262  
FNUS72 KCAE 020730  
FWSCAE  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR SRS CPT 2 DOVE FIELDS...USFS-SAVANNAH RIVER  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC  
330 AM EDT WED SEP 2 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 EDT ON SEPTEMBER 02.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL TODAY WITH VERY HOT TEMPS AND  
HEAT INDICES UP TO 105 THIS AFTERNOON. SOME SHALLOW MORNING FOG IS  
POSSIBLE BUT SHOULD BE QUICKLY LIFT BY IGNITION TIME OF 8AM. WINDS  
WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE INTO MID-MORNING BEFORE STRENGTHENING  
OUT OF THE EAST BY LATE MORNING TO 8-10MPH AS THE INVERSION MIXES  
OUT. WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE  
AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 10-14 MPH. RH'S SHOULD BOTTOM OUT AROUND  
3-4PM AT ~40-45% WITH DEEP MIXING HEIGHTS EXPECTED THROUGH 6PM  
BEFORE THE NOCTURNAL INVERSION SETS UP AND WINDS QUICKLY FALL OFF.  
SOME EARLY MORNING SHALLOW FOG POSSIBLE AGAIN THURSDAY MORNING.  
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 97.  
MIN HUMIDITY........42 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN  
THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......6700 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 3 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH LATE IN  
THE MORNING, THEN SHIFTING TO THE EAST IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............5.  
ADI.................3 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 60 IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........31 27 33 35 29 29 42 59 55 47  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............75 78 84 88 91 93 94 94 95 94  
RH..............94 88 74 63 58 52 48 46 45 48  
APARNT TMP (F)..75 78 92 97 101 102 102 101 103 101  
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N NW E E E E E E  
20 FT WIND DIR..000 000 000 330 070 090 100 100 110 110  
20 FT WIND SPD..0 0 0 1 2 3 5 5 5 5  
20 FT WIND GUST.2 2 3 5 5 7 9 11 11 11  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 1.0 1.5 2.4 4.5 5.9 6.3 6.7 6.6 6.1  
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W NW N E E E E E E  
TRANSP WIND DIR.250 270 320 010 070 080 080 090 090 100  
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 3 3 3 5 6 7 7 7 8  
LVORI...........8 6 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1  
ADI.............3 4 7 11 26 42 53 56 55 60  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG AFTER  
3 AM.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.  
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE  
EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 8 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 3 TO  
9 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.  
LVORI...............6.  
ADI.................51 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 2 LATE IN  
THE NIGHT.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........32 26 34 25 31 36 23 24 29 19 27 26  
WEATHER COV..... PTY PTY  
WEATHER TYPE.... FOG FOG  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............93 91 86 83 82 80 78 77 76 75 74 73  
RH..............47 52 63 72 74 79 85 88 90 94 97 100  
APARNT TMP (F)..99 98 92 89 87 84 78 77 76 75 74 73  
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE S S S N N N N  
20 FT WIND DIR..120 130 140 150 150 160 160 170 000 000 000 000  
20 FT WIND SPD..5 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0  
20 FT WIND GUST.9 8 9 11 11 9 7 5 3 3 2 1  
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.1 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3  
TRANSP WIND DIR.E SE SE S S S S S S S S S  
TRANSP WIND DIR.110 130 140 160 170 170 180 180 180 180 180 160  
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 8 8 9 9 8 8 7 6 6 3 3  
LVORI...........1 3 3 3 3 4 5 6 6 6 10 10  
ADI.............51 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2  
   
THURSDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY  
IN THE MORNING.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 95.  
MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE  
IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5800 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 2 TO 9 MPH.  
LVORI...............6.  
ADI.................2 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 62 IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........31 40 58 47 38 21 20 9 0 0 0 3  
WEATHER COV.....PTY PTY PTY  
WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG FOG  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............73 72 74 77 82 86 89 92 93 93 94 93  
RH..............97 100 100 94 79 70 61 56 51 51 49 51  
APARNT TMP (F)..73 72 74 77 89 95 98 102 101 101 102 101  
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N SE SE SE E SE SE SE  
20 FT WIND DIR..000 000 000 000 000 120 120 120 110 120 120 130  
20 FT WIND SPD..0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 5 5 6 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.1 1 2 2 3 5 6 8 9 11 12 12  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.3 1.2 2.1 3.0 4.0 5.0 5.7 5.8 5.1 5.4  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE  
TRANSP WIND DIR.150 140 140 150 140 130 120 120 120 110 120 130  
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 2 3 5 5 5 6 7 7 8 9 9  
LVORI...........8 10 9 6 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1  
ADI.............2 2 3 7 12 18 29 43 48 58 59 62  
 
 
FORECASTER...GROPP  
REQUESTED BY...KEVIN POPE  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2621042.0/CAE  
.DELDT 09/02/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL KEVIN.POPE@USDA.GOV  
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