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Spot Forecast for Driftwood BU17_5_12...The Nature Conservancy
National Weather Service Charleston SC
421 AM EST Fri Feb 21 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EST on February 21.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
A cold and dry air mass will build across the burn site today and
tonight. Surface winds are forecast to remain generally steady from
the north-northeast between 5 to 10 mph through mid-day, then weakening
this afternoon. As temperatures warm into the upper 40s this
afternoon, relative humidity should range around 30 percent.
Tonight, a surface ridge will build across the region. Winds should
decouple this evening, remaining light to calm tonight.

Fog potential for tonight: None


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 47.
Min humidity........31 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 9 mph early in the morning
                    becoming light, then becoming north around 5
                    mph early in the afternoon becoming light.
Mixing Height.......Max 3800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 16 to 20 mph decreasing to around 10 mph
                    in the afternoon.
Max ADI.............61.
Inversion End.......0700

TIME (EST)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........2   2   2   2   1   1   0   8   1   27
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............26  30  34  38  41  43  46  47  47  46
RH..............65  55  47  40  37  35  31  31  32  35
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  N
20 FT wind spd..9   8   8   7   5   4   5   4   4   3
20 FT wind gust.12  11  11  9                       4
Mix hgt (kft)...2.5 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.5 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.6
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.20  16  16  16  10  10  10  10  10  10
LVORI...........1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............61  54  53  51  46  39  42  42  41  35

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 31.
Max humidity........75 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Max LVORI...........4.
Min ADI.............1.
Inversion Begin.....1800

TIME (EST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........23     40     37     16     25     19
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............42     37     35     33     33     32
RH..............46     61     69     75     69     72
20 ft wind......N 2    N 1    N 1    N 1    N 3    N 2
20 ft wind gust.4      2      2      2      4      4
Mix hgt (ft)....900    600    500    500    500    400
Transport wind..N 6    N 6    N 4    N 4    N 4    N 4
LVORI...........2      3      3      4      3      3
ADI.............3      2      2      2      2      2

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 54.
Min humidity........48 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing Height.......Max 3400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 6 to 10 mph shifting to the east
                    around 8 mph in the afternoon.
Max ADI.............33.
Inversion End.......1000

TIME (EST)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........8         9         20        39
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0         0         0         0
Temp............32        42        53        54
RH..............75        62        48        54
20 FT wind......N 4       NE 4      E 4       E 4
Mix hgt (ft)....400       1100      3000      2900
Transport wind..NE 6      E 10      E 8       E 8
LVORI...........4         2         2         2
ADI.............6         13        30        29

$$
Forecaster...Dixon
Requested by...MacKenzie
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2503373.0/CHS
.DELDT 02/21/25
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.EMAIL c.f.mackenzie@tnc.org