morning increasing to 120 in the
afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
CEILING (KFT).......25.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............58 57 58 62 67 71 73 75 76 78 78 78
Dewpoint........52 50 49 49 48 46 43 42 41 42 41 41
RH..............80 78 71 62 50 41 34 31 28 28 27 26
20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT wind spd..2 3 3 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT wind gust.13 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.6 1.8 3.1 4.2 4.5 5.0 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.3
Transp wind dir.N N N N N N N N N NW NW NW
Transp wind spd.12 12 14 15 17 17 16 16 17 17 17 18
LVORI...........4 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............5 11 13 36 69 90 87 94 102 103 111 120
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4 4 7 24 47 62 64 70 78 79 85 85
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD GD GD GD
Ceiling (kft)...25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Clear (0-5 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 48.
Max humidity........78 percent.
Dewpoint............42.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 6 mph early in the
evening becoming light.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 8 to 17 mph shifting to the northeast
around 8 mph after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (78500 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (2600 knot-ft) late in the
night.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................112 early in the evening decreasing to 4 late
in the night.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
CEILING (KFT).......25.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........0 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 3
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............77 76 72 64 61 59 57 55 53 51 49 49
Dewpoint........42 43 44 44 43 42 41 41 41 41 41 41
RH..............28 30 37 47 51 53 56 60 65 70 72 74
20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW NW NW N N N N N N
20 FT wind spd..6 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
20 FT wind gust.15 15 14 13 13 12 10 8 7 7 6 6
Mix hgt (kft)...5.2 2.8 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.NW NW NW NW N N N N N N NE NE
Transp wind spd.17 15 13 10 10 12 10 9 8 8 8 8
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
ADI.............112 7 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..79 38 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3
Ventrate Cat....GD PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
Ceiling (kft)...25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 82.
Min humidity........28 percent.
Dewpoint............42 increasing to 46 in the late morning and
afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......6100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 7 to 9 mph shifting to the south 5 to 7
mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2500 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (35900 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................4 early in the morning increasing to 50 in the
afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
CEILING (KFT).......25.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........3 2 1 1 0 1 5 6 7 2 1 12
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............49 49 50 56 64 69 73 76 79 80 81 82
Dewpoint........41 42 44 46 47 47 46 46 46 45 45 45
RH..............75 78 77 69 54 44 38 34 31 29 28 28
20 FT wind dir..N N N E E E SE SE S S N N
20 FT wind spd..0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0
20 FT wind gust.6 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 6 6 6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 1.6 2.6 3.6 4.1 4.3 4.5 5.3 6.1 4.5
Transp wind dir.NE NE E E E SE E SE S S SW SW
Transp wind spd.8 8 7 9 8 7 6 5 5 7 7 5
LVORI...........3 4 4 3 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2
ADI.............4 8 7 18 27 33 32 27 24 44 50 28
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3 3 3 12 18 23 22 19 17 31 36 19
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
Ceiling (kft)...25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
$$
Forecaster...SMarlow
Requested by...Amy Galetka
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 05/14/26
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.EMAIL stephanie.israel@usda.gov,amy.galetka@usda.gov,mike.davis1@usda.gov,charles.o.gray@usda.gov