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FXUS62 KCHS 202320
AFDCHS
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
720 PM EDT MON APR 20 2026
WHAT HAS CHANGED
THE AVIATION AND MARINE SECTIONS WERE UPDATED.
KEY MESSAGES
- 1) RAIN-FREE CONDITIONS DOMINATE THIS WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE
PREVAILS.
DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGE 1: RAIN-FREE CONDITIONS DOMINATE THIS WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE
PREVAILS.
QUIET CONIDITONS CONTINUE TO PREVAIL ACROSS THE REGION UNDER SFC HIGH
PRESSURE, WITH LATEST OBSERVATIONS SHOWING MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. SHOULD SEE THESE VALUES
RISE A BIT MORE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON, AS HIGHS TOP OFF IN THE MID
TO UPPER 70S. EXPECT MUCH OF THE SAME TUESDAY, WITH HIGHS MODERATING
BACK INTO THE MID TO UPPER 80S BY THE END OF THE WEEK AS THE
AFOREMENTIONED HIGH PRESSURE DRIFTS OFFSHORE.
UNFORTUNATELY, NO RAINFALL IS IN THE FORECAST UNTIL LATE THIS
WEEKEND, AND EVEN THAT IS UNCERTAIN. DRY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO AN
ENHANCED FIRE DANGER THROUGH THE WEEK, WITH RH VALUES DROPPING LESS
THAN 25% ACROSS INLAND LOCATIONS EVERY AFTERNOON. THAT BEING SAID,
WINDS ONLY LOOK TO PEAK AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH, WHICH SHOULD KEEP THE
THREAT FOR FIRE WEATHER HEADLINES LOW. NONETHELESS, WE ENCOURAGE
FOLKS TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IF BURNING AND HEED ANY LOCAL BURN
BANS AS CONDITIONS REMAIN VERY DRY.
AVIATION /00Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/
00Z TAFS: VFR.
EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK: DRY HIGH PRESSURE KEEPS VFR CONDITIONS IN
PLACE THROUGH MUCH OF THE COMING WEEK. A SEA BREEZE IS POSSIBLE EACH
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
MARINE
HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD OVERHEAD. EXPECT TRANQUIL
CONDITIONS TO PERSIST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.
CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
GA...NONE.
SC...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
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