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Spot Forecast for Woodbury Fire...SC Forestry Commission
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
633 AM EDT Fri Apr 24 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0730 EDT on April 24.
If conditions become unrepresentative...or if you have questions
or concerns about this forecast...contact the National Weather
Service in Wilmington at 910-762-1374.

.DISCUSSION...
High pressure off the coast will maintain very dry weather and
warm temperatures through early Saturday afternoon. Southerly sea
breeze will approach the area late this afternoon around 5PM.
An approaching cold front will bring a chance of showers and
thunderstorms late Saturday afternoon through Sunday.

Wind profile analysis/fire control over flat terrain is Favorable.

Fog potential for tonight is None.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Min humidity........32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 6 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon.
Max mixing hgt......9900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 9 to 18 mph.
Max vent rate.......Excellent (115690 mph-ft).
Max LVORI...........5.
Max ADI.............129.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.

TIME (EDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........0   0   0   1   1   4   1   2   20  20  24
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of ltng (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............60  63  69  73  77  81  84  85  85  85  85
RH..............90  83  70  60  51  43  37  32  32  32  33
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S
20 FT wind spd..3   3   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   6   6
20 FT wind gust.7   8   8   9   9   9   9   9   9   10  11
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.7 1.7 2.0 2.5 4.1 7.7 9.4 9.9 8.3 6.8
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.14  17  18  15  13  10  9   10  12  12  13
Stability.......A   A   A   A   A   A   A   A   A   B   B
LVORI...........5   4   3   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............13  17  40  40  41  54  84  110 129 113 94
Vrate mph-ft/1K.7   12  31  31  32  43  71  98  116 98  88
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  GD  GD  VGD GD  GD

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 62.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Min mixing hgt......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 12 to 16 mph.
Min vent rate.......Poor (5432 mph-ft).
Max LVORI...........6.
Min ADI.............5.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........16  20  15  18  8   5   5   7   4   4   9   9
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of ltng (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............83  81  74  71  69  67  65  65  64  64  63  62
RH..............39  43  53  61  67  77  81  84  85  87  89  91
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..6   5   5   5   3   3   3   3   3   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.11  11  12  10  10  8   8   7   7   6   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...3.5 1.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.16  16  15  14  13  13  14  14  13  13  13  12
Stability.......F   F   F   F   F   F   F   F   F   F   F   F
LVORI...........2   2   2   3   3   4   4   4   5   5   5   6
ADI.............7   7   7   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   5
Vrate mph-ft/1K.58  25  7   8   7   6   7   7   7   6   6   5
Ventrate Cat....FR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent). Slight chance of showers
                    late in the afternoon. Slight chance of
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Chance of thunder...20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Min humidity........38 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the
                    afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Max mixing hgt......7300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 16 mph.
Max vent rate.......Good (92055 mph-ft).
Max LVORI...........6.
Max ADI.............109.
Chance of lightning.20 percent.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........9   8   8   6   4   3   14  26  47  47  47  47
Weather cov.....                                SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....                                RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                                            SCH
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10  20
Chc of ltng (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10  20
Temp............62  62  65  70  76  80  83  85  86  86  85  84
RH..............93  96  89  75  63  54  47  42  39  40  42  46
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   3   3   3   5   5   6   7   7
20 FT wind gust.5   6   6   6   7   7   8   9   10  11  12  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.7 1.4 2.1 3.2 6.0 6.7 7.3 5.9 4.6 3.3
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S
Transp wind spd.12  12  12  10  10  10  10  12  13  14  15  16
Stability.......A   A   A   A   A   A   A   A   A   B   B   B
LVORI...........5   6   5   3   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............11  11  11  18  29  43  77  92  109 92  81  65
Vrate mph-ft/1K.5   5   8   14  22  33  63  77  92  82  69  53
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD  FR

$$
Forecaster...Oliva
Requested by...Jonathan Calore
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2610823.4/ILM
.DELDT 04/24/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jcalore@scfc.gov