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Spot Forecast for LCRD C252...USDA FS
National Weather Service Columbia SC
1102 AM EDT Thu Apr 3 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EDT on April 04.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Unseasonably warm conditions continue for Friday at the burn site.
Near surface winds and transport winds are expected to be from the
south through the day Friday with winds approaching 10 mph and
gusts to 15 mph possible. Winds then expected to become light
(but remaining generally from the south) overnight. With the
higher moisture and light winds, there is potential for fog and/or
low stratus, especially along the lake near the burn site. A
rinse and repeat forecast for Saturday except for slightly higher
wind gusts than Friday.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (45-55 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 90.
Min humidity........48 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 6 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......5200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 12 mph.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................12 early in the morning increasing to 68 in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Sky (%).........57     50     37     44     59
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      10     10
Temp............67     76     83     87     88
RH..............100    79     63     52     48
Aparnt tmp (F)..67     76     87     90     90
20 FT wind......S 2    S 3    S 5    S 6    S 6
20 FT wind gust.9      9      12     14     14
20 FT wind dir..180    180    180    180    180
Mix hgt (ft)....1000   2100   3800   4900   5000
Transp wind dir.190    200    200    190    190
Transport wind..S 9    S 8    S 8    S 10   S 12
LVORI...........5      3      1      1      1
ADI.............12     22     37     59     67

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (40-50 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 62.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 5 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 7 to 10 mph increasing to around 12 mph.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................44 early in the evening decreasing to 2 late in
                    the night.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM
Sky (%).........59        57        48        40
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10        0         0         0
Temp............87        78        71        67
RH..............50        64        79        87
Aparnt tmp (F)..89        78        71        67
20 FT wind......S 5G13    SE 2G9    S 3G13    S 3G13
20 FT wind dir..170       150       160       160
Mix hgt (ft)....3500      400       400       400
Transp wind dir.180       120       160       180
Transport wind..S 10      SE 5      S 12      S 12
LVORI...........1         3         4         5
ADI.............44        2         5         5

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 91.
Min humidity........39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......6900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 9 to 18 mph shifting to the southwest 18
                    to 20 mph late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................5 early in the morning increasing to 144 in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........46        53        39        30
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0         0         0         0
Temp............63        66        80        88
RH..............97        93        62        45
Aparnt tmp (F)..63        66        82        89
20 FT wind......S 2G10    S 3G10    S 7G14    S 8G18
20 FT wind dir..170       180       190       190
Mix hgt (ft)....400       900       3200      6300
Transp wind dir.190       190       200       210
Transport wind..S 10      S 9       S 14      SW 18
LVORI...........7         5         1         1
ADI.............5         11        54        128

$$
Forecaster...Carlberg
Requested by...James Atkins
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2508752.0/CAE
.DELDT 04/03/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL james.atkins@usda.gov