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FNUS72 KCHS 111440
FWSCHS
SPOT FORECAST FOR C87W PLANNING...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
940 AM EST WED FEB 11 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 EST ON FEBRUARY 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE NORTH THIS MORNING,
PASSING THROUGH BY THE LATE EVENING. THE FRONT WILL BRING BREEZY
WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS TODAY WITH A LINE OF SHOWERS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
ALONG THE FRONT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SIGNIFICANT,
WITH MOST AREAS RECEIVING LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH. DRY HIGH
PRESSURE WILL RETURN FOR THURSDAY WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
LOWERING INTO THE UPPER 20S DURING AFTERNOON HOURS. THERE IS A LOW
POTENTIAL FOR THESE VALUES TO APPROACH 25% GIVEN A FAVORABLE DOWNSLOPE
WIND ENVIRONMENT, BUT WINDS REMAIN 10 MPH OR LESS DURING THIS
TIMEFRAME. SURFACE WINDS WILL BECOME VERY LIGHT EARLY THURSDAY EVENING
AND REMAIN LIGHT/CALM FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT. DRY CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AND INTO THE START OF THE WEEKEND.
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.
MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 2900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH 8 TO 10 MPH IN THE
LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MAX ADI.............34.
INVERSION END.......0900.
TIME (EST) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........7 6 5 9 12 16 15 13 12 19
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............39 42 47 51 54 57 58 59 58 56
RH..............64 57 49 42 36 33 30 29 30 35
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 1
20 FT WIND GUST.9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 7 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 1.3 1.7 2.1 2.5 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.2 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 8 8
LVORI...........3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2
ADI.............3 16 23 28 32 33 33 33 34 18
THURSDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 38.
MAX HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MAX LVORI...........4.
MIN ADI.............1.
INVERSION BEGIN.....1800.
TIME (EST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY (%).........25 38 49 66 70 62
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............52 46 42 41 40 39
RH..............43 58 65 70 70 67
20 FT WIND......N 0 N 0 N 0 N 0 N 0 N 1
20 FT WIND GUST.4 2 2 2 4 5
MIX HGT (FT)....1200 300 300 300 300 400
TRANSPORT WIND..NW 2 NW 2 N 0 N 0 N 0 NE 0
LVORI...........2 3 4 4 4 4
ADI.............2 1 1 1 1 1
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 3300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST 6 TO 8 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON, THEN
BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX ADI.............21.
INVERSION END.......1000.
TIME (EST) 6 AM 10 AM 2 PM
SKY (%).........51 31 26
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0
TEMP............38 48 58
RH..............64 46 32
20 FT WIND......NE 2G7 NE 3G9 NE 2G9
MIX HGT (FT)....600 1100 3100
TRANSPORT WIND..NE 2 NE 8 N 6
LVORI...........3 2 2
ADI.............2 15 18
FORECASTER...BERRY
REQUESTED BY...KELLY WETZEL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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