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Spot Forecast for Woodbury Fire...South Carolina Forestry Commission
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
233 AM EDT Mon Apr 27 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0730 EDT on April 27.
If conditions become unrepresentative...or if you have questions
or concerns about this forecast...contact the National Weather
Service in Wilmington at 910-762-1374.

.DISCUSSION...
Dry conditions under high pressure ridging from the north, will
persist today through Tuesday before the next frontal system
brings rain chances back to the area during the mid-week period.
Expect brief drying behind this frontal passage late Thu into
Fri before rain chances again increase Fri night into next
weekend.

Wind profile analysis/fire control over flat terrain is Favorable.

Fog potential for tonight is Low.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming
                    sunny (15-25 percent).
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 72.
Min humidity........49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 6 to 8 mph.
Max mixing hgt......4200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 12 to 20 mph shifting to the east
                    around 10 mph late in the afternoon.
Max vent rate.......Fair (49770 mph-ft).
Max LVORI...........4.
Max ADI.............56.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.

TIME (EDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........89  82  79  74  74  56  34  23  10  10  9
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of ltng (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............51  51  53  57  60  63  65  69  70  71  72
RH..............87  86  83  76  72  66  61  56  53  49  50
20 FT wind dir..N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..7   8   8   8   8   8   7   7   7   6   6
20 FT wind gust.14  14  14  14  14  14  13  13  12  11  10
Mix hgt (kft)...1.8 2.2 2.5 2.7 2.8 2.9 3.2 3.6 3.8 4.0 4.2
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  N   NE  NE  NE  NE  E
Transp wind spd.18  20  20  18  16  15  14  13  12  12  10
Stability.......C   C   C   C   C   C   B   B   B   B   B
LVORI...........4   4   4   3   3   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............44  51  56  55  49  47  55  55  53  55  52
Vrate mph-ft/1K.35  43  48  50  44  44  45  45  44  46  43
Ventrate Cat....PR  FR  FR  FR  FR  FR  FR  FR  FR  FR  FR

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 48.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds around 5 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Min mixing hgt......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 9 to 13 mph.
Min vent rate.......Poor (3627 mph-ft).
Max LVORI...........7.
Min ADI.............4.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........12  9   10  16  8   3   6   7   5   8   27  23
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of ltng (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............71  69  66  62  59  57  56  54  52  51  49  50
RH..............53  57  64  73  81  85  88  93  96  96  96  95
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..5   5   3   3   2   2   2   2   1   1   1   1
20 FT wind gust.9   8   7   7   6   5   5   5   4   4   4   4
Mix hgt (kft)...3.5 2.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.13  12  10  12  12  10  9   10  9   9   10  10
Stability.......F   F   F   F   F   F   F   F   F   F   F   F
LVORI...........2   3   3   3   4   5   5   6   7   7   7   7
ADI.............6   5   5   5   5   5   4   5   4   4   5   5
Vrate mph-ft/1K.46  28  5   6   5   5   4   4   4   4   4   4
Ventrate Cat....FR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 77.
Min humidity........46 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Max mixing hgt......3900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 5 to 9 mph shifting to the northwest
                    around 8 mph late in the morning, then shifting
                    to the southwest late in the afternoon.
Max vent rate.......Poor (31916 mph-ft).
Max LVORI...........6.
Max ADI.............41.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........17  21  11  17  19  21  26  32  37  42  46  51
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of ltng (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............50  49  53  58  63  67  71  74  75  77  77  77
RH..............93  94  86  82  72  63  56  52  49  47  46  47
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   SE  S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..1   1   1   1   2   2   2   2   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.4   4   5   6   6   6   6   7   7   8   8   8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 1.1 1.9 2.7 3.2 3.6 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.3
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  N   NW  NW  W   SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.9   8   8   6   5   8   8   8   8   8   8   8
Stability.......A   A   A   A   A   A   A   A   A   A   A   C
LVORI...........6   6   5   4   3   2   1   1   1   1   1   2
ADI.............9   8   8   8   11  28  33  37  41  39  37  28
Vrate mph-ft/1K.4   3   4   6   9   22  26  29  32  30  29  27
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

$$
Forecaster...Hoehler
Requested by...Jonathan Calore
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2611702.2/ILM
.DELDT 04/27/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jcalore@scfc.gov