629
FNUS72 KCAE 220817
FWSCAE
SPOT FORECAST FOR SRS CPT 3 SITE PREP RX...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
417 AM EDT THU OCT 22 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 EDT ON OCTOBER 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
CONTINUED FAIR AND DRY WEATHER EXPECTED TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE
REMAINS IN CONTROL OVER THE REGION. SKIES EXPECTED TO REMAIN
GENERALLY CLEAR WITH LIGHT TO CALM WINDS THIS MORNING BECOMING
NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY AROUND 5 MPH AFTER THE INVERSION BREAKS.
MIN RH VALUES SHOULD FALL AROUND 30 PERCENT AND MAY DROP TO 25
PERCENT IF DEWPOINTS MIX OUT A BIT MORE THAN FORECAST OR
TEMPERATURES WARM A BIT MORE THAN FORECAST. WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE
BY SUNSET AND FOG IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD BUT SHALLOW
GROUND FOG MAY BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY NEAR BODIES OF WATER.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76.
MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 3 TO 7 MPH.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................3 TO 42.
TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........3 2 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............45 47 51 57 63 67 71 74 75 76 75
RH..............96 89 83 72 60 52 44 38 36 31 32
APARNT TMP (F)..45 47 51 57 63 67 71 74 75 76 75
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND DIR..000 020 020 000 020 010 000 340 340 340 340
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 0 1 2 2 3 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.3 3 3 3 3 5 5 6 7 7 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.3 0.3 0.6 1.4 2.7 3.8 4.7 5.1 5.3 4.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N NE NE N N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND DIR.010 020 030 030 010 000 350 350 340 350 340
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 3 3 3 3 5 5 6 6 7 7
LVORI...........9 9 6 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1
ADI.............3 3 3 3 6 16 21 32 34 42 37
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-5 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 8 TO
9 MPH OVERNIGHT.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................3 TO 16.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............73 68 62 59 57 55 54 53 52 51 49 49
RH..............34 42 54 60 64 69 69 69 71 74 80 77
APARNT TMP (F)..73 68 62 59 57 55 54 53 52 51 48 47
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT WIND DIR..350 010 020 020 020 030 040 050 050 050 040 040
20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 5
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 7 6 5 6 6 6 6 7 8 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.8 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
TRANSP WIND DIR.350 000 010 020 030 030 030 050 050 060 060 040
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 8 9 9 9
LVORI...........2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
ADI.............16 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 10 TO 16 MPH.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................5 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 55 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........2 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 1
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............48 47 47 51 57 62 65 69 70 71 72 70
RH..............74 74 68 63 55 44 38 33 30 29 28 30
APARNT TMP (F)..46 45 44 51 57 62 65 69 70 71 72 70
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT WIND DIR..040 040 040 050 050 050 050 050 040 040 040 040
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
20 FT WIND GUST.11 11 12 12 13 14 15 15 15 15 15 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.7 1.5 2.6 3.3 3.6 4.1 4.5 4.8 4.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE NE NE E NE NE NE NE NE E NE
TRANSP WIND DIR.040 060 050 060 070 060 060 060 050 060 070 060
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 10 12 13 15 16 16 15 14 13 13 14
LVORI...........4 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............5 11 12 13 29 52 54 53 52 50 51 55
FORECASTER...COLEMAN
REQUESTED BY...KEVIN POPE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2624274.0/CAE
.DELDT 10/22/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL KEVIN.POPE@USDA.GOV
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