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FNUS72 KFFC 032019
FWSFFC
SPOT FORECAST FOR HITCHITI WEST...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
319 PM EST TUE MAR 3 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 EST ON MARCH 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
GOOD AFTERNOON, TIM. THE WEDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER NORTH AND EAST
GEORGIA WILL WEAKEN DURING THE OVERNIGHT AND MORNING HOURS, WHICH
WILL LEAD TO WARMER AND LESS CLOUDY CONDITIONS ON WEDNESDAY. AT
IGNITION TIME, WINDS WILL BE NEARLY CALM AND RH VALUES WILL BE NEAR
100 PERCENT, SO AREAS OF FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE AS LATE AS 9-10 AM,
THOUGH LINGERING LOW CLOUDS COULD SERVE TO INHIBIT FOG DEVELOPMENT.
BY 11 AM, SKIES WILL BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY AND RH VALUES WILL HAVE
DROPPED TO AROUND 75 PERCENT. RH VALUES WILL STEADILY DROP THROUGH
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON UNTIL REACHING A MINIMUM OF 46
PERCENT AROUND 4 PM. AFTER REMAINING NEARLY CALM THROUGH MID-
MORNING, 20 FT WINDS WILL BE SSE (150-170 DEGREES) AT 2-4 MPH WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 6-7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS AT THE
BURN SITE WILL BE E AT 3-5 MPH AT IGNITION TIME, SHIFTING TO SE AT
10 AM AND FURTHER TO S AT 5-7 MPH FROM 1 PM THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF
THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHTS WILL PEAK AROUND 5800 FT AT 4 PM IN
THE AFTERNOON. IN SPITE OF THESE MIXING HEIGHTS, THE FAIRLY LIGHT
WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO ADI BETWEEN 25-30 THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
WINDS WILL RETURN TO BEING NEARLY CALM ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, THOUGH
TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE SE AT 6-9 MPH. WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE MID
50S, RH VALUES WILL ALSO REACH NEAR 100 PERCENT AS TEMPERATURES
APPROACH OVERNIGHT LOWS. MORNING FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN
EARLY THURSDAY, MAINLY BETWEEN 4 AM AND 9 AM. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO
CONTACT US IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.
MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............55 INCREASING TO 57 LATE IN THE MORNING.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 3 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 3
TO 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (21300 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................3 TO 28.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (KFT).......0.7 DECREASING TO 0.6 LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN
INCREASING TO 1.0 LATE IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO 2.5 LATE IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO 3.0 INCREASING TO 4.0 EARLY IN
THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 5.0.
TIME (EST) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........65 59 59 53 52 44 36 35 37 38
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............53 57 61 66 70 74 76 77 78 76
DEWPOINT........53 56 57 58 58 58 58 57 56 56
RH..............100 97 86 76 66 59 53 50 46 50
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N SE SE S S S S SE
20 FT WIND SPD..0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST.2 2 3 5 6 7 6 6 7 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.9 1.3 2.2 3.3 4.4 5.0 5.3 5.8 4.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E SE SE S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5
LVORI...........9 8 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 2
ADI.............3 4 5 9 13 27 27 27 28 25
VRATE KT-FT/1K..2 3 3 6 11 20 20 21 21 17
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
CEILING (KFT)...0.7 0.6 1.0 2.5 3.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............56.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5 TO 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1900 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................2 TO 4.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (KFT).......5.0 INCREASING TO 25.
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........46 40 34 31 28 32 35 39 35 32 28 30
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............75 71 67 64 63 62 61 60 60 59 58 57
DEWPOINT........57 57 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56
RH..............54 60 68 74 78 82 84 86 88 91 93 97
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 6 6 6 6 7 8 9 9 8 7 7
LVORI...........2 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 8
ADI.............2 3 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 3
VRATE KT-FT/1K..4 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 4 4 3 2
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
CEILING (KFT)...5.0 5.0 20 20 25 25 25
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...8 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.
MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............58 INCREASING TO 60 IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (35000 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................7 TO 46.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (KFT).......MISSING.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........33 35 34 33 33 31 30 29 29 28 28 29
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............56 57 59 62 66 70 74 77 80 81 81 80
DEWPOINT........56 57 58 60 61 62 62 61 61 60 60 59
RH..............100 100 98 92 85 75 65 58 53 50 49 50
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.5 2.4 3.4 4.4 5.4 6.0 5.9 4.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 8 9 10 10 10 9 9 7 6 6 6
LVORI...........8 8 8 5 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............7 8 9 11 20 31 40 45 46 42 37 33
VRATE KT-FT/1K..2 3 4 8 14 21 29 33 35 33 29 25
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
CEILING (KFT)...
FORECASTER...KING
REQUESTED BY...TIM KOLNIK
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2604653.0/FFC
.DELDT 03/03/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL TIMOTHY.KOLNIK@USDA.GOV
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