787
FNUS72 KCHS 061121
FWSCHS
SPOT FORECAST FOR KING SWAMP...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
721 AM EDT TUE MAY 6 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0800 EDT ON MAY 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN DRY. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND
VARIABLE THIS MORNING, WITH A SEA BREEZE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
AND PASS THROUGH BY THE MID AFTERNOON. RAIN CHANCES WILL START
TO INCREASE ON WEDNESDAY.
FOG POTENTIAL FOR TONIGHT: LOW.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84.
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 5300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 6 MPH LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MAX ADI.............40.
INVERSION END.......0900.
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........21 25 30 34 35 34 32 27 22 18
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0
TEMP............60 67 72 77 80 82 83 84 83 82
RH..............81 63 53 45 42 41 41 41 44 47
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N NE E S SW S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..1 2 2 3 4 4 5 6 7 7
20 FT WIND GUST.2 4 7 9 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 1.1 2.0 3.1 4.2 5.0 5.3 5.2 5.0 4.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.N E E E S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.2 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
LVORI...........4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
ADI.............1 6 12 19 23 20 21 27 40 34
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT.
MAX LVORI...........10.
MIN ADI.............1.
INVERSION BEGIN.....1900.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........17 16 17 17 16 16 17 18 21 24 28 33
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............80 77 74 71 69 67 66 65 64 63 62 62
RH..............52 62 71 81 87 93 97 97 97 100 100 100
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S SW SW W W
20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST.9 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.0 1.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
LVORI...........2 3 3 6 6 8 9 9 9 10 10 10
ADI.............1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY IN
THE MORNING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.
MIN HUMIDITY........51 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 2700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH
EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX ADI.............20.
INVERSION END.......0900.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........38 44 63 63 63 71 66 69 77 81 81 80
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 40 40 40 40
TEMP............61 61 67 73 77 80 81 82 82 81 80 78
RH..............100 100 93 76 62 56 53 51 53 54 56 62
20 FT WIND DIR..W NW N N N N N S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 3 4 4 4
20 FT WIND GUST.2 2 2 2 4 5 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.8 1.2 1.7 1.8 2.0 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW N N N NW NW NW S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.2 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
LVORI...........10 10 7 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
ADI.............1 1 2 4 6 10 11 15 20 19 20 17
FORECASTER...HOLLOWAY
REQUESTED BY...LILIA NAVARRETE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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