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Spot Forecast for Chestnut Mountain...USFS
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
658 AM EDT Sun Mar 9 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1300 EDT on March 09.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Light rain that impacted the site this morning has moved out and
some clearing has occurred. This should be short lived as
additional showers and rainfall are expected today. Cloud cover
should remain in place. Rainfall amounts should be relatively
light today. Chances of seeing some more steady rain impact the
site tonight into Monday are increasing, with current forecast
rainfall amounts through Monday at around 1". Thunderstorms are
not expected, but a rumble or two of it can`t be ruled out. Clouds
and rain will help keep RHs higher during the afternoon and
overnight. Winds will be SE at 5-10 mph this afternoon, shifting
to the north overnight.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain showers early in the afternoon. Chance of
                    rain showers late in the afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent increasing to 30 percent.
Chance of thunder...MISSING.
Max temperature.....Around 57.
Min humidity........47 percent.
Dewpoint............37.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 6 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......2900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 10 to 14 mph.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................29 to 40.
Pcpn amount.........0.02 inches.
CEILING (KFT).......6.0 decreasing to 3.5.
Dispersion index....33 increasing to 37 late in the afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........78  87  89  89  82
Weather cov.....    SCH SCH CHC CHC
Weather type....    RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10  20  20  30  30
Chc of thdr (%).M   M   M   M   M
Temp............54  56  57  56  56
Dewpoint........37  37  38  37  37
RH..............51  49  49  49  47
20 FT wind dir..E   SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   7   6
20 FT wind gust.12  13  13  12  12
Mix hgt (kft)...2.6 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.5
Transp wind dir.E   SE  SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.10  12  14  14  13
Dispersion idx..29  37  40  38  33
LVORI...........2   1   1   1   1
ADI.............29  37  40  38  33
Ceiling (kft)...6.0 5.0 4.0 3.5 4.0

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers early in the evening, then slight
                    chance of rain showers late in the evening.
                    Chance of rain showers late in the evening.
CWR.................30 percent decreasing to 20 percent late in the
                    evening, then increasing to 30 percent late in
                    the evening increasing to 40 percent overnight.
Chance of thunder...MISSING.
Min temperature.....Around 44.
Max humidity........84 percent.
Dewpoint............38.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light, then becoming north around 5
                    mph overnight.
Mixing height.......200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 3 to 10 mph shifting to the north 5
                    to 6 mph overnight.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................1 to 16.
Pcpn amount.........0.85 inches.
CEILING (KFT).......6.0 decreasing to 1.0.
Dispersion index....16 decreasing to 3.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........82  83  88  90  81  82  86  84  86  89  89  91
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............30  30  30  20  20  30  30  30  40  40  40  40
Chc of thdr (%).M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
Temp............56  55  53  51  50  49  48  48  47  46  46  45
Dewpoint........37  37  37  38  38  39  39  40  39  40  40  40
RH..............48  49  55  60  63  67  71  73  76  80  80  84
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  E   SE  SE  SE  N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..6   5   3   3   3   3   3   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.10  9   8   7   7   7   7   7   7   8   7   8
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Transp wind dir.SE  E   E   E   SE  SE  E   NE  N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.10  7   5   3   3   5   5   5   6   6   6   5
Dispersion idx..16  4   2   1   2   2   2   3   3   4   3   3
LVORI...........2   2   3   3   3   3   3   4   4   5   5   5
ADI.............16  4   2   1   2   2   2   3   3   4   3   3
Ceiling (kft)...6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.0 3.0 1.5 1.0 1.0 1.0

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers early in the morning, then slight
                    chance of rain showers early in the morning.
CWR.................40 percent decreasing to 20 percent early in
                    the morning, then decreasing to 10 percent late
                    in the afternoon.
Chance of thunder...MISSING.
Max temperature.....Around 63.
Min humidity........30 percent.
Dewpoint............38 decreasing to 32 late in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 5 to 14 mph.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................3 early in the morning increasing to 52 in the
                    afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.32 inches.
CEILING (KFT).......1.2 increasing to 25.
Dispersion index....7 increasing to 49.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........90  86  89  86  79  78  72  60  54  45  27  18
Weather cov.....CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............40  40  20  20  20  20  20  20  10  10  10  10
Chc of thdr (%).M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
Temp............45  45  45  44  47  49  53  56  59  62  63  63
Dewpoint........40  40  40  39  39  40  39  37  36  34  32  31
RH..............82  84  83  81  75  68  59  49  41  35  32  30
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   6   7   8   8   8   8   9   9   8
20 FT wind gust.9   9   10  13  14  15  16  16  16  16  16  16
Mix hgt (kft)...0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.6 1.0 1.6 2.7 3.2 3.5 4.1 4.5
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW
Transp wind spd.5   5   6   6   7   9   10  12  13  13  14  13
Dispersion idx..3   5   5   7   8   11  20  33  40  46  52  51
LVORI...........5   5   5   4   4   3   2   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............3   5   5   7   8   11  20  33  40  46  52  51
Ceiling (kft)...1.2 1.2 1.8 3.0 5.0 8.0 12  20  20  25  25  25

$$
Forecaster...Lusk
Requested by...Joshua Judge
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2504068.3/FFC
.DELDT 02/27/25
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