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FNUS72 KCAE 160933
FWSCAE

Spot Forecast for Ft Gordon Rx Burn Planning...Dept of Army
National Weather Service Columbia SC
533 AM EDT Thu Jul 16 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EDT on July 16.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
A front remains just south of the spot location today with drier
air moving in aloft. This will lead to low chances for showers or
storms today, although an isolated storm remains possible mid to
late afternoon today. Temperatures expected to be above average
with max heat index around 105F. Winds remaining generally light,
favoring a westerly direction. Lingering low level moisture will
keep RH above 50 percent today. Fog remains unlikely tonight,
although some patchy fog right around sunrise Friday morning
remains possible.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent) then becoming partly
                    sunny (45-55 percent). Slight chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 93.
Min humidity........56 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 8 mph.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................3 early in the morning increasing to 48 in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........8   11  6   12  27  24  33  43  51
Weather cov.....                        SCH
Weather type....                        RW
Tstm cov........                        SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   10  10  10  20  10  10
Temp............78  84  87  89  90  91  91  92  91
RH..............91  74  68  64  62  60  60  56  58
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind dir..280 290 270 270 270 280 260 260 260
20 FT wind spd..1   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.5   6   7   8   8   8   8   8   8
Mix hgt (kft)...1.2 2.1 3.3 3.9 4.3 4.6 4.8 4.2 3.6
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   SW  W   W
Transp wind dir.280 290 270 270 260 260 240 270 260
Transp wind spd.6   6   6   6   6   7   8   7   8
LVORI...........6   4   3   3   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............9   16  24  28  31  40  48  36  37

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the evening.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 73.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms early in the evening.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 7 to 9 mph.
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................3 to 26.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........41     31     11     6      7      15
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10     10     0      0      0      0
Temp............89     84     79     78     76     75
RH..............64     74     88     88     94     94
20 FT wind......W 3    W 2    SW 2   W 1    W 1    W 1
20 FT wind gust.8      8      6      6      5      5
20 FT wind dir..250    250    230    250    260    260
Mix hgt (ft)....2500   500    500    400    600    500
Transp wind dir.240    260    260    260    270    280
Transport wind..SW 8   W 8    W 8    W 8    W 9    W 7
LVORI...........3      5      6      6      6      8
ADI.............26     4      4      4      4      3

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the
                    afternoon. Chance of showers and thunderstorms
                    late in the afternoon, then slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 95.
Min humidity........51 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......6200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 7 mph shifting to the south 5 to 7
                    mph late in the morning.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................3 early in the morning increasing to 52 in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........18        14        5         40
Weather cov.....                              S CHC
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                              S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).0         0         0         20
Temp............74        79        91        93
RH..............97        88        60        54
20 FT wind......W 1G5     NW 1G5    SW 1G5    S 2G6
20 FT wind dir..260       300       220       190
Mix hgt (ft)....500       1400      3800      5900
Transp wind dir.280       290       200       170
Transport wind..W 7       W 6       S 6       S 7
LVORI...........8         5         2         1
ADI.............3         10        28        50

$$
Forecaster...Landolfi
Requested by...DPW-ED-NRB
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2617458.0/CAE
.DELDT 07/16/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL zachary.a.blunk.civ@army.mil