170
FNUS72 KCAE 211719
FWSCAE
SPOT FORECAST FOR POINSETT RANGE PLANNING FORECAST...USAF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
119 PM EDT THU MAY 21 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1400 EDT ON MAY 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
GENERALLY LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS FROM SOUTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST
EXPECTED THE REST OF THURSDAY, WITH PERIODIC GUSTS AS HIGH AS 10-12
MPH LATER THIS AFTERNOON. RH'S WILL FALL TO AROUND 35% BETWEEN 2-4PM.
CALM WINDS ARE RAPID RH RECOVERY ARE EXPECTED AFTER 7PM. A COUPLE OF
SHOWERS WILL BE AROUND THIS AFTERNOON BUT RAIN CHANCES AT THE BURN
SHOULD REMAIN LESS THAN 10%. OVERNIGHT STRATUS AND FOG ARE LIKELY
FRIDAY MORNING FOLLOWED BY INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS FRIDAY MORNING.
RAIN CHANCES INCREASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON BUT STILL ONLY A 30% CHANCE.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 94.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 8 MPH.
LVORI...............1.
ADI.................55 TO 79.
TIME (EDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........33 34 39 40
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 10
TEMP............92 92 93 92
RH..............37 37 35 36
APARNT TMP (F)..93 93 93 92
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S
20 FT WIND DIR..170 170 160 170
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 5 6
20 FT WIND GUST.6 7 9 11
MIX HGT (KFT)...8.1 8.4 8.5 8.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S
TRANSP WIND DIR.190 180 180 180
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 7 7 8
LVORI...........1 1 1 1
ADI.............55 67 68 79
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 15 MPH.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................70 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 3 LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........52 70 86 78 61 64 65 59 67 61 68 67
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0
TEMP............92 91 86 82 80 79 77 75 74 73 72 72
RH..............37 41 51 58 62 64 71 76 79 81 84 81
APARNT TMP (F)..93 93 88 84 82 79 77 75 74 73 72 72
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S N N N
20 FT WIND DIR..180 170 170 170 170 180 180 180 180 000 000 000
20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 6 6 6 5 3 2 1 0 0 0
20 FT WIND GUST.12 14 14 13 13 12 11 8 6 5 5 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...7.1 3.7 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND DIR.180 180 170 170 180 180 180 190 190 200 190 180
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 13 14 15 15 13 12 10 9 8 7 6
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5
ADI.............70 17 9 10 10 8 5 5 4 4 3 3
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88.
MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 10 MPH.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................3 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 66 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........60 75 55 54 56 50 38 37 48 50 53 56
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ CHC CHC CHC
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 10 0 10 10 10 20 20 30 30
TEMP............71 70 73 75 78 81 83 85 86 86 86 86
RH..............84 87 90 84 76 67 61 55 53 53 55 55
APARNT TMP (F)..71 70 73 75 78 84 86 88 89 89 89 89
20 FT WIND DIR..N SE SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND DIR..000 130 140 150 170 160 150 150 130 140 150 130
20 FT WIND SPD..0 1 1 2 2 3 5 5 6 6 6 7
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 6 6 7 8 9 12 12 14 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 1.1 2.0 2.8 3.9 4.8 5.7 6.5 6.5 6.1 5.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S SE
TRANSP WIND DIR.170 160 170 180 180 180 180 170 170 170 170 150
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 10
LVORI...........5 5 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............3 7 11 21 29 40 48 56 63 66 62 62
FORECASTER...GROPP
REQUESTED BY...EMORY MAXWELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2614233.0/CAE
.DELDT 05/21/26
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