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FNUS72 KFFC 242159
FWSFFC
SPOT FORECAST FOR 112...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
459 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
GOOD AFTERNOON, TIM. SW WINDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT
WILL PROMOTE INCREASING MOISTURE ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA OVER THE
COURSE OF THE DAY TOMORROW. SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY (CLOUD COVER
BETWEEN 60-75%) THROUGH THE DAY, WITH CEILINGS BETWEEN 12,000-15,000
FT IN THE MORNING AND 7000-8000 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RH VALUES AT
IGNITION TIME ARE FORECAST TO BE AROUND 90 PERCENT, DECREASING TO 60
PERCENT BY NOON AND DOWN TO A MINIMUM OF 50 PERCENT BETWEEN 2-4 PM.
20 FT WINDS WILL BE SW AT 5-8 MPH, WITH THE HIGHEST WIND SPEEDS
GENERALLY IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL WIND
GUSTS OF 15-20 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE SW
AT 15-18 MPH TO START THE MORNING, INCREASING TO 20-25 MPH BY 10 AM
AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AT THE BURN SITE AROUND 1 AM ON
THURSDAY MORNING AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AFTER SUNRISE AND
THROUGHOUT THE DAYTIME. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US IF YOU HAVE
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (65-75 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............36 INCREASING TO 46.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 22 MPH
IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 TO 24 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (8100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (94400 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................16 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 71 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 DECREASING TO 6.0
DECREASING TO 5.0 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON
INCREASING TO 6.0 DECREASING TO 5.0 LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EST) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........66 71 71 60 56 63 65 69 82 81
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............39 44 49 55 59 63 65 65 65 65
DEWPOINT........36 41 43 45 46 46 46 46 46 46
RH..............90 87 78 68 60 55 50 50 50 51
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 6 5
20 FT WIND GUST.16 18 20 20 21 21 22 20 18 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 1.2 1.7 2.4 3.1 3.7 4.0 4.3 4.5 3.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW W SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 16 22 23 23 24 24 23 24 20
LVORI...........5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............16 23 38 49 56 64 67 66 71 45
VRATE KT-FT/1K..8 16 32 49 61 77 85 86 94 49
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD GD FR
CEILING (KFT)...15 12 15 12 12 6.0 6.0 5.0 6.0 5.0
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT INCREASING TO 30 PERCENT OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...3 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54.
MAX HUMIDITY........98 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............48 INCREASING TO 52 OVERNIGHT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH
OVERNIGHT, THEN BECOMING LIGHT EARLY IN THE
MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 9 TO 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3300 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................4 TO 8.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.02 INCHES.
CEILING (KFT).......6.0 INCREASING TO 7.0 EARLY IN THE EVENING,
THEN DECREASING TO 6.0 EARLY IN THE EVENING
INCREASING TO 7.0 LATE IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO 5.0 DECREASING TO 3.5 OVERNIGHT.
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........80 86 88 85 82 78 73 69 73 77 80 84
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 30 30 30 30
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............63 61 58 57 56 56 55 55 55 55 56 56
DEWPOINT........47 47 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 54
RH..............56 60 65 71 75 79 82 85 88 91 93 96
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 3
20 FT WIND GUST.13 10 10 12 13 13 14 14 15 16 16 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 9 9 10 12 12 12 10 12 12 13 13
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 6
ADI.............5 4 4 5 5 5 8 7 7 8 8 8
VRATE KT-FT/1K..6 4 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
CEILING (KFT)...6.0 7.0 6.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 4.0 3.5 3.5
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN RAIN SHOWERS
LIKELY.
CWR.................30 PERCENT INCREASING TO 70 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...11 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68.
MIN HUMIDITY........74 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............57.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH, THEN BECOMING LIGHT
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 TO 21 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO 23
MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN DECREASING TO
10 TO 12 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (53300 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................11 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 69 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.15 INCHES.
CEILING (KFT).......3.5 EARLY IN THE MORNING.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........88 92 92 92 92 90 89 87 85 83 81 80
WEATHER COV.....CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............30 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70
CHC OF THDR (%).0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............56 56 57 58 60 62 64 66 67 68 68 67
DEWPOINT........55 55 56 58 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59
RH..............97 98 98 97 95 90 84 79 76 74 74 76
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..3 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 6 6 5 3
20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 16 17 18 20 20 20 20 18 17 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.8 1.2 1.6 2.1 2.5 2.6 2.1 1.3 0.7 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 14 16 18 21 23 23 21 16 12 10
LVORI...........5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4
ADI.............13 14 15 25 37 53 66 69 52 27 12 11
VRATE KT-FT/1K..5 6 10 17 25 38 50 53 37 18 7 4
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR PR PR PR PR
CEILING (KFT)...3.5
FORECASTER...KING
REQUESTED BY...TIM KOLNIK
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2603849.0/FFC
.DELDT 02/24/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL MICHAEL.DAVIS1@USDA.GOV,TIMOTHY.KOLNIK@USDA.GOV,STEPHANIE.ISRAEL@USDA.GOV
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