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FNUS72 KCAE 131345
FWSCAE
SPOT FORECAST FOR POPLAR SPRINGS...SCDNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
945 AM EDT WED MAY 13 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON MAY 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
SURFACE WINDS THIS MORNING ARE BETWEEN 3 AND 8 MPH AND GENERALLY
OUT OF THE NORTH. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST LATER
TODAY, WHICH SHOULD RESULT IN WINDS SWITCHING TO THE WEST OR
SOUTHWEST AROUND MIDDAY. WINDS COULD INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING AS THE BOUNDARY MOVES CLOSER TO THE REGION. WINDS WILL
THEN GRADUALLY TURN NORTHWEST AND NORTH BEHIND THE BOUNDARY
TONIGHT. DESPITE THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT, THE CHANCE OF RAIN IS
LOW BUT NON-ZERO TODAY DUE TO LIMITED MOISTURE.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 2 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 3 TO 12
MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................5 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 87 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........5 8 9 5 5 2 0 0
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............64 70 73 75 78 79 79 80
RH..............58 49 43 38 35 35 35 35
APARNT TMP (F)..64 70 73 75 78 79 79 80
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N W SW W W W
20 FT WIND DIR..000 000 000 250 240 250 250 250
20 FT WIND SPD..0 0 0 1 2 3 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.2 2 5 5 7 8 9 11
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.7 2.9 4.0 4.6 5.4 6.1 6.3 6.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND DIR.080 090 260 270 270 260 260 270
TRANSP WIND SPD.2 2 3 5 7 9 9 12
LVORI...........3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
ADI.............5 9 17 27 46 68 71 87
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE EVENING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57.
MAX HUMIDITY........78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING NORTH AROUND 5
MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 12 TO 14
MPH OVERNIGHT.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................80 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 4 LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........1 1 16 22 28 16 19 22 19 14 10 6
WEATHER COV..... SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 10 10 20 10 10 10 0 0 0 0
TEMP............79 79 75 69 66 65 64 63 62 61 59 58
RH..............39 41 50 63 70 70 75 78 78 78 78 75
APARNT TMP (F)..79 79 75 69 66 65 64 63 62 61 59 58
20 FT WIND DIR..W W SW SW SW W W W NW NW NW N
20 FT WIND DIR..250 250 230 230 240 260 270 290 310 330 330 340
20 FT WIND SPD..5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5
20 FT WIND GUST.9 8 7 8 9 11 9 8 8 9 11 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.7 3.8 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W SW SW W W NW NW N N N
TRANSP WIND DIR.270 260 250 240 240 260 270 310 330 340 350 350
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 10 8 8 8 9 10 10 12 13 14 13
LVORI...........1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
ADI.............80 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77.
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 13 TO 18 MPH.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................6 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 139 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........6 5 3 0 2 1 2 1 3 2 1 1
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............58 57 59 61 65 68 70 72 74 75 77 77
RH..............72 75 69 58 46 39 34 30 28 27 25 24
APARNT TMP (F)..58 57 59 61 65 68 70 72 74 75 77 77
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND DIR..340 340 340 340 350 340 330 330 330 330 330 330
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.5 1.5 2.6 3.5 4.1 4.8 5.5 5.9 6.9 7.2 6.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N N NW N N NW
TRANSP WIND DIR.350 350 000 350 350 340 340 340 330 340 340 330
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 17 16 15 16 17 17 18 16 14 17
LVORI...........3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............6 12 34 53 63 79 96 108 122 119 106 139
FORECASTER...LAVOIE
REQUESTED BY...THOMAS KIKER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2613538.0/CAE
.DELDT 05/13/26
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