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FNUS72 KFFC 121451
FWSFFC
SPOT FORECAST FOR KEOWN FALLS RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
951 AM EST THU FEB 12 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EST ON FEBRUARY 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
GOOD MORNING, JAKE. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA
TOMORROW UNDER MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AT THE
BURN SITE ARE FORECAST TO BE BETWEEN 45-50 PERCENT AT IGNITION TIME,
DROPPING TO AROUND 35 PERCENT BY NOON AND DOWN TO A MINIMUM OF 27
PERCENT AROUND 3 PM. THE INFLUENCE OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED
TO THE NORTH OF GEORGIA WILL KEEP WINDS FAIRLY LIGHT. 20 FT WINDS
WILL BE NE THROUGH THE DAY, FROM 3-5 MPH IN THE MORNING AND
DECREASING TO 2-3 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS
8 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY. TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE E AT
ABOUT 5-7 MPH IN THE MORNING BUT SHIFT TO NE AT 3-5 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON, TRENDING CLOSER TO N IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. MIXING
HEIGHTS WILL PEAK AROUND 3500 FT IN THE MID AFTERNOON.
20 FT WINDS WILL BECOME NEARLY CALM ON FRIDAY NIGHT, WHILE TRANSPORT
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT FROM NE TO SE AND INCREASE TO 5-7 MPH.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO STAY BELOW 70 PERCENT
THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, WHICH SHOULD INHIBIT FOG FORMATION
IN SPITE OF THE LIGHT WINDS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS,
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LET US KNOW.
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 3 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 2 TO
3 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3700 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................6 TO 12.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (KFT).......25.
TIME (EST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........14 12 10 8 8 8 8 9
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............45 49 54 57 59 60 60 58
RH..............48 41 36 31 29 27 28 30
20 FT WIND DIR..N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 1.4 2.1 2.7 3.2 3.5 3.4 2.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E NE NE NE N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 3 3 3 2 3 3
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
ADI.............6 8 10 11 12 12 12 10
VRATE KT-FT/1K..4 5 7 8 8 9 9 7
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
CEILING (KFT)...25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
FRIDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 38.
MAX HUMIDITY........68 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......0 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 3 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST
5 TO 7 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (0 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................2 TO 3.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (KFT).......25 IN THE EVENING.
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........10 11 14 18 21 21 21 21 27 33 39 49
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............54 51 49 46 45 43 42 42 41 40 39 39
RH..............34 40 44 48 52 55 57 58 61 64 66 68
20 FT WIND DIR..NE N N NE NE NE NE NE E E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE NE NE NE NE E E SE SE SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
ADI.............2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
VRATE KT-FT/1K..4 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
CEILING (KFT)...25 25 25 25 25 25 25
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 7 TO 14 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (600 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (26400 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................8 TO 39.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (KFT).......MISSING.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........59 69 73 77 81 83 85 88 88 89 89 89
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............38 39 41 44 47 51 54 57 59 61 61 60
RH..............68 67 64 60 56 51 46 43 41 40 40 41
20 FT WIND DIR..E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 14 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.4 1.9 2.2 2.0 1.6 1.2 1.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 8 9 10 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 13
LVORI...........3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2
ADI.............8 8 9 11 14 24 33 39 36 29 22 17
VRATE KT-FT/1K..1 1 3 5 9 16 22 26 25 20 14 11
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
CEILING (KFT)...
FORECASTER...KING
REQUESTED BY...JAKE HAUSER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 02/12/26
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