918
FNUS72 KCAE 230830
FWSCAE
SPOT FORECAST FOR SRS CPT 53 RX...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
430 AM EDT FRI OCT 23 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 EDT ON OCTOBER 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
HIGH-PRESSURE OVER THE AREA WILL BRING DRY CONDITIONS. CALM TO
LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS THIS MORNING SHOULD INCREASE TO AROUND 5
TO 10 MPH WHEN THE INVERSION BREAKS LATE MORNING WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS
UP TO 15 MPH INTO THE AFTERNOON WITH DEEPER MIXING. SHALLOW
PATCHY FOG CANNOT BE RULED OUT, BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOW DUE IT BEING
A BIT TOO DRY. MINRH VALUES BETWEEN 25-30 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED
IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD DECREASE WITH AN INCREASE IN LOW-
LEVEL MOISTURE BY FRIDAY EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 9 TO 16 MPH.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................10 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 87 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............45 45 50 58 63 66 69 71 72 72 72
RH..............86 79 74 53 43 36 31 27 27 27 27
APARNT TMP (F)..44 44 48 58 63 66 69 71 72 72 72
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT WIND DIR..030 040 040 040 050 050 040 040 040 040 040
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.7 11 13 13 14 15 15 15 15 15 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.5 1.0 1.8 2.8 3.5 4.1 4.5 4.6 4.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
TRANSP WIND DIR.040 040 050 050 050 050 040 040 040 040 050
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 10 10 13 14 15 15 16 16 16 16
LVORI...........4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............10 11 11 17 32 52 64 79 85 87 86
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-5 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 6
MPH AFTER 3 AM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 10 TO 14 MPH.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................5 TO 28.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 3
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............70 65 60 55 52 51 50 50 50 50 50 49
RH..............30 40 47 59 66 71 77 80 83 86 89 96
APARNT TMP (F)..70 65 60 55 52 51 50 50 49 49 48 47
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT WIND DIR..040 040 050 050 040 040 040 040 040 040 040 040
20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 5 6
20 FT WIND GUST.14 13 9 7 7 7 8 8 11 12 13 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
TRANSP WIND DIR.050 050 050 060 050 050 050 050 050 050 050 050
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 12 10 10 12 10 10 10 10 13 13 14
LVORI...........2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 7
ADI.............28 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 22 MPH
IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 14 TO 20 MPH.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................6 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 59 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........5 7 9 14 10 8 6 11 14 17 25 19
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............48 48 48 51 57 61 65 69 70 71 72 71
RH..............100 100 100 100 80 70 58 49 46 44 41 41
APARNT TMP (F)..45 45 44 51 57 61 65 69 70 71 72 71
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT WIND DIR..040 040 040 040 040 040 040 040 040 040 040 040
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 7 8 9 9 10 9 9 10 10 9
20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 16 19 20 19 19 19 19 20 20 20
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.6 0.8 1.4 2.0 2.7 3.0 3.2 3.5 4.0 4.3 3.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
TRANSP WIND DIR.050 050 050 050 050 050 050 050 050 050 050 040
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 15 16 17 20 20 18 17 16 15 15 16
LVORI...........9 5 5 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............6 16 18 31 49 59 59 57 56 56 58 58
FORECASTER...COLEMAN
REQUESTED BY...KEVIN POPE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2624386.0/CAE
.DELDT 10/23/26
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