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FNUS72 KFFC 241736
FWSFFC
SPOT FORECAST FOR FORBUS BURN...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1236 PM EST TUE FEB 24 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 EST ON FEBRUARY 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
MOIST SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW SETS UP TONIGHT AND CONTINUES THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE SW WITH SPEEDS IN THE 8-12MPH
RANGE GUSTING 20-25MPH. MIN RH VALUES WILL ONLY DIP DOWN INTO THE
44% TO 47% RANGE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. YOU WILL SEE INCREASING MID
TO HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH LOW CLOUDS MOVING IN
WED NIGHT. THINGS ARE EXPECTED TO STAY DRY ACROSS THE BURN SITE
WEDNESDAY BUT PRECIP CHANCES WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE WED NIGHT INTO
THURSDAY MORNING AS THE INCOMING FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES INTO THE
AREA.
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67.
MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............37 INCREASING TO 43 IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 17 TO 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (20500 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (112200 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................30 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 79 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (KFT).......15 DECREASING TO 12 LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN
INCREASING TO 15 LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING
TO 12 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 15
DECREASING TO 8.0 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
DECREASING TO 7.0 INCREASING TO 8.0 LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 6.0.
TIME (EST) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........66 68 69 57 55 61 63 67 73 78
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............40 44 49 54 59 63 65 66 66 65
DEWPOINT........36 39 42 43 44 44 44 44 44 44
RH..............84 83 75 66 57 51 46 44 44 47
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..7 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 9 7
20 FT WIND GUST.16 18 20 21 22 23 22 22 20 17
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.4 1.9 2.4 3.2 4.1 4.7 5.0 4.9 4.4 3.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 20 22 23 24 25 25 25 24 20
LVORI...........4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............30 35 46 58 69 75 79 77 68 47
VRATE KT-FT/1K..21 31 45 65 88 104 112 108 90 53
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR FR GD GD VGD VGD VGD GD FR
CEILING (KFT)...15 12 15 12 15 8.0 7.0 7.0 8.0 6.0
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...3 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.
MAX HUMIDITY........98 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............47 INCREASING TO 53 OVERNIGHT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE
EVENING BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST
5 TO 7 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 9 TO 14 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (20200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (1200 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................4 TO 9.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (KFT).......7.0 INCREASING TO 8.0 LATE IN THE EVENING, THEN
DECREASING TO 7.0 LATE IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO 6.0 OVERNIGHT DECREASING TO 5.0
DECREASING TO 3.5 AFTER 3 AM.
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........76 79 87 85 83 79 75 71 74 77 80 84
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 20 20 20
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............63 61 59 58 57 56 56 56 56 56 56 55
DEWPOINT........45 46 47 47 48 49 51 53 53 54 54 55
RH..............51 57 62 68 72 78 83 88 92 94 95 97
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..5 3 3 3 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 7
20 FT WIND GUST.14 12 12 13 14 15 16 16 16 16 16 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.6 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 10 9 10 12 12 13 13 13 12 12 12
LVORI...........2 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 6
ADI.............9 4 4 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
VRATE KT-FT/1K..20 4 1 2 4 5 6 6 7 7 6 6
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
CEILING (KFT)...7.0 7.0 7.0 8.0 8.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 3.5 3.5
FORECASTER...SMITH
REQUESTED BY...JOSEPH OBRIEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2603803.0/FFC
.DELDT 02/24/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL JOSEPH.J.OBRIEN@USDA.GOV
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