Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Atlanta, GA
Issued by NWS Atlanta, GA
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Spot Forecast for Hitchii West...USFS
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
326 PM EST Mon Mar 2 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EST on March 03.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...
A wedge of high pressure will overspread portions of east and north
Georgia on Tuesday, which will lead to easterly flow and increased
cloud cover over the burn site. At ignition time, skies are forecast
to be overcast with ceilings under 1000 ft. Meanwhile, relative
humidity values will be just above 90 percent. As the center of the
surface high pressure begins to move away to the northeast, the
wedge is anticipated to weaken through the morning and into the
early afternoon. Cloud cover will lift and diminish accordingly,
eventually becoming partly cloudy by 2 PM. RH values will be slow to
decrease, dropping under 80 percent by noon and between 60-70
percent by 2 PM and through the remainder of the afternoon. 20 ft
winds will be E at largely 3-5 mph, with some occasional gusts
between 9-12 mph. Transport winds will be E at 9-10 mph in the
morning and shift to SE at 7-9 mph in the afternoon. Mixing heights
will increase to above 4000 ft by mid-afternoon as the cloud cover
diminishes, peaking just above 5000 ft around 4 PM.
Cloud cover over the burn site will continue to diminish on Tuesday
night and winds will diminish to less than 3 mph. Furthermore, RH
values will increase to near 100 percent after 4 AM on Wednesday
morning. The combination of light winds, clearing skies, and a
saturated airmass will be favorable for fog development at the burn
site and across east-central Georgia on Wednesday morning. Please
feel free to contact us if you have any further questions or
concerns.
.TUESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
mostly sunny (45-55 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...1 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 68.
Min humidity........60 percent.
Dewpoint............53.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east around 5 mph early in
the afternoon, then becoming light late in the
afternoon.
Mixing height.......5100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 7 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (11100 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to fair (29700 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................16 to 31.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
CEILING (KFT).......0.8 decreasing to 0.6 late in the morning, then
increasing to 0.9 late in the morning
increasing to 1.5 early in the afternoon
increasing to 2.5 increasing to 3.0 late in the
afternoon increasing to 4.0 increasing to 8.0
late in the afternoon.
TIME (EST) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........87 82 80 72 68 68 62 53 53 48
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............54 56 57 59 61 63 65 66 67 67
Dewpoint........52 53 54 54 54 54 54 53 53 53
RH..............93 91 89 83 78 71 67 63 61 60
20 FT wind dir..E E E E E E E E E E
20 FT wind spd..2 2 3 3 5 5 3 3 2 1
20 FT wind gust.9 10 10 10 12 12 10 10 9 7
Mix hgt (kft)...1.2 1.4 1.6 2.2 3.1 3.8 4.2 4.6 5.1 3.7
Transp wind dir.E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE
Transp wind spd.10 10 10 9 9 9 8 7 7 7
LVORI...........5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 1
ADI.............16 17 22 24 22 24 30 28 28 31
Vrate kt-ft/1K..11 12 15 18 24 29 29 28 30 22
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
Ceiling (kft)...0.8 0.6 0.6 0.9 1.5 2.5 2.5 3.0 4.0 8.0
.TUESDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 52.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Dewpoint............53.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 5 to 8 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1000 knot-ft).
LVORI...............7.
ADI.................2 to 3.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
CEILING (KFT).......12 increasing to 15 early in the evening, then
increasing to 20 late in the evening decreasing
to 15 late in the evening.
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........45 47 19 17 14 16 18 20 24 28 33 35
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............65 63 61 60 59 58 57 56 56 55 54 53
Dewpoint........53 53 53 53 53 53 53 54 54 54 54 53
RH..............65 70 75 78 81 85 87 90 94 98 100 100
20 FT wind dir..E E E E E E E SE SE E E N
20 FT wind spd..1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
20 FT wind gust.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3
Mix hgt (kft)...1.2 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3
Transp wind dir.E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE
Transp wind spd.6 6 7 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 5
LVORI...........3 3 3 4 5 5 6 6 7 10 10 10
ADI.............3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2
Vrate kt-ft/1K..6 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
Ceiling (kft)...12 15 15 15 20 15 15
.WEDNESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........45 percent.
Dewpoint............53 increasing to 57 in the late morning and
afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......6400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 3 to 5 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (700 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to fair (24000 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................4 to 31.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
CEILING (KFT).......MISSING.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........37 40 36 33 29 29 28 28 30 33 35 31
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............52 53 55 59 63 67 71 75 77 79 79 78
Dewpoint........52 53 55 57 58 59 59 58 58 57 56 56
RH..............100 100 98 92 85 75 65 57 51 47 45 47
20 FT wind dir..N N N N SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT wind spd..0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1
20 FT wind gust.2 2 2 2 3 5 5 6 7 7 7 6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.2 0.3 0.4 0.8 1.4 2.5 3.7 4.8 5.8 6.4 6.2 4.9
Transp wind dir.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S
Transp wind spd.3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
LVORI...........9 9 9 6 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 2
ADI.............4 4 4 4 7 13 18 23 27 30 31 30
Vrate kt-ft/1K..1 1 1 3 5 9 13 17 21 23 24 21
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
Ceiling (kft)...
$$
Forecaster...King
Requested by...Tim Kolnik
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2604519.0/FFC
.DELDT 03/02/26
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.EMAIL michael.haisten@usda.gov,timothy.kolnik@usda.gov,stephanie.israel@usda.gov