570
FNUS72 KILM 251159
FWSILM
SPOT FORECAST FOR WOODBURY FIRE...SOUTH CAROLINA FORESTRY COMMISSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
759 AM EDT SAT APR 25 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0800 EDT ON APRIL 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...OR IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS ABOUT THIS FORECAST...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN WILMINGTON AT 910-762-1374.
DISCUSSION
THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE TODAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES
FROM THE WEST. THE SEABREEZE SHOULD GET AN EARLIER START, MOVING ACROSS
THE FIRE SITE BETWEEN NOON AND 1 PM, ACCOMPANIED BY A SHIFT TO SOUTHERLY
WINDS INCREASING TO 10-15 MPH. IN ADDITION, AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR
THUNDERSTORM COULD DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. SOMEWHAT BETTER RAIN CHANCES
WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT (40 PERCENT) INTO SUNDAY (70 PERCENT) AS A
COLD FRONT REACHES THE CAROLINA COAST.
WIND PROFILE ANALYSIS/FIRE CONTROL OVER FLAT TERRAIN IS FAVORABLE.
FOG POTENTIAL FOR TONIGHT IS LOW.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SHOWER
OR THUNDERSTORM IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88.
MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH LATE
IN THE MORNING, THE SOUTH 10-12 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON.
MAX MIXING HGT......9300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 9 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 14
TO 16 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX VENT RATE.......EXCELLENT (117626 MPH-FT).
MAX LVORI...........5.
MAX ADI.............133.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.10 PERCENT.
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........4 4 1 4 14 14 40 30 30 33
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10
CHC OF LTNG (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10
TEMP............66 71 76 80 84 85 85 85 84 83
RH..............91 76 64 55 44 40 40 41 43 47
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 3 5 5 9 10 12 12 12
20 FT WIND GUST.5 6 6 7 8 13 15 17 17 18
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 1.2 1.5 3.1 7.0 9.3 9.2 7.8 6.1 3.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W SW SW SW SW S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 13 10 9 12 12 13 13 14 16
STABILITY.......A A A A A A B B B B
LVORI...........5 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............11 19 21 37 96 123 133 104 96 72
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.7 15 16 29 80 108 118 100 87 60
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR GD VGD VGD VGD GD FR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH THE NIGHT. SHOWERS LIKELY OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...40 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE
EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE EVENING.
MIN MIXING HGT......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 13 TO 17 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 5
MPH.
MIN VENT RATE.......POOR (2297 MPH-FT).
MAX LVORI...........9.
MIN ADI.............2.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.40 PERCENT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........26 28 42 61 73 79 73 83 83 87 76 79
WEATHER COV..... SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
CHC OF THDR (%).10 10 20 30 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 40
CHC OF LTNG (%).10 10 20 30 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 40
TEMP............82 80 76 73 72 71 69 69 68 66 65 64
RH..............48 54 63 69 73 75 80 81 87 90 97 100
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..10 8 6 5 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST.18 12 10 9 9 8 7 6 5 5 5 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.8 1.2 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S SW SW W W W W S SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 17 14 17 13 13 13 9 8 5 6 5
STABILITY.......E F F E E E F F F F F F
LVORI...........2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 6 6 8 9
ADI.............12 8 9 12 8 8 6 4 4 2 3 2
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.52 20 7 10 7 7 8 5 7 3 3 2
VENTRATE CAT....FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS LIKELY THROUGH THE DAY.
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.
MIN HUMIDITY........68 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 7 MPH LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MAX MIXING HGT......4200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 5 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND 7
MPH LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN SHIFTING TO THE
NORTH 7 TO 15 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO AROUND 17 MPH LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD (73381 MPH-FT).
MAX LVORI...........9.
MAX ADI.............66.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.40 PERCENT.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........74 78 83 83 83 83 83 83 82 82 82 82
WEATHER COV.....LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH
CHC OF THDR (%).40 40 30 30 30 30 30 30 40 40 40 20
CHC OF LTNG (%).40 40 30 30 30 30 30 30 40 40 40 20
TEMP............64 63 65 66 69 73 75 76 78 78 76 75
RH..............99 98 100 100 96 86 79 75 69 68 71 73
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW W NW N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 5 6 7
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 4 5 6 7 7 8 9 10 11 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.9 0.9 1.2 1.7 2.2 2.8 3.4 4.1 4.1 4.2 4.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E W NW N N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 10 13 15 17
STABILITY.......B B B B B B B C C C C C
LVORI...........9 8 8 8 5 4 3 3 3 1 3 3
ADI.............5 7 7 11 15 23 29 39 40 48 57 66
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.4 6 5 8 12 18 23 33 44 53 63 73
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD
FORECASTER...ARMSTRONG
REQUESTED BY...JONATHAN CALORE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2611702.0/ILM
.DELDT 04/25/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL JCALORE@SCFC.GOV
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