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Spot Forecast for Ft Gordon Rx Burn Planning...Dept of Army
National Weather Service Columbia SC
541 AM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0900 EDT on July 21.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Another hot day expected with heat indices expected to rise above
100F by this afternoon. Winds increase out of the south this
morning with gusts up to 20 mph possible during the afternoon.
While deep layer moisture will be a bit limited, preventing
widespread storms, a stray shower or storm remains possible,
especially this evening. Lingering low level moisture will keep RH
generally above 50 percent through the day today. Rain and storm
chances increase tomorrow as a front approaches the area.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 95.
Min humidity........49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 9 mph with
                    gusts to around 19 mph in the late morning and
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......6000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 7 to 16 mph increasing to around 17 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................3 early in the morning increasing to 116 in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........8   11  17  25  36  25  18  25  26
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10
Temp............81  86  89  91  92  93  93  94  93
RH..............79  68  61  58  54  51  51  49  51
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind dir..190 190 190 190 190 190 200 200 200
20 FT wind spd..5   6   6   7   8   9   9   9   9
20 FT wind gust.9   12  13  15  15  16  18  19  19
Mix hgt (kft)...1.8 3.0 3.9 4.5 5.3 5.8 6.0 6.0 5.4
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind dir.190 190 190 190 190 190 190 190 190
Transp wind spd.12  14  15  15  16  17  17  17  17
LVORI...........4   3   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............27  53  70  79  98  112 116 115 107

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (50-60 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 75.
Max humidity........90 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 9 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph
                    early in the evening.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 16 mph.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................79 early in the evening decreasing to 5 late in
                    the night.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........40     54     25     53     54     39
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10     10     0      0      0      0
Temp............91     87     82     80     79     77
RH..............54     61     74     77     82     88
20 FT wind......S 9    SW 6   S 6    S 6    S 5    S 6
20 FT wind gust.18     15     14     13     12     13
20 FT wind dir..200    210    200    190    200    200
Mix hgt (ft)....4100   700    700    500    500    600
Transp wind dir.200    210    210    200    210    200
Transport wind..S 16   SW 14  SW 13  S 13   SW 12  S 12
LVORI...........1      3      4      4      4      5
ADI.............79     9      6      8      8      5

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (45-55 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the
                    afternoon. Chance of showers and thunderstorms
                    late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 94.
Min humidity........56 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 21
mph in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......6300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 17 mph.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................8 early in the morning increasing to 102 in
the afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........61        60        40        49
Weather cov.....                              S CHC
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                              S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).0         0         0         20
Temp............76        80        89        92
RH..............87        82        66        60
20 FT wind......S 6G13    S 7G15    SW 9G16   SW 10G19
20 FT wind dir..200       200       210       210
Mix hgt (ft)....600       2400      4000      6300
Transp wind dir.200       220       220       220
Transport wind..S 12      SW 16     SW 17     SW 16
LVORI...........5         3         1         1
ADI.............8         49        83        73

$$
Forecaster...Landolfi
Requested by...DPW-ED-NRB
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2617855.0/CAE
.DELDT 07/21/26
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.EMAIL zachary.a.blunk.civ@army.mil