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SPOT FORECAST FOR RICH MOUNTAIN...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
749 AM EDT FRI MAR 27 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0800 EDT ON MARCH 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...
DISCUSSION
GOOD MORNING,
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO DETERIORATE THROUGH THE DAY
TODAY AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES IN DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WINDS
WILL START OUT LESS THAN 7 MPH OUT OF THE WEST, BUT WILL
GRADUALLY TURN NW DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO
AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 25MPH. MINIMUM RH VALUES ARE
EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 40S BY THIS AFTERNOON.
A COLD FRONT LATE THIS EVENING WILL BRING SOME LIGHT RAIN TO THE
AREA, BUT RAINFALL TOTALS AREN'T EXPECTED TO BE SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH
TO BE MEASURABLE. THE BACKSIDE OF THE FRONT WILL CONTAIN EXTREMELY
DRY AIR AND WINDY CONDITIONS, THE COMBINATION OF WHICH HAS LEAD TO
A REGION WIDE FIRE WEATHER WATCH WITH RED FLAG CONDITIONS
ANTICIPATED FOR SATURDAY.
DISPERSION WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THROUGH THE DAY AS MIXING
HEIGHTS CLIMB TO 5K FEET AS THE SURFACE HEATS UP, BUT THIS
MORNING WILL SEE LINGERING SMOKE UNTIL THE INVERSION BREAKS
BETWEEN 10-1100.
PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, OR IF
YOU NEED ADDITIONAL SPOT FORECASTS THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...9 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76.
MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............56.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 24 MPH
IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 14 TO 22 MPH.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................15 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 109 IN
THE AFTERNOON.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (KFT).......25 DECREASING TO 6.0.
DISPERSION INDEX....16 INCREASING TO 45 LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN
INCREASING TO 72 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING
TO 92 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 109
DECREASING TO 83 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........21 20 18 18 19 26 30 31 33 44
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
TEMP............55 57 62 67 72 74 75 76 76 75
DEWPOINT........54 55 57 58 58 56 56 55 55 56
RH..............95 93 83 73 61 53 51 49 49 52
20 FT WIND DIR..W NW NW NW NW W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.15 18 21 23 24 24 24 24 24 24
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.6 1.8 2.6 3.4 3.9 4.5 4.7 4.9 4.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W NW NW NW W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 16 20 22 22 21 21 20 21 20
DISPERSION IDX..15 16 45 72 88 95 109 109 85 80
LVORI...........5 5 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............15 16 45 72 88 95 109 109 85 80
CEILING (KFT)...25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 7.0 6.0
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................20 PERCENT DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT EARLY IN
THE EVENING.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...9 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 34.
MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............55 DECREASING TO 30.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 37 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 18 TO 26 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 28
TO 30 MPH OVERNIGHT.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................21 TO 51.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (KFT).......2.0 DECREASING TO 1.0 EARLY IN THE EVENING,
THEN INCREASING TO 1.8 LATE IN THE EVENING
INCREASING TO 2.5 OVERNIGHT INCREASING TO 6.0
DECREASING TO 3.5 AFTER 3 AM INCREASING TO 25.
DISPERSION INDEX....51 DECREASING TO 24.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........62 71 75 68 58 63 63 70 75 71 56 38
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............20 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0
TEMP............72 68 62 57 55 52 49 47 45 43 41 38
DEWPOINT........56 57 55 53 50 48 45 41 37 34 32 29
RH..............56 68 77 84 85 85 83 79 74 70 69 68
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW N N N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..12 13 15 16 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 16
20 FT WIND GUST.28 29 31 35 36 37 37 37 36 36 36 35
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.6 1.9 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW N N N N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.20 18 21 24 24 26 28 28 29 28 29 30
DISPERSION IDX..51 21 24 21 21 24 24 25 26 24 26 27
LVORI...........1 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
ADI.............51 21 24 21 21 24 24 25 26 24 26 27
CEILING (KFT)...2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.8 1.8 2.0 2.5 6.0 6.0 3.5 25
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.
MIN HUMIDITY........17 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............24 DECREASING TO 17.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 31
MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH
EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN SHIFTING TO THE
EAST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 13 TO 22 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 9
TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................14 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 67 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (KFT).......25.
DISPERSION INDEX....17 INCREASING TO 63.
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY (%).........15 9 3 2 2 1
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............36 34 41 52 60 63
DEWPOINT........26 21 19 18 16 17
RH..............65 57 40 25 18 17
20 FT WIND......N 15 N 12 N 8 NE 6 NE 5 E 5
20 FT WIND GUST.31 28 22 18 16 15
MIX HGT (FT)....900 600 2100 3100 4300 5300
TRANSPORT WIND..N 22 N 20 N 17 NE 14 NE 13 E 9
DISPERSION IDX..20 14 47 52 66 64
LVORI...........3 2 1 1 1 1
ADI.............20 14 47 52 66 64
CEILING (KFT)...25 25 25 25 25 25
FORECASTER...VAUGHN
REQUESTED BY...SARA LACOSTE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2607805.0/FFC
.DELDT 03/27/26
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