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Spot Forecast for SRS CPT 18 RX...USFS - Savannah River
National Weather Service Columbia SC
510 AM EDT Thu Apr 18 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EDT on April 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
A weak surface trough will sink south through the area today
with light and variable surface winds at sunrise becoming more
west to northwesterly around 5 to 7 mph. Winds may shift back
to the southwest mid afternoon in response to an approaching
front. Mostly sunny skies expected today with very warm
temperatures in the upper 80s to around 90 degrees. Deep
mixing should result in min RH values around 25 to 30
percent. Chances of rain increase tonight and continue
through Friday.



.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 89.
Min humidity........29 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west 5 to 6 mph in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......7000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 5 to 7 mph.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................5 early in the morning increasing to 48 in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........24  15  7   8   10  11  10  9   8
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............68  74  80  83  85  87  88  88  89
RH..............81  66  54  47  41  36  33  30  29
Aparnt tmp (F)..68  74  81  83  85  86  86  86  87
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind dir..250 280 290 290 280 280 280 270 260
20 FT wind spd..2   5   6   6   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.5   7   8   7   6   6   6   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 1.9 3.2 4.5 5.5 6.1 6.7 7.0 7.0
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  W   NW  NW  W   W   W   W
Transp wind dir.300 300 290 300 300 290 280 270 260
Transp wind spd.5   6   7   7   6   6   6   6   6
LVORI...........4   3   2   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............5   14  28  39  39  43  46  48  48

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 63.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 3 to 6 mph.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................2 to 34.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........7      5      8      11     14     21
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............87     80     73     69     67     65
RH..............32     49     66     76     81     90
Aparnt tmp (F)..85     81     73     69     67     65
20 FT wind......W 3    SW 3   SW 2   SW 2   S 3    SW 3
20 FT wind gust.5      5      5      5      5
20 FT wind dir..250    220    210    210    200    220
Mix hgt (ft)....6000   500    400    400    400    500
Transp wind dir.250    230    220    210    220    230
Transport wind..W 5    SW 5   SW 5   SW 5   SW 5   SW 3
LVORI...........1      2      3      4      5      7
ADI.............34     2      2      2      2      2

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers in the morning, then chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 89.
Min humidity........41 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west 5 to 9 mph. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early
                    in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......5800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 16 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................3 early in the morning increasing to 102 in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........27        29        32        30
Weather cov.....          S CHC     S CHC     CHANCE
Weather type....NONE      RNSHWR    RNSHWR    RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                              CHANCE
Chc of pcpn (%).10        20        20        30
Temp............64        71        85        89
RH..............93        76        51        42
Aparnt tmp (F)..64        71        87        90
20 FT wind......W 3G6     W 6G8     W 8G12    W 9G14
20 FT wind dir..250       260       250       260
Mix hgt (ft)....300       1200      4400      5800
Transp wind dir.250       270       250       270
Transport wind..W 6       W 8       W 13      W 16
LVORI...........6         4         1         1
ADI.............3         12        65        102

$$
Forecaster...Coleman
Requested by...Kevin Pope
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411272.0/CAE
.DELDT 04/18/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL kevin.pope@usda.gov
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
