836  
FNUS72 KCAE 020805  
FWSCAE  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR CPT 82 RX...USFS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC  
405 AM EDT THU APR 2 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0600 EDT ON APRIL 02.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY, WITH THE  
POTENTIAL FOR SOME PATCHY FOG AROUND DAYBREAK. LIGHT WINDS THIS  
MORNING BECOME SOUTHEASTERLY AND INCREASE TO 5-10 MPH BY THE  
AFTERNOON, WITH SOME GUSTS OF 10-15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.  
AFTERNOON RH VALUES EXPECTED TO BE ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS, NEARING  
THE 35% MARK, WITH GOOD RECOVERY OVERNIGHT. SOME PATCHY FOG AT OR  
NEAR THE BURN SITE IS POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN LATE TONIGHT/EARLY  
FRIDAY MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS  
POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY.  
 
   
TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY  
THIS MORNING.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83.  
MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE  
IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......6700 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 8 TO 12 MPH.  
LVORI...............5.  
ADI.................4 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 84 IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........25 34 45 32 21 19 17 14 11 8 11 19  
WEATHER COV..... PTY PTY  
WEATHER TYPE.... FOG FOG  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............62 61 60 63 69 73 76 79 80 82 83 83  
RH..............97 97 100 97 78 68 60 50 45 41 37 37  
APARNT TMP (F)..62 61 60 63 69 73 76 79 80 82 82 82  
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE  
20 FT WIND DIR..150 150 150 160 160 160 150 140 130 130 130 130  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 5 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.9 8 8 9 9 10 12 12 13 14 14 15  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.3 1.1 1.9 3.1 4.2 5.3 6.2 6.6 6.7 6.6  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE  
TRANSP WIND DIR.160 160 160 170 170 160 150 140 140 140 140 150  
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 8 9 10 9 9 8 8 9 10 12 12  
LVORI...........9 6 8 5 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1  
ADI.............4 8 10 15 22 35 40 49 63 74 84 83  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.  
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING  
BECOMING LIGHT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 8 TO 16 MPH.  
LVORI...............5.  
ADI.................74 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 4 LATE IN  
THE NIGHT.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........8 7 14 9 5 6 8 16 24 30 38 58  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............82 80 77 72 69 67 66 65 64 64 63 62  
RH..............38 44 50 61 73 81 87 90 97 97 97 100  
APARNT TMP (F)..81 80 77 72 69 67 66 65 64 64 63 62  
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  
20 FT WIND DIR..140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 130  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 2  
20 FT WIND GUST.16 16 17 16 15 14 13 12 10 9 8 7  
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.1 2.2 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S SE  
TRANSP WIND DIR.150 140 150 150 150 150 140 160 160 160 160 150  
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 15 15 16 15 14 12 12 12 9 9 8  
LVORI...........1 2 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9  
ADI.............74 7 7 7 7 6 5 5 5 4 4 4  
   
FRIDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY  
IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY IN THE  
MORNING WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS  
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83.  
MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH  
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS  
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......4800 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 7 TO 10 MPH.  
LVORI...............5.  
ADI.................3 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 51 IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........54 63 67 54 54 54 55 56 57 57 57 57  
WEATHER COV..... PTY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC  
WEATHER TYPE.... FOG RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 30 30 30 30 30 30 40 40 40 40  
TEMP............63 61 63 66 69 73 76 78 80 81 82 82  
RH..............100 100 100 93 84 73 64 58 52 49 47 47  
APARNT TMP (F)..63 61 63 66 69 73 76 78 81 82 82 82  
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  
20 FT WIND DIR..120 120 110 140 150 150 150 140 140 140 150 150  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 5  
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 7 7 8 9 10 10 10 10 12 12  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 1.3 2.2 3.2 3.9 4.4 4.7 4.8 4.6 4.1  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S  
TRANSP WIND DIR.140 140 140 150 160 160 160 170 170 170 160 160  
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 7 8 8 7 7 7 8 9 9 10  
LVORI...........9 8 8 5 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1  
ADI.............3 7 7 13 23 23 32 36 44 51 50 39  
 
 
FORECASTER...CARLBERG  
REQUESTED BY...DANIEL OLNEY  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2608832.0/CAE  
.DELDT 04/02/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL DANIEL.OLNEY@USDA.GOV  
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