Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Atlanta, GA
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Spot Forecast for Redlands Dove Fields...USFS
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
542 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0200 EDT on August 19.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...
Wednesday will be one of the drier days we`ve seen in some time,
relatively speaking. RHs around 80% at sunrise will quickly fall
into the 40s and 30s by the afternoon near the burn site. It will
be hot with high temperatures approaching 100 degrees by late
afternoon. No rain or thunderstorms expected. 20ft winds will be
light and on the north side with some variability between NNW and
NNE. Mixing heights will rise to near 7000 ft. Transport winds
will be 4-7 mph. While transport in on the weaker end, the
vigorous afternoon mixing should allow for good smoke dispersal.
Overnight, RHs remain in the 80s, which should prevent any smoke
fog concerns.
.EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 71.
Max humidity........85 percent.
Dewpoint............66.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 6 to 7 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1800 knot-ft).
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................3.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
CEILING (KFT).......25.
TIME (EDT) 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........14 17 17 20
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0
Temp............75 74 73 72
Dewpoint........67 66 66 66
RH..............75 77 80 82
20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW
20 FT wind spd..1 1 1 1
20 FT wind gust.8 8 7 7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.NW NW N NW
Transp wind spd.7 7 7 6
LVORI...........4 4 4 5
ADI.............3 3 3 3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3 2 2 2
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR
Ceiling (kft)...25 25 25 25
.WEDNESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 98.
Min humidity........38 percent.
Dewpoint............68 increasing to 69 late in the morning.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......7000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North around 6 mph shifting to the northwest 5
to 6 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1700 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (31400 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................3 to 43.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
CEILING (KFT).......25 in the morning.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........20 25 28 27 20 13 15 19 22 14 5 10
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............72 71 72 76 82 86 89 92 94 96 97 97
Dewpoint........66 66 67 69 70 71 71 71 70 69 68 67
RH..............84 84 85 80 67 61 55 50 46 43 40 38
20 FT wind dir..NW NW N N N NE N N N N N N
20 FT wind spd..1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
20 FT wind gust.7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 7 8 8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.4 1.2 2.1 3.2 4.3 4.9 5.6 6.9 7.0 6.4
Transp wind dir.N N N NE NE NE N N N NW NW N
Transp wind spd.6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
LVORI...........5 5 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............3 6 6 9 16 23 30 33 37 42 43 38
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2 2 2 6 11 16 21 23 26 31 31 27
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
Ceiling (kft)...25 25 25 25 25 25
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 73.
Max humidity........86 percent.
Dewpoint............67.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 3 to 5 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (23700 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (1000 knot-ft) late in the
night.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................1 to 34.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
CEILING (KFT).......MISSING.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........9 6 7 9 10 10 9 8 7 8 10 11
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............95 93 90 83 80 79 77 76 75 75 74 74
Dewpoint........67 68 68 68 68 68 68 68 68 68 67 67
RH..............40 44 49 61 67 70 73 76 77 79 79 80
20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT wind spd..1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 FT wind gust.7 6 6 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3
Mix hgt (kft)...5.8 1.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.N NW N NW N N N N NW NW NW NW
Transp wind spd.5 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
LVORI...........1 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
ADI.............34 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Vrate kt-ft/1K..24 4 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
Ceiling (kft)...
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
CWR.................10 percent.
Chance of thunder...7 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 100.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Dewpoint............69.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......8500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 3 to 6 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (400 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (46000 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................2 early in the morning increasing to 61 in the
afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
CEILING (KFT).......MISSING.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........10 10 9 8 8 7 10 12 14 16 17 18
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10
Temp............73 73 74 78 84 90 94 96 98 99 100 99
Dewpoint........68 68 69 70 71 71 70 69 68 68 67 67
RH..............83 86 84 75 64 54 47 42 38 36 35 36
20 FT wind dir..N N N N N W W W SW W W W
20 FT wind spd..0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
20 FT wind gust.3 3 3 3 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.2 0.1 0.3 1.1 2.3 3.4 4.3 5.1 5.9 7.4 8.5 8.5
Transp wind dir.NW NW W W W W W W W W NW NW
Transp wind spd.5 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
LVORI...........5 5 5 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............2 4 4 7 15 25 32 38 44 54 61 61
Vrate kt-ft/1K..1 0 1 4 10 17 22 27 31 39 46 46
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR
Ceiling (kft)...
$$
Forecaster...Lusk
Requested by...Amy Galetka
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2619860.0/FFC
.DELDT 08/18/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL nathan.juarin@usda.gov,amy.galetka@usda.gov