050
FNUS72 KCHS 201813
FWSCHS
SPOT FORECAST FOR C121 QUAIL #16 PLANNING SC-FMNF...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
113 PM EST TUE JAN 20 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EST ON JANUARY 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
DRY WEATHER AND WARMING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL TREND UPWARDS FOR
THE MID TO LATE WEEK TIME PERIOD, WITH GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS AS
WELL. A STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH OUR REGION BY THE END OF THE
WEEK AND POSSIBLY IMPACT THE LOCAL AREA INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.
MIN HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 3100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST AROUND 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTHEAST AROUND 8 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON,
THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX ADI.............32.
INVERSION END.......1000.
TIME (EST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........26 37 38 40 46 59 63 63 76
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............38 45 50 53 56 57 57 58 55
RH..............79 65 61 61 59 59 59 59 72
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE E E SE SE SE E
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 4
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 1.0 2.2 2.8 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.3 0.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE NE SE SE SE SE SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4
LVORI...........4 3 2 1 1 2 2 2 4
ADI.............2 8 26 32 31 30 24 17 1
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 39.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MAX LVORI...........10.
MIN ADI.............1.
INVERSION BEGIN.....1700.
TIME (EST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY (%).........86 83 89 93 93 89
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............52 45 43 42 41 40
RH..............77 96 100 100 100 100
20 FT WIND......N 0 N 0 N 0 N 0 N 0 N 0
20 FT WIND GUST.4 4 2 2 4 4
MIX HGT (FT)....400 400 400 400 400 300
TRANSPORT WIND..N 0 N 0 N 0 N 0 N 0 N 0
LVORI...........4 9 10 10 10 10
ADI.............1 1 1 1 1 1
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING SUNNY.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64.
MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 3000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST AROUND 6 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MAX ADI.............24.
INVERSION END.......1000.
TIME (EST) 6 AM 10 AM 2 PM
SKY (%).........79 42 19
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0
TEMP............39 53 64
RH..............100 74 48
20 FT WIND......N 0G4 NW 1G5 W 1G5
MIX HGT (FT)....300 800 2700
TRANSPORT WIND..N 0 NW 2 W 6
LVORI...........10 4 2
ADI.............1 1 23
FORECASTER...HOLLOWAY
REQUESTED BY...KELLY WETZEL-WILSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 01/20/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL KELLY.WETZELWILSON@USDA.GOV
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