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FNUS72 KFFC 082158
FWSFFC
SPOT FORECAST FOR COMPARTMENT 180...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
558 PM EDT WED APR 8 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON APRIL 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
GOOD EVENING! CONTINUED HIGH CLOUDS AND LACK OF ANY LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE SHOULD PRECLUDE ANY OVERNIGHT/EARLY MORNING FOG
DEVELOPMENT AT/NEAR THE BURN SITE. BREEZY EAST WINDS SHOULD BEGIN
TO DIMINISH AFTER 7 PM WITH SPEEDS LESS THAN 5 MPH THRU 10 AM
THURSDAY. WHILE RH IS FORECAST TO REBOUND BACK ABOVE 50%, THAT MAY
BE SOMEWHAT GENEROUS OR IF THIS DOES OCCUR WILL LIKELY BE ONLY A
FEW HOURS BEFORE DROPPING BELOW 50% AFTER 10 AM THURSDAY. LIGHTER
OVERALL WINDS SHOULD PREVENT RED FLAG WARNING FROM BEING MET ON
THURSDAY BUT RH VALUES TO REMAIN NEAR CRITICAL THRESHOLDS (24-28%)
AFTER 1 PM. THE LATEST FORECAST ERRS ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION BY
DROPPING RH VALUES SLIGHTLY LOWER ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON (20-25%).
VALUES MAY NOT REACH THE LOWER END OF THIS RANGE BUT FELT THAT IT
WAS NOT OUT OF THE REALM OF POSSIBILITIES GIVEN HOW DRY WE'VE
BEEN. SURFACE AND 20FT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN OUT OF THE
NORTHEAST THROUGH THURSDAY WITH SPEEDS 5-10 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS
WILL BEHAVE SIMILARLY WITH SPEEDS OF 10-15 MPH AFTER 8 AM
THURSDAY.
WE WILL PLAN TO RE-RUN THIS FORECAST TOMORROW MORNING (BY 7 AM).
IN THE MEANTIME, PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.
REST OF TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 43.
MAX HUMIDITY........66 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............31.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 10 TO 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4300 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................5 TO 6.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (KFT).......25.
TIME (EDT) MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........37 34 40 34 35 22
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............52 51 49 48 46 45
DEWPOINT........32 32 31 31 31 32
RH..............47 47 49 52 56 60
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E NE NE
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 2 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.14 13 13 13 13 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 12 12 10 12
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 3 3
ADI.............6 6 5 5 5 5
VRATE KT-FT/1K..5 5 4 4 4 5
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR
CEILING (KFT)...25 25 25 25 25 25
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71.
MIN HUMIDITY........22 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............31.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY
IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 10 TO 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (40700 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................6 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 59 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (KFT).......25 DECREASING TO 5.0 LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN
INCREASING TO 6.0 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
INCREASING TO 7.0 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON
INCREASING TO 25.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........21 21 21 20 22 26 26 23 22 22 22 13
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............44 44 44 47 52 58 61 64 68 69 70 71
DEWPOINT........32 32 32 32 32 32 31 30 30 30 30 30
RH..............63 64 63 57 47 38 31 27 24 23 22 22
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.13 14 14 14 15 15 16 16 15 15 14 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.6 0.6 1.3 1.8 2.2 2.7 3.3 3.9 4.3 4.3 4.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 13 17 16 16 14 14 12 12 10 10
LVORI...........3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............6 12 12 29 37 45 51 59 57 59 55 58
VRATE KT-FT/1K..6 6 6 20 25 30 34 40 39 41 38 40
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR PR FR
CEILING (KFT)...25 25 25 25 25 5.0 6.0 6.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 25
THURSDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44.
MAX HUMIDITY........79 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............33 INCREASING TO 37 OVERNIGHT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 8 TO 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (35200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (2800 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................52 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 4 LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (KFT).......25.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........10 6 3 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
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............70 69 65 59 55 54 52 51 50 48 47 46
DEWPOINT........31 32 33 33 34 35 36 38 38 38 38 38
RH..............23 26 30 37 44 49 55 61 63 67 71 75
20 FT WIND DIR..E E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST.12 9 9 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.9 1.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E E E E E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 9 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 8 8
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
ADI.............52 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
VRATE KT-FT/1K..35 13 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
CEILING (KFT)...25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78.
MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............39 INCREASING TO 45 IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 2 TO 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (900 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (14700 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................3 TO 22.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (KFT).......25 EARLY IN THE MORNING.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........2 3 3 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 3
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............44 44 46 51 57 64 68 72 74 76 78 77
DEWPOINT........38 38 38 41 44 46 46 46 45 45 44 44
RH..............78 79 76 69 60 52 45 39 35 32 31 31
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.2 0.1 0.4 1.2 2.3 3.3 3.9 4.4 4.6 5.0 5.1 4.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.E NE NE E E E E E E E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 7 7 6 6 5 5 3 2 2 2 2
LVORI...........4 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
ADI.............3 7 7 10 17 22 21 18 16 16 17 16
VRATE KT-FT/1K..2 1 2 7 11 15 15 13 11 11 12 11
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
CEILING (KFT)...25 25 25
FORECASTER...WYATT
REQUESTED BY...AMY GALETKA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2609646.0/FFC
.DELDT 04/08/26
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