800  
FNUS72 KCHS 220831  
FWSCHS  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR C-93 BC...US FOREST SERVICE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC  
431 AM EDT THU OCT 22 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EDT ON OCTOBER 22.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
DRY, HIGH PRESSURE WILL MAINTAIN ITS INFLUENCE ON THE REGION TODAY.  
TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE MID 70S COMBINED WITH LOWERING  
DEWPOINTS WILL RESULT IN RH VALUES DROPPING TO AROUND 30% THIS  
AFTERNOON. LIGHT NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST TODAY WITH CALM  
AGAIN PREVAILING TONIGHT RESULTING IN VERY POOR DISPERSION.  
CONDITIONS ARE TOO DRY FOR FOG DEVELOPMENT.  
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.  
MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 4400 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH AROUND 10 MPH IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
MAX ADI.............54.  
INVERSION END.......1000.  
 
TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............45 54 64 68 71 74 75 75 74  
RH..............96 77 54 45 38 33 32 31 32  
20 FT WIND DIR..NE N N N N N N N N  
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 2 3 3 3 2 2 1  
20 FT WIND GUST.2 2 4 4 4 2  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.7 1.5 2.8 3.6 4.2 4.4 4.3 3.9  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE NE N N N N N N  
TRANSP WIND SPD.4 4 4 10 10 10 10 10 10  
LVORI...........9 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1  
ADI.............1 2 16 32 40 51 54 47 43  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44.  
MAX HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........CALM WINDS.  
MAX LVORI...........4.  
MIN ADI.............1.  
INVERSION BEGIN.....1930.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM  
SKY (%).........0 0 0 0 1 0  
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............70 61 56 52 50 48  
RH..............39 56 62 69 71 71  
20 FT WIND......N 0 N 0 N 0 N 0 N 0 N 0  
20 FT WIND GUST.  
MIX HGT (FT)....1400 400 400 400 400 400  
TRANSPORT WIND..N 2 N 2 N 0 N 0 N 0 N 0  
LVORI...........2 3 3 4 4 4  
ADI.............1 1 1 1 1 1  
   
FRIDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.  
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 5000 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST 10 TO 14 MPH IN  
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.  
MAX ADI.............86.  
INVERSION END.......0900.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM  
SKY (%).........0 0 1 0  
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0  
TEMP............45 48 64 70  
RH..............73 68 41 33  
20 FT WIND......N 0 N 4G13 NE 6G16 NE 5G14  
MIX HGT (FT)....400 1000 3200 4900  
TRANSPORT WIND..N 2 NE 10 NE 14 NE 14  
LVORI...........4 3 1 1  
ADI.............1 6 58 85  
 
 
FORECASTER...TAYLOR  
REQUESTED BY...CAMERON PURKIS  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2624269.0/CHS  
.DELDT 10/22/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL CAMERON.PURKIS@USDA.GOV,KELLY.WETZELWILSON@USDA.GOV  
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