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Spot Forecast for Loggerhead Wildfire...US Fish and Wildlife
National Weather Service Charleston SC
318 PM EDT Thu Jul 30 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2000 EDT on July 30.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
A stationary front will linger across the region through rest of
this week. Tonight will be dry, with good RH recoveries, along
with relatively light winds. There is a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms late Friday afternoon. Additionally, afternoon
RH values will remain around 70 percent, along with light winds.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 77.
Max humidity........97 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light and variable overnight.
Max LVORI...........7.
Min ADI.............1.
Inversion Begin.....8 PM.

TIME (EDT)      8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........13  8   7   11  6   5   4   2   1   2
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............83  82  82  81  81  80  80  79  79  79
RH..............82  85  85  88  88  91  91  91  91  91
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  W   N   N
20 FT wind spd..6   5   3   3   2   2   1   1   1   2
20 FT wind gust.11  9   9   5   5   5   4   4   4   4
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.8   6   6   6   2   2   2   2   2   2
LVORI...........5   5   5   6   6   7   7   7   7   7
ADI.............4   3   3   2   2   1   1   1   1   1

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny. Slight chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 89.
Min humidity........68 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light northeast winds early in the morning
                    becoming southeast 5 to 8 mph in the
                    afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Mixing Height.......Max 2600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Light winds becoming southeast 6 to 10 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Max ADI.............25.
Inversion End.......9 AM.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........5      1      6      16     19     35
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      10     10     10
Temp............77     80     84     87     87     87
RH..............97     88     77     70     72     70
20 ft wind......N 2    E 3    SE 3   SE 5   SE 6   SE 8
20 ft wind gust.4      5      5      7      9      11
Mix hgt (ft)....700    800    2000   2500   2500   2100
Transport wind..NE 2   NE 2   SE 4   SE 6   SE 6   SE 10
LVORI...........8      6      4      3      3      3
ADI.............2      3      12     18     21     25

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 78.
Max humidity........94 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 8 mph in the evening and
                    overnight becoming light.
Max LVORI...........6.
Min ADI.............1.
Inversion Begin.....8 PM.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM
Sky (%).........26        28        27        25
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10        0         10        0
Temp............86        82        82        81
RH..............72        82        82        85
20 FT wind......SE 8G13   S 7G13    S 6G13    S 5G11
Mix hgt (ft)....1800      800       800       800
Transport wind..SE 12     SE 10     S 8       S 6
LVORI...........4         4         5         5
ADI.............1         7         4         3

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 88.
Min humidity........75 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 11 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late
                    in the afternoon.
Mixing Height.......Max 2700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Light winds becoming south 10 to 16 mph in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Max ADI.............52.
Inversion End.......9 AM.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky (%).........46           50           42
Weather type....NONE         NONE         RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                          CHANCE
Chc of pcpn (%).0            0            30
Temp............79           84           86
RH..............91           80           77
20 FT wind......S 3G9        SE 5G9       SE 10G14
Mix hgt (ft)....700          2000         2600
Transport wind..S 4          S 10         S 12
LVORI...........6            3            3
ADI.............4            27           37

$$
Forecaster...Stroz
Requested by...Adam Ells
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2618471.4/CHS
.DELDT 07/30/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL adam_ells@fws.gov