Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
972 FNUS72 KCAE 311020 FWSCAE Spot Forecast for CSNWR RX 01/31/2025...USFWS National Weather Service Columbia SC 520 AM EST Fri Jan 31 2025 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EST on January 31. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... A moderately strong surface inversion in place early this morning with light and variable winds but as a cold front approaches from the west today, winds aloft will increase significantly. As the inversion breaks around 10am this morning, gusts will rapidly increase between 20 to 30 mph out of the southwest through the afternoon. Moisture will increase but with the front still well to the west today. While a few light showers are possible this evening, the highest chance for significant rain will be tonight, after 8pm. Total rainfall expected to be around a half inch. With the front moving through tonight, while gusts will diminish, winds will remain elevated which will prevent fog from developing. .TODAY... TIME (EST) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........75 70 66 62 55 52 58 57 60 77 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Temp............49 54 59 64 68 73 74 76 76 75 RH..............93 90 80 67 63 53 51 48 48 52 Aparnt tmp (F)..46 54 59 64 68 73 74 76 76 75 20 FT wind dir..S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind dir..200 210 210 210 210 210 210 210 210 210 20 FT wind spd..7 9 12 14 15 16 16 16 15 14 20 FT wind gust.16 21 28 29 29 30 29 30 30 26 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.8 1.1 1.8 2.6 3.3 3.4 3.8 3.4 1.0 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Transp wind dir.210 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 Transp wind spd.16 18 24 24 28 30 31 31 29 24 LVORI...........5 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.............17 15 33 44 61 75 79 84 74 32 .TONIGHT... TIME (EST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........78 89 99 98 79 21 Weather cov.....S CHC LIKELY DEFNTE LIKELY CHANCE Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).20 70 100 70 30 0 Temp............72 66 62 58 54 51 RH..............57 70 81 80 90 89 Aparnt tmp (F)..72 66 62 58 54 51 20 FT wind......S 14 SW 12 W 9 W 9 W 9 W 8 20 FT wind gust.18 24 17 16 14 12 20 FT wind dir..200 220 250 260 260 270 Mix hgt (ft)....600 500 1000 700 600 500 Transp wind dir.220 240 270 270 260 270 Transport wind..SW 21 SW 17 W 17 W 16 W 14 W 12 LVORI...........2 3 4 4 5 5 ADI.............19 15 15 14 12 8 .SATURDAY... TIME (EST) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM Sky (%).........20 12 0 2 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 Temp............49 50 61 65 RH..............89 89 58 48 Aparnt tmp (F)..47 48 61 65 20 FT wind......W 6G10 NW 6G10 N 7G12 N 5G9 20 FT wind dir..280 310 340 010 Mix hgt (ft)....400 900 2700 3900 Transp wind dir.290 330 000 010 Transport wind..W 10 NW 10 N 12 N 9 LVORI...........5 5 1 1 ADI.............11 12 39 43 $$ Forecaster...Landolfi Requested by...Derrick Odegard Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2501937.0/CAE .DELDT 01/31/25 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL derrick_odegard@fws.goc