970
FNUS72 KFFC 081901
FWSFFC
SPOT FORECAST FOR COMPARTMENT 156 SALVAGE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
301 PM EDT THU OCT 8 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 EDT ON OCTOBER 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
AROUND IGNITION TIME (10AM), 20FT WINDS WILL START TO INCREASE
OUT OF THE E-NE, GENERALLY AROUND 5-8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE AROUND 12-17 MPH
THROUGH THE DAY. MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL FALL TO AROUND 45-50
PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON. SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH
HIGH CIRRUS OVERHEAD, AND RAIN CHANCES WILL BE NEAR ZERO. MIXING
HEIGHTS WILL PEAK AROUND 3.5-4KFT AND DISPERSION WILL BE GOOD IN
THE AFTERNOON.
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77.
MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............59.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 9 TO 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (37400 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................9 TO 47.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.02 INCHES.
CEILING (KFT).......25 DECREASING TO 15.
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........85 81 93 90 89 91 91 91 90 92
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............62 64 68 71 74 75 76 77 76 75
DEWPOINT........58 60 61 60 59 59 59 59 59 59
RH..............86 86 78 70 60 57 55 53 55 56
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE NE E E NE NE NE
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 6 7 8 8 8 8 7 6
20 FT WIND GUST.12 13 14 15 16 16 16 16 16 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.7 1.1 1.5 1.9 2.4 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E E E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 10 14 13 15 16 15 15 14 12
LVORI...........4 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 2
ADI.............9 11 18 25 35 43 47 47 44 28
VRATE KT-FT/1K..4 6 13 17 24 32 37 37 35 20
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
CEILING (KFT)...25 25 25 25 25 20 20 20 20 15
FRIDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS LATE IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS
OVERNIGHT, THEN SHOWERS LIKELY OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT LATE IN THE
EVENING, THEN INCREASING TO 40 PERCENT
OVERNIGHT INCREASING TO 70 PERCENT OVERNIGHT
DECREASING TO 60 PERCENT INCREASING TO 70
PERCENT EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...13 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............59.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 23 MPH
OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 9 TO 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (16400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (5100 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................6 TO 15.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.54 INCHES.
CEILING (KFT).......15 DECREASING TO 10 EARLY IN THE EVENING, THEN
DECREASING TO 7.0 LATE IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO 5.0 LATE IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO 3.0 DECREASING TO 2.0 OVERNIGHT
DECREASING TO 1.2 DECREASING TO 0.7 AFTER 3 AM
INCREASING TO 0.8.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........92 92 95 92 93 91 90 89 91 93 91 94
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 10 10 10 0 20 20 40 70 70 60 70
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
TEMP............74 72 69 68 67 66 64 64 63 62 62 62
DEWPOINT........58 58 58 58 58 58 59 59 60 61 61 61
RH..............57 61 67 71 74 76 82 86 88 95 94 98
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 8 9 10
20 FT WIND GUST.16 17 17 18 18 17 17 18 20 21 21 23
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.1 0.8 0.9 1.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E E E E NE NE NE
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 12 12 9 10 12 13 13 13 13 15 17
LVORI...........2 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5
ADI.............14 8 8 6 7 8 9 9 12 12 14 15
VRATE KT-FT/1K..10 10 8 5 6 7 9 12 13 9 12 16
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
CEILING (KFT)...15 15 12 10 7.0 5.0 3.0 2.0 1.2 0.7 0.7 0.8
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). SHOWERS THROUGH THE
DAY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN
THE MORNING, THEN CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................80 PERCENT INCREASING TO 100 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...31 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MIN HUMIDITY........94 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............64 INCREASING TO 68 IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 12 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 32
MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 15 TO 21 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (7500 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (36800 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................11 TO 40.
PCPN AMOUNT.........1.04 INCHES.
CEILING (KFT).......0.7 EARLY IN THE MORNING.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........93 95 94 95 94 94 93 92 91 90 90 90
WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC
CWR.............80 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 100 100 100 100
CHC OF THDR (%).10 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 30
TEMP............62 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 71
DEWPOINT........62 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 68 69 70 70
RH..............99 100 100 100 100 100 99 98 97 98 98 99
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..12 12 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
20 FT WIND GUST.26 29 30 31 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.7 1.3 1.7 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE E E E E E E E E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 15 18 16 16 18 20 20 21 20 20 18
LVORI...........5 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
ADI.............13 11 31 28 32 37 39 40 40 39 38 35
VRATE KT-FT/1K..8 9 21 24 28 33 36 37 36 36 35 32
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
CEILING (KFT)...0.7 0.7
FORECASTER...CULVER
REQUESTED BY...AMY GALETKA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2623435.0/FFC
.DELDT 10/08/26
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