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Spot Forecast for 140...USFS
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
349 PM EDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EDT on April 25.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Some thin high clouds are possible early tomorrow morning with some
patchy afternoon cumulus possible. Winds should remain out of the
NE or E through the day, but speeds will generally average 5 MPH or
less. Suspect winds could be a bit more variable than forecast
early in the morning before any mixing begins. Transport winds
will start out east or northeast. There could be a time in the
mid afternoon where they will go either variable or to the
northwest for a couple of hours. Transport wind speeds in the
morning may start out 6 to 8 MPH, but lighten to 5 MPH or less
in the afternoon. MinRH values around 30 percent are likely.


.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 82.
Min humidity........34 percent.
Dewpoint............52.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds around 5 mph in the late
                    morning and early afternoon becoming light.
Mixing height.......6700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 3 to 9 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (7800 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (29300 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................8 to 46.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
CEILING (KFT).......25.

TIME (EDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........1   1   1   1   1   4   7   8   8
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............60  66  71  74  77  78  80  80  81
Dewpoint........53  54  54  53  52  51  51  50  50
RH..............78  66  54  48  42  39  36  35  34
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  E   NE  N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   5   5   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.6   7   7   7   7   7   6   7   6
Mix hgt (kft)...1.0 2.7 3.5 4.3 5.8 6.6 6.6 6.7 6.7
Transp wind dir.NE  E   E   E   NE  N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.6   8   9   8   6   5   3   3   3
LVORI...........4   3   1   1   1   1   2   2   1
ADI.............8   29  43  46  45  34  30  30  31
Haines index....3   3   3   3   3   4   4   4   4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..8   22  29  28  26  25  24  23  23
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR
Ceiling (kft)...25  25  25  25  25  25  25  25  25

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 58.
Max humidity........89 percent.
Dewpoint............52.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east around 5 mph.
Mixing height.......200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 3 to 5 mph shifting to the east 5 to
                    6 mph late in the evening.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (17400 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (600 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................2 to 17.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
CEILING (KFT).......25 decreasing to 15.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........8   16  16  18  24  27  29  34  37  38  39  40
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............79  76  72  69  66  64  63  62  61  60  59  58
Dewpoint........50  53  54  53  53  52  51  51  51  51  51  52
RH..............37  44  55  58  61  64  67  69  71  74  76  81
20 FT wind dir..N   NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.6   6   6   6   7   7   7   7   7   7   8   8
Mix hgt (kft)...3.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Transp wind dir.N   NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.3   3   3   3   5   5   5   5   5   5   6   6
LVORI...........2   2   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   4   5
ADI.............17  2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   3
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..17  6   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
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  20  15

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent).
CWR.................10 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........52 percent.
Dewpoint............55 increasing to 60 in the late morning and
                    afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 6 to 12 mph increasing to southeast 17 to
                    21 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (900 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (65800 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................3 early in the morning increasing to 72 in the
                    afternoon.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
CEILING (KFT).......15 decreasing to 10 early in the morning.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........46  59  51  54  60  63  62  59  57  57  57  57
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............58  58  59  62  65  69  72  75  76  78  78  78
Dewpoint........53  55  56  57  59  60  60  61  60  60  60  59
RH..............85  89  89  85  79  72  66  61  58  54  52  52
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..5   5   6   7   8   8   9   9   9   9   8   8
20 FT wind gust.9   9   10  12  13  14  15  16  16  15  15  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.2 0.2 0.2 0.8 1.9 2.4 2.8 3.6 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.6   6   7   12  17  21  21  20  18  18  20  18
LVORI...........5   6   5   4   3   3   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............3   4   6   9   39  58  65  69  67  69  72  72
Haines index....3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..1   1   1   12  33  43  48  58  62  63  65  66
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  FR  GD  GD  GD  GD
Ceiling (kft)...15  10

$$
Forecaster...NListemaa
Requested by...Amy Galetka
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412313.0/FFC
.DELDT 04/24/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL amy.galetka@usda.gov