630
FNUS72 KCAE 211048
FWSCAE
SPOT FORECAST FOR CUDDO RX...US WILDLAND FIRE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
648 AM EDT SAT MAR 21 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 EDT ON MARCH 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
PARTLY CLOUDY TODAY WITH CONTINUED HIGH CLOUDS PASSING OVER THE
BURN SITE WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES TODAY IN THE LOW TO MID 80S.
SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS MORNING SHOULD INCREASE TO AROUND 10 MPH AND
SHIFT MORE WESTERLY WHEN THE INVERSION BREAKS WITH SOME GUSTS UP
TO 20 MPH. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND
ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD BE STRONG POSING A HAIL OR DAMAGING
WIND THREAT. MIN RH EXPECTED BELOW 40 PERCENT TODAY. WINDS SHOULD
SUBSIDE WITH SUNSET.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 TO 17 MPH.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................17 TO 41.
TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........33 32 32 19 15 17 13 10 11 21 18
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............52 55 57 63 67 71 75 80 80 81 82
RH..............66 66 67 60 56 55 50 44 44 42 41
APARNT TMP (F)..54 55 57 63 67 71 75 80 80 81 82
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND DIR..240 240 250 260 270 270 270 270 270 270 260
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 3
20 FT WIND GUST.16 16 16 15 15 15 14 13 13 13 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.6 0.7 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.7 1.9 2.1 2.0 2.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND DIR.250 250 260 270 270 280 280 280 280 270 270
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 16 16 17 15 13 13 12 10 13 13
LVORI...........3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
ADI.............17 17 17 25 20 21 27 28 27 33 41
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MAX HUMIDITY........87 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 TO 16 MPH.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................5 TO 26.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........20 24 48 43 38 52 44 40 28 15 15 9
WEATHER COV..... SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW
TSTM COV........ SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 20 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0
TEMP............81 79 75 70 69 67 67 65 65 64 62 62
RH..............44 49 58 68 68 73 73 75 75 78 81 81
APARNT TMP (F)..81 79 75 70 69 67 67 65 65 64 62 62
20 FT WIND DIR..W SW W SW W W W W SW SW W SW
20 FT WIND DIR..250 240 260 240 270 290 270 250 240 240 250 240
20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.10 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 12 12 12 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.6 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W SW W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND DIR.270 260 270 230 270 270 260 270 260 260 260 260
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 10 12 12 13 16 14 12 12 13 14 14
LVORI...........2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
ADI.............26 5 5 5 6 7 6 5 5 6 6 6
FORECASTER...COLEMAN
REQUESTED BY...ADAM MCCULLOUGH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2606962.0/CAE
.DELDT 03/21/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL ADAM_MCCULLOUGH@FWS.GOV
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