627
FNUS72 KCHS 252036
FWSCHS
SPOT FORECAST FOR NS04 PLANNING...USAF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
336 PM EST WED FEB 25 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 EST ON FEBRUARY 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT, GUSTY WINDS WILL BE DEVELOPING
THROUGHOUT THE OVERNIGHT HOURS, BECOMING MARKEDLY BREEZY AFTER
SUNRISE. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST ON THURSDAY, REMAINING
BREEZY SUSTAINED IN THE 10-15 KNOT RANGE WITH GUSTS UP TO 25
KNOTS. WILL LIKELY SEE SOME LIGHT SCATTERED DRIZZLE/RAIN DURING
THE MORNING HOURS, WITH A BREAK IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON, BEFORE
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE
REGION BY THE MID/LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68.
MIN HUMIDITY........63 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 11 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 23 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 3300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 12 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 26
MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MAX ADI.............67.
INVERSION END.......0800
TIME (EST) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........90 88 82 86 64 72 82 78 72 82 72
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 10 10 10 20 30 40
TEMP............54 55 58 61 63 65 66 67 67 67 66
RH..............86 86 80 75 67 65 63 63 63 65 65
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S
20 FT WIND SPD..8 9 9 10 11 11 11 11 10 9 7
20 FT WIND GUST.16 18 20 22 22 22 22 23 22 20 18
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 1.5 2.1 2.4 2.7 3.0 3.3 3.0 2.6 2.2 1.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 12 22 22 22 26 26 26 20 20 20
LVORI...........5 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 3
ADI.............7 29 47 47 55 61 67 60 49 40 29
THURSDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE
EVENING, THEN RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......80 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 14 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING
LIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
MAX LVORI...........9.
MIN ADI.............1.
INVERSION BEGIN.....1800
TIME (EST) 6 PM 9 PM MIDNGT 3 AM
SKY (%).........76 76 87 92
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TSTM COV........ S CHC
CHC OF PCPN (%).50 60 60 80
TEMP............64 58 59 58
RH..............70 86 87 93
20 FT WIND......SW 5G14 S 4G11 SW 3G9 SW 3G9
MIX HGT (FT)....800 700 700 800
TRANSPORT WIND..SW 6 S 4 SW 4 SW 4
LVORI...........3 6 6 7
ADI.............5 3 2 2
FORECASTER...APT
REQUESTED BY...BROCK WILLIAMS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2604026.0/CHS
.DELDT 02/25/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL BROCK_WILLIAMS@FWS.GOV
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