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Spot Forecast for Aiken County Brush Fire...Aiken County
National Weather Service Columbia SC
419 PM EDT Wed Mar 26 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1700 EDT on March 26.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Warm and dry conditions currently at the wildfire site, with west
winds 15-20 mph, gusting to 25-30 mph under partly cloudy skies.
Expect the gusty winds to continue for the next few hours until
the inversion sets up around 1900 local time. Winds then diminish
and shift to the northwest, then north, and eventually northeast
late tonight/early Thursday. Thursday is expected to be warm and
dry once again, but winds are expected to be much lighter than
today. Feel free to call the office if you have any questions or
need any assistance from us: (803) 822-8133.


.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-5 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 42.
Max humidity........57 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 6 to 9 mph with gusts to around
                    21 mph shifting to the north around 5 mph late
                    in the evening, then becoming light overnight.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 18 to 23 mph becoming north 9 to 10
                    mph early in the evening, then shifting to the
                    northeast 7 to 9 mph overnight.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................107 early in the evening decreasing to 3 late
                    in the night.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........1   2   2   1   2   2   2   2   3   2   2   2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............71  69  66  59  56  54  51  49  48  47  46  45
RH..............21  22  25  33  38  41  46  50  49  51  51  53
Aparnt tmp (F)..71  69  66  59  56  54  51  48  48  47  46  44
20 FT wind dir..W   NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind dir..290 300 300 310 340 350 000 020 030 030 050 060
20 FT wind spd..15  13   6   6   5   5   3   3   2   2   2   3
20 FT wind gust.25  22  10  10   9   9   9   8   7   7   7   8
Mix hgt (kft)...6.6 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E
Transp wind dir.300 310 320 330 350 010 030 030 040 050 060 070
Transp wind spd.23  18  10  10  9   9   9   8   7   7   7   8
LVORI...........1   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
ADI.............107 8   5   5   4   4   4   4   3   3   3   4

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 74.
Min humidity........22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds early in the morning becoming east
                    5 to 6 mph, then shifting to the southeast
                    early in the afternoon becoming light.
Mixing height.......5800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 7 to 10 mph shifting to the north around 7
                    mph early in the afternoon, then shifting to
                    the west 6 to 7 mph late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................4 to 43.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........1      3      1      1      1      0
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............43     43     55     65     71     73
RH..............55     55     40     28     24     22
Aparnt tmp (F)..41     41     55     65     71     73
20 FT wind......NE 3   NE 3   E 6    E 6    SE 5   SW 3
20 FT wind gust.8      9      10     10     8      7
20 FT wind dir..050    040    070    090    140    230
Mix hgt (ft)....300    300    1700   4100   5300   5800
Transp wind dir.070    070    080    080    270    250
Transport wind..E 8    E 9    E 10   E 7    W 6    W 6
LVORI...........3      2      2      1      1      1
ADI.............4      10     23     34     35     38

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 47.
Max humidity........89 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 5 to 9 mph.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................2 to 35.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM
Sky (%).........3         11        19        29
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0         0         0         0
Temp............73        62        55        51
RH..............23        38        55        74
Aparnt tmp (F)..73        62        55        51
20 FT wind......SW 3G6    S 2G5     SE 2G7    S 3G9
20 FT wind dir..220       190       150       180
Mix hgt (ft)....4200      300       400       300
Transp wind dir.230       190       170       180
Transport wind..SW 7      S 5       S 7       S 9
LVORI...........1         2         3         3
ADI.............35        2         3         4

$$
Forecaster...Carlberg
Requested by...Rushton, Bobby
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2508104.0/CAE
.DELDT 03/26/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL rushton@wagenersc.com