653
FNUS72 KCHS 231919
FWSCHS
SPOT FORECAST FOR LOGGERHEAD FIRE...USWFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
319 PM EDT THU JUL 23 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1500 EDT ON JULY 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
MOSTLY DRY AND HOT CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF THIS
AFTERNOON. SOUTHEAST WINDS SHOULD REMAIN UNTIL SUNSET THIS EVENING
AS THE SEA BREEZE PUSHES INLAND. DRY AND VERY WARM CONDITIONS TONIGHT,
WINDS SHIFTING FROM THE SOUTH BETWEEN 10 TO 15 MPH. ON FRIDAY, THE
SEABREEZE WILL ADVANCE SLOWLY INLAND DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.
A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE BOUNDARY, POSSIBLY
IMPACTING THE WILDFIRE. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY INCREASE ACROSS THE
WASSAW NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 92.
MIN HUMIDITY........68 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 9 TO 11 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 2000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 14 MPH.
MAX ADI.............32.
TIME (EDT) 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........41 37 37
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 0 0
TEMP............90 91 89
RH..............70 68 73
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..9 10 11
20 FT WIND GUST.13 14 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.0 1.7 1.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 14 14
LVORI...........3 3 3
ADI.............32 31 28
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MAX HUMIDITY........91 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.
MAX LVORI...........6.
MIN ADI.............1.
INVERSION BEGIN.....2000
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........50 54 70 61 40 42 49 32 44 41 40 23
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............88 87 84 83 83 83 83 83 83 82 82 81
RH..............75 77 82 85 82 82 85 85 85 85 85 88
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..11 11 10 10 10 10 9 9 8 7 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.16 16 16 16 16 14 14 13 13 13 11 11
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.4 1.3 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 14 14 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 10 10
LVORI...........4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 6
ADI.............1 17 11 11 8 11 11 8 10 10 5 4
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY.
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 91.
MIN HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE
MORNING BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING SOUTH 5
TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 2100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 14 MPH.
MAX ADI.............32.
INVERSION END.......0900
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........46 48 23 29 33 33 13 16 27 12 32 47
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH CHC
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 20 30
TEMP............81 80 82 83 85 87 88 88 89 89 90 88
RH..............88 91 85 82 77 75 72 75 73 73 70 72
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 4 4 4 5 6 7 9 10 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.9 9 9 7 7 9 9 11 13 13 14 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 0.8 0.8 1.5 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.1 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 14 14 14
LVORI...........5 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
ADI.............10 8 8 21 22 23 24 24 25 28 30 32
FORECASTER...DIXON
REQUESTED BY...ADAM ELLS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2618062.0/CHS
.DELDT 07/23/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL ADAM_ELLS@FWS.GOV
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