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FNUS72 KCAE 281255
FWSCAE

Spot Forecast for DF Powerline...SCDNR
National Weather Service Columbia SC
755 AM EST Fri Feb 28 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EST on February 28.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

...ELEVATED FIRE DANGER THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

Mainly clear skies with warm temperatures and lighter southwest winds
today, but conditions are expected to be very dry. RH values
expected to drop to around 20% this afternoon, thus elevated fire
danger continues today. Moderate RH recovery at best is expected
tonight. Tomorrow, winds pick up once again with continued dry
conditions ahead of a frontal boundary, causing even higher fire
danger conditions.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 68.
Min humidity........19 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 7 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 7 to 15 mph increasing to 17 to 18 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................7 early in the morning increasing to 101 in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EST)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............45  51  56  59  62  65  66  67  68  66
RH..............49  39  32  28  24  21  19  19  20  22
Aparnt tmp (F)..44  51  56  59  62  65  66  67  68  66
20 FT wind dir..W   NW  NW  W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind dir..290 330 330 290 250 240 240 240 240 240
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   3   3   5   6   6   7   7
20 FT wind gust.7   7   7   7   8   9   12  13  15  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 1.3 2.8 3.7 4.2 4.7 4.8 5.1 5.1 4.6
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind dir.300 320 320 300 270 250 250 260 260 260
Transp wind spd.7   7   7   7   7   9   13  15  17  18
LVORI...........2   2   2   2   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............7   11  23  29  33  52  68  88  101 98

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-5 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 46.
Max humidity........57 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 12 to 14 mph.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................5 to 6.

TIME (EST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............63  59  56  54  52  52  52  51  50  49  49  48
RH..............26  33  35  41  44  44  44  46  48  50  52  54
Aparnt tmp (F)..63  59  56  54  52  52  52  51  47  46  46  45
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind dir..230 230 240 240 250 240 240 240 240 240 240 240
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   7   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.14  13  14  12  12  12  12  13  13  13  13  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.W   SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind dir.250 230 240 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250
Transp wind spd.14  13  14  12  12  12  12  13  13  13  13  13
LVORI...........2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
ADI.............6   6   6   5   5   5   5   6   6   6   6   6

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 71.
Min humidity........22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 7 to 14 mph. Gusts up to 26 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......6600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 13 to 22 mph increasing to 23 to 29 mph in
                    the afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................14 early in the morning increasing to 126 in
                    the afternoon.

TIME (EST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........0   1   1   1   1   10  18  21  20  17  14  14
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............48  46  50  54  59  63  66  69  71  71  70  68
RH..............56  57  54  51  45  37  32  28  25  23  22  24
Aparnt tmp (F)..44  42  47  54  59  63  66  69  71  71  70  68
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind dir..240 240 240 240 250 250 250 250 250 260 260 270
20 FT wind spd..7   7   8   9   10  12  12  13  13  14  13  12
20 FT wind gust.13  16  18  21  21  22  23  24  25  25  26  25
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.6 0.8 1.5 2.1 3.0 4.2 5.3 5.9 6.5 6.6 4.9
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind dir.250 250 250 260 260 260 270 270 270 270 270 280
Transp wind spd.13  16  17  20  21  22  24  26  29  29  26  23
LVORI...........2   2   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............14  17  19  37  52  70  90  114 126 96  123 95

$$
Forecaster...Carlberg
Requested by...Thomas Kiker
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2504346.0/CAE
.DELDT 02/28/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL kikert@dnr.sc.gov