987
FNUS72 KCAE 131226
FWSCAE
SPOT FORECAST FOR HORSESHOE...SCHTP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
826 AM EDT MON APR 13 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EDT ON APRIL 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
ANY PATCHY GROUND FOG SHOULD BE BURNING OFF BY 9 AM THIS MORNING.
MOST OF THE CLOUD COVER TODAY SHOULD MAINLY BE CONFINED TO THE THIS
BROKEN CIRRUS PASSING THROUGH THE REGION. WINDS WILL START OFF
LIGHT AND VARIABLE, THEN AS THE INVERSION BREAKS BETWEEN 9 AND 10
AM THIS MORNING, WINDS WILL TURN OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST. DO EXPECT
WIND GUSTS TO INCREASE AFTER 10 AM AS THE STRONGER WINDS ALOFT
BEGIN MIXING DOWN TO THE SURFACE. CURRENTLY EXPECTING TO SEE
SOME GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
MIXING HEIGHTS WILL BE QUITE HIGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH A WELL
MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER. AIRMASS REMAINS DRY, AND THE MINIMUM
RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS SHOULD DROP TO BETWEEN 30-35 PERCENT.
PATCHY FOG ONCE AGAIN POSSIBLE TONIGHT.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83.
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH
LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................16 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 87 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........54 55 54 40 41 41 36 51 51
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............63 69 74 77 80 82 83 83 83
RH..............97 78 64 52 45 40 37 34 34
APARNT TMP (F)..63 69 74 77 80 81 82 82 82
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND DIR..220 230 230 230 220 220 210 210 210
20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.7 8 12 13 13 13 13 13 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.0 2.2 3.1 4.1 4.7 5.7 6.2 6.3 5.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND DIR.220 230 230 230 230 230 230 230 220
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 15 13 12 12 10 12 10 12
LVORI...........5 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............16 42 51 59 67 73 87 79 81
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5
MPH LATE IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 9 TO 15 MPH.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................63 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 4 LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........56 56 57 47 44 33 33 21 23 14 13 12
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............82 81 77 71 69 67 66 64 62 61 59 59
RH..............37 39 47 57 66 73 75 81 87 87 96 93
APARNT TMP (F)..81 81 77 71 69 67 66 64 62 61 59 59
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND DIR..200 200 190 180 190 190 200 200 210 210 220 220
20 FT WIND SPD..5 3 2 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.10 9 8 8 10 12 10 10 10 10 9 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.3 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND DIR.220 200 200 190 190 190 190 210 210 230 230 230
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 10 9 10 14 15 15 14 14 14 12 12
LVORI...........1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 7 7
ADI.............63 5 4 5 6 7 7 6 6 6 5 5
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88.
MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 TO 14 MPH.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................5 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 94 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........15 26 30 16 12 7 8 10 11 12 14 15
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............59 57 59 64 70 76 81 84 86 88 88 87
RH..............93 100 96 87 73 58 47 40 35 31 31 32
APARNT TMP (F)..59 57 59 64 70 76 81 83 84 86 86 85
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND DIR..220 220 220 230 230 230 230 230 230 230 220 220
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7
20 FT WIND GUST.9 9 10 10 10 12 13 13 14 14 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 1.0 1.5 2.2 3.5 5.0 6.2 6.8 6.8 6.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND DIR.230 220 230 230 240 240 240 230 230 230 240 240
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 12 12 12 12 13 13 12 12 13 13 14
LVORI...........7 7 6 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............5 11 11 15 23 36 57 66 79 93 93 94
FORECASTER...LISCINSKY
REQUESTED BY...JOHNNY STOWE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2610163.0/CAE
.DELDT 04/13/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL STOWEJ@DNR.SC.GOV
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