171  
FNUS72 KFFC 182125  
FWSFFC  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH DICKS CREEK...USFS FOREST SERVICE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA  
425 PM EST SUN JAN 18 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 EST ON JANUARY 19.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
CHANGED THE START TIME TO 0800 FROM 1600 TO GET THE FORECAST FOR  
MONDAY IN. IF THIS IS A PROBLEM, REACH OUT AND I'M HAPPY TO RERUN.  
 
CLEAR AND COOL DAY EXPECTED ON MONDAY WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS ONLY  
REACHING INTO THE LOW 40S. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL BRING A  
REINFORCING SHOT OF DRY AIR INTO NORTH GEORGIA BRINGING GUSTY  
WINDS AND ADDITIONAL DOWNWARD MIXING OF DRY AIR FROM ALOFT. MIN  
RHS WILL FALL INTO THE 20S DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS WILL  
BE FROM THE NW AT 5-10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. TRANSPORT  
WINDS WILL BE NW FROM 10-20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHTS WILL RISE TO  
APPROXIMATELY 4 KFT. THIS WILL MAKE FOR GOOD DISPERSION WITH ADI  
VALUES RISING TO NEAR 70.  
 
OVERNIGHT, SOME PASSING CLOUDS BUT OTHERWISE MOSTLY CLEAR. IT  
WILL BE COLD WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING TO NEAR 20. IT WILL REMAIN  
VERY DRY. MAX HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE NEAR 53, PREVENTING ANY  
SMOKE FOG CONCERNS.  
   
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 42.  
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.  
DEWPOINT............12 DECREASING TO 8 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH  
EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......3800 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO 20  
MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.  
LVORI...............2.  
ADI.................11 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 70 IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.  
 
TIME (EST) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........4 3 3 2 2 5 8 9 11 9  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............25 28 32 34 37 39 40 41 40 39  
DEWPOINT........12 13 14 14 12 11 10 9 7 7  
RH..............59 53 47 43 36 31 28 26 25 26  
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 7  
20 FT WIND GUST.13 14 15 17 18 20 18 18 18 17  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 1.8 2.5 3.0 3.2 3.5 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.0  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 15 17 20 17 18 18 20 18 16  
LVORI...........2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
ADI.............11 35 56 62 59 64 66 70 68 51  
   
MONDAY NIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 20.  
MAX HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT.  
DEWPOINT............8.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 10 TO 13 MPH.  
LVORI...............2.  
ADI.................4 TO 6.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.  
 
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........17 22 33 31 29 31 32 34 32 30 29 24  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............36 32 30 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20  
DEWPOINT........8 9 10 10 9 9 9 8 8 7 7 6  
RH..............30 37 42 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 52 53  
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW N N N N N N N N N  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5  
20 FT WIND GUST.15 14 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 13 13 13  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW N N N N N N N N N N  
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 12 12 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 12  
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2  
ADI.............6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 5  
 

 
FORECASTER...LUSK  
REQUESTED BY...MIKE DAVIS  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2600450.0/FFC  
.DELDT 01/18/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL MICHAEL.DAVIS1@USDA.GOV  
 
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