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FNUS72 KFFC 171256
FWSFFC
SPOT FORECAST FOR DUG GAP SOUTH...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
856 AM EDT WED SEP 17 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0900 EDT ON SEPTEMBER 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
GOOD MORNING! MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED DUG GAP SOUTH TODAY.
THERE WERE A FEW ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS NEAR THE AREA THIS MORNING
AND THERE REMAINS A LOW CHANCE (< 20%) OF SEEING A STRAY RAIN
SHOWER LATER TODAY BETWEEN 2-8PM. CURRENT OBSERVATIONS AT ARMUCHEE
RAWS INDICATE RELATIVE HUMIDITY AROUND 76%, TEMPERATURE AT 70F,
AND ESE WINDS LESS THAN 5MPH. CLOUD COVER BETWEEN 35-45% COVERAGE
IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST OVER THE SITE UNTIL AT LEAST MID DAY BEFORE
SCATTERING OUT (LESS THAN 35% COVERAGE). RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS
FORECAST TO FALL BETWEEN 40 TO 50% AS EARLY AS 12PM TODAY WITH
MINIMUM VALUES SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY, HOVERING RIGHT AROUND 40%.
WINDS WILL BE MORE VARIABLE IN NATURE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS
THOUGH WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT AT LESS THAN 7 MPH
AND ANY GUSTS LESS THAN 12 MPH. WINDS LOOK TO TAKE ON MORE OF A
NORTHERLY COMPONENT, STILL WAFFLING BETWEEN NW TO NE WITH LIGHT
WIND SPEEDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE
SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURE CLIMBING TO THE UPPER
70S BY 11AM AND MID 80S BY AROUND 2PM.
LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...13 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 86.
MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............65 DECREASING TO 62 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 7 TO
8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................6 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 57 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (KFT).......9.0 INCREASING TO 10 LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN
DECREASING TO 2.5 LATE IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO 3.0 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
INCREASING TO 4.0 INCREASING TO 5.0 LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....10 INCREASING TO 55.
TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........42 38 36 34 32 22 25 28 29
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............66 71 75 78 81 83 84 85 84
DEWPOINT........65 66 67 66 65 64 64 63 62
RH..............95 84 75 67 59 54 51 48 48
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 2 3 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.5 6 6 7 9 9 10 12 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 1.3 1.9 2.9 4.7 5.7 6.2 5.9 5.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S SW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 5 6 6 7 7 8 7 8
DISPERSION IDX..6 8 14 22 40 47 57 53 55
LVORI...........8 5 3 3 2 1 1 1 1
ADI.............6 8 14 22 40 47 57 53 55
CEILING (KFT)...9.0 10 2.5 3.0 4.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 5.0
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................20 PERCENT DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...16 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.
MAX HUMIDITY........94 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............62.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 5 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 3 TO
5 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................2 TO 33.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (KFT).......5.0 INCREASING TO 25 IN THE LATE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT.
DISPERSION INDEX....33 DECREASING TO 3.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........30 27 23 17 11 10 8 6 6 7 8 10
WEATHER COV.....SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW
TSTM COV........SCH
CWR.............20 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............83 81 76 72 70 69 68 67 66 64 64 63
DEWPOINT........62 63 63 62 62 62 62 62 61 61 61 61
RH..............50 54 64 72 74 77 81 84 85 90 89 93
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N NE NE NE N N NW NW NW N
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST.10 9 8 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.2 1.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW N N N NE NE NE NE NE E NE N
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 5 5
DISPERSION IDX..33 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
LVORI...........1 2 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 7 6 7
ADI.............33 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
CEILING (KFT)...5.0 5.0 5.0 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...1 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88.
MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............61 DECREASING TO 58 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 3 TO 6 MPH.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................2 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 65 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (KFT).......25 DECREASING TO 20 LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN
INCREASING TO 25 IN THE AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....5 INCREASING TO 63.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........9 9 11 3 3 2 4 6 7 8 8 8
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............62 62 62 66 71 77 82 84 86 87 88 87
DEWPOINT........60 60 60 61 62 63 62 61 59 59 58 58
RH..............93 92 94 86 74 61 52 45 41 38 37 37
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 6 7 8 9 9 9 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.3 0.6 1.1 1.9 3.5 5.2 6.6 7.4 7.4 6.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N NE NE NE N N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 5 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6
DISPERSION IDX..2 4 5 5 8 15 26 39 51 61 65 62
LVORI...........7 6 6 5 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............2 4 5 5 8 15 26 39 51 61 65 62
CEILING (KFT)...25 25 25 25 25 20 25 25 25 25 25 25
FORECASTER...WYATT
REQUESTED BY...SARA LACOSTE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 09/17/25
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