Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Wilmington, NC
Issued by NWS Wilmington, NC
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Spot Forecast for Woodbury Fire...South Carolina Forestry Commission
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
308 AM EDT Thu Apr 30 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0730 EDT on April 30.
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...
A threat for scattered showers will occur this morning thru midday
as a cold front drops across and south of the area. A brief
period of dry weather will follow late today through most of
Friday. Stratiform rains will overspread the area late Fri night
and continue into early Sat evening. This in response to low
pressure developing just off the Carolina Coasts early Sat then
pushing northeast well away from the area Sat night thru Sun. Dry
conditions return for Sun into early next week.
Wind profile analysis/fire control over flat terrain is
Favorable.
Fog potential for tonight is Low.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Chance of
showers and slight chance of thunderstorms
this morning into the afternoon.
Chance of thunder...20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 74.
Min humidity........64 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming north 5 to 6 mph in the
late morning and afternoon. Gusty and erratic
winds expected near thunderstorms in the
morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
thunderstorms early in the afternoon.
Max mixing hgt......3500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 8 to 15 mph.
Max vent rate.......Marginal (34003 mph-ft).
Max LVORI...........8.
Max ADI.............35.
Chance of lightning.20 percent.
TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........95 92 89 91 89 91 81 85 83 72 59
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Chc of thdr (%).20 20 20 20 10 10 10 20 20 10 10
Chc of ltng (%).20 20 20 20 10 10 10 20 20 10 10
Temp............65 66 66 67 67 68 71 70 72 72 72
RH..............99 96 93 91 88 83 73 73 68 66 64
20 FT wind dir..NW N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT wind spd..2 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5
20 FT wind gust.6 6 7 7 8 9 9 9 8 8 7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.9 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 2.0 2.3 2.9 3.2 3.5
Transp wind dir.N N N N N N N N N N N
Transp wind spd.8 12 12 12 15 15 13 10 10 10 9
Stability.......B B C C C C C C C C C
LVORI...........8 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
ADI.............8 14 20 23 30 32 31 29 33 35 32
Vrate mph-ft/1K.3 11 15 18 24 25 26 25 30 34 32
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (60-70 percent).
Chance of thunder...10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 53.
Max humidity........92 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming north around 5 mph early
in the morning.
Min mixing hgt......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 5 to 8 mph shifting to the northeast
around 15 mph.
Min vent rate.......Poor (1814 mph-ft).
Max LVORI...........6.
Min ADI.............2.
Chance of lightning.10 percent.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........51 53 54 52 51 34 37 40 53 68 72 80
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of thdr (%).10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of ltng (%).10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............71 70 67 65 63 61 60 59 57 56 56 53
RH..............66 69 75 80 82 87 89 90 92 85 76 73
20 FT wind dir..N N N N NW NW NW N N N N N
20 FT wind spd..3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 5
20 FT wind gust.5 4 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 5 7 8
Mix hgt (kft)...2.9 1.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6
Transp wind dir.N N N NE NE N NE NE NE NE NE NE
Transp wind spd.8 7 6 5 5 5 6 7 9 14 15 15
Stability.......F F F F F F F F F F E E
LVORI...........3 3 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 4 4 3
ADI.............4 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 4 6 10 10
Vrate mph-ft/1K.23 10 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 7 8 9
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Chance of rain
early in the afternoon. Chance of rain showers
late in the afternoon.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 72.
Min humidity........57 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds around 5 mph shifting to the
east in the afternoon.
Max mixing hgt......3200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 10 to 17 mph shifting to the
southeast 7 to 9 mph in the afternoon.
Max vent rate.......Poor (29599 mph-ft).
Max LVORI...........3.
Max ADI.............36.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........85 79 76 82 74 66 66 65 65 66 68 69
Weather cov..... CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type.... RN RW RW RW
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............54 54 55 58 61 64 67 69 70 71 71 71
RH..............67 68 68 70 66 61 59 58 58 57 59 61
20 FT wind dir..N NE NE NE NE NE E E E E SE SE
20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT wind gust.9 9 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 10 9 9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.7 1.2 1.6 1.9 2.1 2.6 2.9 3.2 2.8 2.5 2.1
Transp wind dir.NE NE NE NE E E E E E SE SE SE
Transp wind spd.16 15 16 17 15 12 10 9 7 7 8 8
Stability.......B B B B B C C C C C C C
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
ADI.............17 16 25 36 36 30 34 29 23 23 22 21
Vrate mph-ft/1K.12 11 19 28 28 25 30 27 22 21 19 17
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
$$
Forecaster...Hoehler
Requested by...Jonathan Calore
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2611702.5/ILM
.DELDT 04/30/26
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.EMAIL jcalore@scfc.gov