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FNUS72 KILM 170910
FWSILM
SPOT FORECAST FOR WOODBERRY FIRE...SOUTH CAROLINA FORESTRY COMMISSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
510 AM EDT FRI APR 17 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0730 EDT ON APRIL 17.
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
LIGHT WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AS A WEAK FRONT
SLIDES DOWN TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST THIS MORNING. HOT AND VERY
DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND SATURDAY WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY
FALLING TO 30-35 PERCENT BOTH AFTERNOONS. SCATTERED SHOWERS OR A
THUNDERSTORM ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AS A COLD FRONT ARRIVES FROM THE
WEST. COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL FOLLOW FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS
CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTHWARD.
WIND PROFILE ANALYSIS/FIRE CONTROL OVER FLAT TERRAIN IS FAVORABLE.
FOG POTENTIAL FOR TONIGHT IS NONE.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90.
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MAX MIXING HGT......8000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 9 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 7 TO
9 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD (73467 MPH-FT).
MAX LVORI...........5.
MAX ADI.............86.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.0 PERCENT.
TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........17 17 12 6 3 2 2 11 19 20 16
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF LTNG (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............63 65 70 75 81 83 86 88 89 89 89
RH..............95 89 75 63 54 48 42 37 35 34 35
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW W W W NW NW W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 1.1 1.8 3.1 5.0 6.5 7.6 7.8 8.0 7.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W NW NW NW W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 12 12 9 7 8 8 9 9 9 8
STABILITY.......A A A A A A A A A A A
LVORI...........5 5 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............11 11 18 22 28 51 64 83 85 86 70
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.5 6 14 17 22 41 53 71 72 73 59
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD GD FR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.
MAX HUMIDITY........82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIN MIXING HGT......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 6 TO 10
MPH.
MIN VENT RATE.......POOR (2900 MPH-FT).
MAX LVORI...........4.
MIN ADI.............3.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.0 PERCENT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........15 12 5 4 4 3 8 3 6 4 7 6
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF LTNG (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............87 84 78 75 73 70 69 68 67 65 65 63
RH..............37 42 54 60 62 66 68 69 72 73 76 78
20 FT WIND DIR..SW S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.5 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.4 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.W S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 7 8 8 10 9 8 9 9 9 9
STABILITY.......F F F F F F F F F F F F
LVORI...........2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4
ADI.............3 3 3 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.27 6 3 3 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 91.
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MAX MIXING HGT......8200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 13 MPH.
MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD (80345 MPH-FT).
MAX LVORI...........4.
MAX ADI.............88.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.0 PERCENT.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........8 18 3 2 7 12 17 22 27 29 31 33
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF LTNG (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............64 63 66 72 77 83 87 89 90 91 91 89
RH..............80 82 80 69 61 50 43 39 36 35 35 37
20 FT WIND DIR..SW S SW SW SW S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 1 2 2 3 3 5 6 6 7 8
20 FT WIND GUST.4 4 4 5 6 6 8 9 10 11 13 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 1.0 1.6 3.4 5.9 7.1 8.2 7.5 6.7 6.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 9 9 6 6 7 8 8 9 10 12 13
STABILITY.......A A A A A A A A A B B B
LVORI...........4 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............10 9 9 7 13 31 59 68 88 81 86 88
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.4 4 4 6 10 24 48 57 75 77 80 80
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD GD GD
FORECASTER...ARMSTRONG
REQUESTED BY...JONATHAN CALORE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2610358.5/ILM
.DELDT 04/17/26
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