655
FNUS72 KCAE 231651
FWSCAE
SPOT FORECAST FOR SRS CPT 23 WIREGRASS...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1251 PM EDT THU JUL 23 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 EDT ON JULY 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SINK SOUTH INTO THE REGION TONIGHT AND
BECOME STALLED ACROSS THE REGION PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE WEEKEND. SURFACE WINDS
EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE FRIDAY MORNING, POSSIBLY
BECOMING NORTHWESTERLY BY MID MORNING WITH SPEEDS AROUND 5 MPH BUT
WITH THE BOUNDARY STALLING, CONFIDENCE IN WIND DIRECTION IS LOW
AS IT LIKELY WILL BE VARIABLE, THOUGH THERE IS MORE CONFIDENCE IN
SPEEDS STAYING LESS THAN 10 MPH. RH VALUES EXPECTED TO BE AROUND
60 TO 65 PERCENT WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE IN PLACE. ISOLATED SHOWERS
POSSIBLE IN THE MORNING WITH INCREASING CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO EVENING WHEN CHANCES OF
RAIN SHOULD BE HIGHEST.
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE
IN THE MORNING. SHOWERS LIKELY AND CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 93.
MIN HUMIDITY........64 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 9 MPH.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................5 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 48 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........44 49 56 59 56 61 69 72 74 75
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 30 30 40 50 50 60 60
TEMP............77 79 84 86 88 90 91 91 91 89
RH..............90 88 80 75 70 66 64 64 64 68
APARNT TMP (F)..77 79 94 97 100 103 105 105 105 102
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N W W W W NW W W
20 FT WIND DIR..000 010 000 290 270 270 290 300 290 290
20 FT WIND SPD..0 1 1 2 2 3 3 5 3 5
20 FT WIND GUST.3 3 5 5 5 6 7 8 8 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 1.4 2.0 2.8 3.3 3.7 4.1 3.7 3.6 2.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND DIR.260 260 260 260 260 260 290 280 290 280
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 5 6 7 8 9 8 8 7
LVORI...........6 5 4 3 3 3 1 1 1 3
ADI.............5 8 12 21 29 38 48 38 37 22
FRIDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. SHOWERS LIKELY
THROUGH THE NIGHT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......70 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE
IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH AROUND 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST
AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING, THEN
SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH LATE IN THE EVENING
SHIFTING TO THE EAST LATE IN THE EVENING
SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH
OVERNIGHT SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST SHIFTING TO
THE WEST EARLY IN THE MORNING.
LVORI...............7.
ADI.................2 TO 6.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........73 76 78 78 78 78 78 78 64 63 62 61
WEATHER COV.....LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).60 60 70 70 70 70 70 70 20 20 20 20
TEMP............88 87 83 81 79 78 77 76 75 75 74 74
RH..............70 72 82 88 94 94 97 97 100 100 100 100
APARNT TMP (F)..100 99 92 88 79 78 77 76 75 75 74 74
20 FT WIND DIR..N N NE NE NE N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND DIR..000 020 040 030 030 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 FT WIND GUST.7 6 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW N NE S E NE E SE S SW W W
TRANSP WIND DIR.330 010 040 190 110 030 070 140 180 210 260 280
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
LVORI...........3 3 5 6 7 7 8 8 10 10 10 10
ADI.............6 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING, THEN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......70 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 91.
MIN HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. GUSTY
AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 8 MPH.
LVORI...............7.
ADI.................2 TO 40.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........64 66 69 69 69 69 73 76 80 80 80 80
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 50 50 50 50 50 50 70 70 70 70
TEMP............74 74 75 78 81 84 86 88 89 89 88 87
RH..............100 100 100 94 91 85 80 75 70 70 72 75
APARNT TMP (F)..74 74 75 78 89 96 100 103 103 103 102 100
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND DIR..000 000 000 280 270 270 280 290 290 290 280 280
20 FT WIND SPD..0 0 0 1 2 3 5 6 6 6 6 5
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 6 7 8 9 9 9 9 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.6 2.1 2.8 3.5 3.9 3.7 3.3 2.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.W NW NW W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND DIR.290 300 300 290 280 270 280 290 290 290 280 280
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 8
LVORI...........10 9 9 6 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
ADI.............2 4 5 9 12 19 25 36 40 38 34 28
FORECASTER...COLEMAN
REQUESTED BY...KEVIN POPE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2618054.0/CAE
.DELDT 07/23/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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