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Spot Forecast for NH_Burn...FWS
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
226 PM EST Fri Feb 21 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 EST on February 22.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Dry conditions will persist through the weekend. Skies will be
mostly clear to partly cloudy and surface/20 ft winds will
generally be light. The wind direction should mostly be
easterly through early Saturday afternoon and then switch to
the southwest. Speeds will generally average 5-6mph during the
day and go light and variable at night.

Transport winds will remain east or southeast through early Saturday.
Speeds will be pretty light and average 10mph or less.
For Saturday, early in the day transport wind direction will be out
of the east/southeast and then go to the south/southwest during
the early afternoon. Speeds will be slightly higher and generally
average 10 to 12 mph for the late morning and early afternoon.
Transport winds shift to the northwest on Sunday.

Min RH values on Saturday will range between 25 and 30 percent. Since
easterly flow will not be strong, values will likely be closer
to 25 percent (or possibly a bit lower).

The potential for for remains low for Sunday morning.


.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 55.
Min humidity........28 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest around 5 mph
                    late in the afternoon, then becoming light late
                    in the afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......4900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 7 to 8 mph shifting to the southwest late
                    in the afternoon.

TIME (EST)      11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Sky (%).........8      7      6      3
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0
LAL.............M      M      M      M
Temp............46     51     54     53
RH..............41     31     28     30
20 ft wind......S 3    S 5    SW 5   SW 3
20 ft wind gust.6      8      8      6
Ridgetop wind...M      M      M      M
Mix hgt (ft)....2600   4200   4700   200
Transport wind..SE 8   S 7    SW 8   SW 7

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (0-10 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 28.
Max humidity........85 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Ridgetop wind.......
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 2 to 5 mph shifting to the northwest
                    overnight.

TIME (EST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........5      13     5      2      1      2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............M      M      M      M      M      M
Temp............50     42     38     34     32     31
RH..............36     51     62     69     73     76
20 ft wind......W 2    SW 2   W 2    W 3    NW 3   NW 3
20 ft wind gust.5      5      5      6      6      6
Ridgetop wind...M      M      M      M      M      M
Mix hgt (ft)....200    200    200    200    200    200
Transport wind..SW 5   SW 2   W 3    W 3    W 5    NW 5

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 59.
Min humidity........29 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Ridgetop wind.......
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......3900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 1 to 8 mph.

TIME (EST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........2      3      5      13     22     38
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............M      M      M      M      M      M
Temp............30     31     43     52     58     59
RH..............82     81     56     38     30     30
20 ft wind......NW 3   NW 1   NW 1   NW 1   W 2    W 1
20 ft wind gust.6      5      6      8      8      7
Ridgetop wind...M      M      M      M      M      M
Mix hgt (ft)....200    300    2100   3200   3700   3900
Transport wind..NW 1   NW 3   N 8    NW 6   NW 5   W 6

$$
Forecaster...NListemaa
Requested by...Nathan Herron
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2500000.0/FFC
.DELDT 02/21/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL nathan_herron@fws.gov