662  
FNUS72 KCAE 170832  
FWSCAE  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR FE RX BURN PLANNING...DEPT OF ARMY  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC  
432 AM EDT THU APR 17 2025  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 EDT ON APRIL 17.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
HIGH PRESSURE IS IN PLACE AGAIN TODAY WITH A STRONG MORNING  
INVERSION THAT WILL MIX OUT BETWEEN 9-10AM. WINDS THIS MORNING WILL  
REMAIN OUT OF THE EAST, 5-8 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 12 MPH, BEFORE  
TURNING OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH SIMILAR  
SPEEDS. PERSISTENT DRY AIR WILL ALLOW FOR DEEP MIXING AGAIN THIS  
AFTERNOON AND MINIMUM RH'S DOWN AROUND 25% MID-AFTERNOON. LOW LEVEL  
MOISTURE WILL RETURN QUICKLY THIS EVENING WITH DEW POINTS RISING  
NOTABLY OVERNIGHT. SOME FOG NEAR RIVERS IS POSSIBLE BUT OTHERWISE,  
FOG IS NOT EXPECTED FRIDAY MORNING.  
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.  
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN  
THE MORNING, THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST IN  
THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5900 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 7 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 6 TO 7  
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............2.  
ADI.................7 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 50 IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........3 1 1 2 2 4 2 3 2 7  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............49 55 62 68 71 74 76 77 78 78  
RH..............69 58 43 34 31 27 24 24 23 23  
APARNT TMP (F)..48 55 62 68 71 74 76 77 78 78  
20 FT WIND DIR..N NE E E E E SE SE SE SE  
20 FT WIND DIR..020 050 070 080 090 110 120 140 140 150  
20 FT WIND SPD..3 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 6 5  
20 FT WIND GUST.9 9 10 12 12 10 10 9 10 9  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 1.0 1.8 3.0 4.1 4.8 5.3 5.7 5.9 5.7  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE E E E E SE SE S S S  
TRANSP WIND DIR.050 070 080 090 110 120 140 160 170 170  
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 8 10 9 7 7 7 7 7 6  
LVORI...........3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
ADI.............7 9 25 35 36 42 46 48 50 41  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52.  
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN  
THE EVENING.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......100 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 9 MPH.  
LVORI...............4.  
ADI.................2 TO 34.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........3 7 4 6 2 3 2 3 3 1 5 5  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............77 75 70 66 63 60 59 58 56 55 54 54  
RH..............24 28 36 44 50 58 60 64 68 73 79 86  
APARNT TMP (F)..77 75 70 66 63 60 59 58 56 55 54 54  
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S  
20 FT WIND DIR..150 150 140 130 130 150 160 170 170 170 160 160  
20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 2 2 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5  
20 FT WIND GUST.8 7 6 7 9 10 12 10 12 10 10 10  
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.7 1.9 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SE SE SE S S S S S S S  
TRANSP WIND DIR.180 160 140 130 140 160 170 170 180 180 180 180  
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 3 3 6 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 9  
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 5 6  
ADI.............34 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  
   
FRIDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84.  
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......6300 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO 17 MPH  
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............4.  
ADI.................4 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 119 IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........2 9 6 7 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 3  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............53 53 57 64 69 74 77 80 82 84 84 84  
RH..............91 93 83 70 63 55 50 44 40 34 34 34  
APARNT TMP (F)..53 53 57 64 69 74 77 80 81 83 83 83  
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE S S S S S S S S S S  
20 FT WIND DIR..150 150 170 170 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180  
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 6 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 10  
20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 8 10 13 15 16 17 17 17 16 16  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.2 0.1 0.4 1.1 2.1 3.1 3.9 4.5 5.2 5.9 6.3 5.8  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S  
TRANSP WIND DIR.170 170 170 170 180 180 190 190 190 190 190 190  
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 7 7 10 14 15 16 16 16 17 17 16  
LVORI...........7 6 6 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
ADI.............4 7 7 14 36 57 75 86 96 114 119 105  
 

 
FORECASTER...GROPP  
REQUESTED BY...DPW-ED-NRB  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2510687.0/CAE  
.DELDT 04/17/25  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL ZACHARY.A.BLUNK.CIV@ARMY.MIL  
 
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