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Spot Forecast for EMS In-Service...Lexington County EMS
National Weather Service Columbia SC
1137 AM EDT Thu Jul 18 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1200 EDT on July 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...A warm and humid start to the day with cumulus
clouds beginning to develop across the area. A front will begin
moving into the area this afternoon with increasing chances of
showers and thunderstorms between 3 and 4 pm and thunderstorms
becoming likely this evening. Thunderstorms are expected to
produce locally heavy rainfall and gusty winds. The thunderstorms
are expected to continue into tonight as the front settles across
the Midlands. Temperatures will be in the mid 90s this afternoon
however the heat index will be around 100 by noon with values as
high as 104 through the afternoon. Winds will be southwesterly
at 10 to 15 mph with some gusts up to 20 mph.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the
                    afternoon. Chance of showers and thunderstorms
                    late in the afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent increasing to 50 percent.
Chance of pcpn......50 percent.
Chance of thunder...20 percent increasing to 60 percent this
                    afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 96.
Min humidity........45 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

TIME (EDT)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........31  32  40  45  49  59
Weather cov.....    SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....    RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........    SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC
CWR.............10  20  20  30  40  50
Chc of pcpn (%).10  20  20  30  40  50
Chc of thdr (%).20  20  30  40  50  60
Temp............93  95  96  96  96  95
RH..............51  48  46  46  45  48
Aparnt tmp (F)..101 104 105 105 104 104
Surface wnd dir.W   SW  SW  SW  SW  W
Surface wnd dir.250 240 240 240 240 250
Surface wnd spd.10  12  12  12  12  10
Surface wnd gst.16  17  17  18  17  15

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (45-55 percent). Showers and
                    thunderstorms likely in the evening, then
                    chance of showers and thunderstorms overnight.
CWR.................60 percent.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
Chance of thunder...60 percent increasing to 80 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 72.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Surface winds (mph).West winds 5 to 10 mph in the evening becoming
                    light.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........60  64  68  76  73  76  63  58  56  48  48  47
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH
CWR.............50  50  50  60  60  50  50  40  30  30  20  20
Chc of pcpn (%).50  50  50  60  60  50  50  40  30  30  20  20
Chc of thdr (%).60  70  80  80  80  50  50  50  40  40  40  30
Temp............92  90  85  81  79  76  76  75  75  73  73  74
RH..............52  56  65  74  79  90  90  90  90  97  97  93
Aparnt tmp (F)..100 97  91  85  79  76  76  75  75  73  73  74
Surface wnd dir.SW  W   SW  W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W
Surface wnd dir.240 250 240 260 280 220 240 240 240 250 260 270
Surface wnd spd.10  8   7   6   5   5   3   3   3   3   3   3
Surface wnd gst.15  14  13  9   8   8   7   6   6   5   5   5

$$
Forecaster...Proud
Requested by...Magen Hallman
Type of request...OTHER
.TAG 2418363.0/CAE
.DELDT 07/18/24
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.EMAIL mhallman@lex-co.com