Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Atlanta, GA
Issued by NWS Atlanta, GA
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FNUS72 KFFC 261116
FWSFFC
Spot Forecast for Firetower Salvage...USFS
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
716 AM EDT Mon Oct 26 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EDT on October 26.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...
Good morning!
Expecting dry and rain free conditions today with mostly clear
skies through tomorrow. RH values are currently near 85%
according to nearby sites and will drop to around 50-55% by 11am
and continue falling to near 30-35% range by 2-3pm. Winds are
currently out of the northeast at 5-10mph and are expected to
remain this way through tomorrow with some degree of variable
winds less than 3mph overnight. Transport winds will follow a
similar pattern direction wise with speeds at 7-10mph through
tomorrow. Mixing heights are expected to peak at ~3500ft the next
two afternoons between 2 PM and 5 PM.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 74.
Min humidity........34 percent.
Dewpoint............47 decreasing to 43 late in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 8 to 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3500 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (34200 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................10 to 49.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
CEILING (KFT).......25.
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........4 8 8 10 13 18 19 16 17 16
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............49 50 57 63 67 70 71 73 73 73
Dewpoint........45 47 48 49 47 46 44 44 43 43
RH..............87 87 72 60 50 42 38 35 34 34
20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT wind spd..5 5 6 7 7 7 6 6 5 5
20 FT wind gust.12 14 14 15 15 14 13 12 12 10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.6 1.4 2.2 2.9 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.4
Transp wind dir.NE NE E NE E E NE NE NE NE
Transp wind spd.9 10 13 13 14 12 10 10 9 8
LVORI...........8 7 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............10 11 24 37 49 48 45 43 41 35
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4 5 16 25 34 34 32 31 29 25
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
Ceiling (kft)...25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 43.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Dewpoint............46.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 6 to 8 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1700 knot-ft).
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................3 to 16.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
CEILING (KFT).......25.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........15 16 16 19 23 24 22 23 24 24 23 23
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............70 65 57 55 52 51 50 48 47 46 45 44
Dewpoint........44 45 48 48 48 48 47 47 47 46 45 44
RH..............39 48 72 78 84 89 92 95 97 100 98 98
20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE NE NE N NE NE NE N N N
20 FT wind spd..2 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 2
20 FT wind gust.9 8 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7
Mix hgt (kft)...1.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Transp wind dir.NE NE NE NE NE NE E E NE NE NE NE
Transp wind spd.8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7
LVORI...........2 2 3 4 5 6 6 8 9 9 9 9
ADI.............16 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..11 3 2 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)...25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
.TUESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 77.
Min humidity........28 percent.
Dewpoint............44 increasing to 47 late in the morning, then
decreasing to 42 in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northeast around 5 mph
early in the afternoon, then becoming light
late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 7 to 9 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2100 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to fair (25700 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................3 to 36.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
CEILING (KFT).......25.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........20 14 11 10 7 5 5 5 5 5 4 4
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............44 44 44 47 55 63 68 72 74 75 76 76
Dewpoint........43 44 43 46 49 48 46 44 42 42 41 41
RH..............98 100 99 99 78 57 44 37 32 30 28 29
20 FT wind dir..N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 2 2 3 3 5 5 3 3 3
20 FT wind gust.7 7 8 8 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5 1.0 1.7 2.3 2.7 3.2 3.8 3.7 3.4
Transp wind dir.NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E NE
Transp wind spd.7 7 7 8 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 7
LVORI...........9 8 8 8 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 2
ADI.............3 7 7 8 12 19 24 28 32 36 35 30
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2 2 2 3 8 13 17 20 23 26 25 21
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...Hernandez
Requested by...Tim Kolnik
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 10/26/26
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.EMAIL stephanie.israel@usda.gov,madavis@usda.gov,timothy.kolnik@usda.gov,william.king@usda.gov,michael.haisten@usda.gov