614
FNUS72 KCAE 170812
FWSCAE
SPOT FORECAST FOR BEHIND MR. F. FAILE: FAR HP...SCDNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
412 AM EDT FRI APR 17 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0600 EDT ON APRIL 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
THE WEATHER AT THE FORECAST POINT IS EXPECTED TO BE SIMILAR TO
WHAT IT HAS BEEN THE PAST FEW DAYS: HOT AND DRY. THE INVERSION
SHOULD LIFT BETWEEN 9A AND 10A, WITH DRY AIR CONTINUING TO MIX
DOWN QUICKLY. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST LESS
THAN 10 MPH. RH'S SHOULD FALL FAIRLY QUICKLY, WITH VALUES BELOW 40
BY LATE MORNING AND MID RH VALUES IN THE 25%-28% RANGE THIS AFTERNOON.
THE INVERSION SHOULD QUICKLY ARRIVE AFTER 7P AS THE SUN BEGINS
SETTING AGAIN.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90.
MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................3 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 101 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........16 28 11 2 4 3 0 6 20 26 24 17
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............64 63 64 69 76 80 83 85 87 88 88 88
RH..............73 75 75 68 52 42 37 33 31 29 27 26
APARNT TMP (F)..64 63 64 69 76 80 82 83 85 86 85 85
20 FT WIND DIR..W NW NW N N N N NW W W W W
20 FT WIND DIR..290 300 320 340 000 000 350 320 290 290 280 280
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 5
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.3 1.3 3.3 5.0 6.4 7.6 8.1 8.4 8.1 7.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND DIR.320 320 330 350 000 350 330 310 310 300 310 300
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 6 9 9 7 8 7 9 10 10 9
LVORI...........3 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............3 7 6 16 39 43 63 62 87 101 98 85
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.
MAX HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 5 TO
6 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................78 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 2 LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY (%).........5 3 3 10 23 15
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............89 82 74 71 68 65
RH..............26 35 46 51 57 63
APARNT TMP (F)..86 81 74 71 68 65
20 FT WIND......W 2 W 1 S 1 S 1 S 1 SW 1
20 FT WIND GUST.7 5 3 3 3 3
20 FT WIND DIR..280 270 190 180 190 210
MIX HGT (FT)....7100 400 400 300 300 300
TRANSP WIND DIR.300 280 240 210 190 220
TRANSPORT WIND..NW 9 W 3 SW 5 SW 5 S 6 SW 6
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 3 3
ADI.............78 2 2 2 3 3
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 92.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH LATE
IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 15
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................3 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 131 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM
SKY (%).........20 10 27 38
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0
TEMP............65 70 87 92
RH..............63 53 31 25
APARNT TMP (F)..65 70 85 89
20 FT WIND......S 1G3 SW 2G7 SW 6G10 SW 8G15
20 FT WIND DIR..200 210 210 210
MIX HGT (FT)....300 1300 6100 8700
TRANSP WIND DIR.210 220 220 230
TRANSPORT WIND..SW 6 SW 8 SW 13 SW 15
LVORI...........3 2 1 1
ADI.............3 14 94 131
FORECASTER...LARKIN
REQUESTED BY...SAVANAH LUTZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2610548.0/CAE
.DELDT 04/17/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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