433 FNUS72 KCAE 191220 FWSCAE Spot Forecast for Wateree River HP/WMA-Unit 5 & 7...SCDNR National Weather Service Columbia SC 820 AM EDT Thu May 19 2022 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EDT on May 19. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. Positive or negative feedback including observations taken at the burn site would be greatly appreciated. You can use the same webpage where you requested the spot forecast for this. You may also call our office if you have questions or concerns. .DISCUSSION...Today is expected to be the hottest day so far this year with temperatures rising into the mid to upper 90s through the afternoon. Increasing moisture late this afternoon into this evening with the highest chance for showers and storms later this evening into early tonight. Minimum RH not quite as low as yesterday, bottoming out around 30 percent. Deep layer mixing expected today with higher transport winds between 15 to 20 mph out of the west. Winds remain elevated overnight with fog not expected. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......20 percent. Max temperature.....Around 98. Min humidity........29 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds 7 to 9 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......2000-3800 ft AGL increasing to 7300-7800 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 17 to 20 mph. LVORI...............1. Max ADI.............91. TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........27 29 29 30 31 32 33 37 Weather cov..... SCH Weather type.... RW Tstm cov........ SCH Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 Temp............84 88 92 94 97 98 98 98 RH..............53 47 41 37 32 30 29 29 20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W 20 FT wind dir..250 250 260 260 260 260 260 260 20 FT wind spd..7 8 8 9 9 9 9 8 20 FT wind gust.14 16 16 17 17 17 17 16 Mix hgt (kft)...2.0 3.8 5.3 6.3 6.9 7.3 7.6 7.8 Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W Transp wind spd.17 20 20 18 17 18 18 18 LVORI...........1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.............43 72 83 62 60 64 68 91 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent). Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the evening, then chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the evening. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the evening. Chance of pcpn......30 percent. Min temperature.....Around 71. Max humidity........81 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 7 mph early in the evening becoming light. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the evening. Mixing height.......6900 ft AGL decreasing to 500-1800 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 15 mph decreasing to 5 to 7 mph late in the evening. LVORI...............3. Min ADI.............2. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........40 45 42 43 33 28 Weather cov.....S CHC CHANCE S CHC S CHC Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE Tstm cov........S CHC CHANCE S CHC S CHC Chc of pcpn (%).20 30 20 20 10 10 Temp............97 88 80 74 72 71 RH..............30 43 56 74 79 79 20 ft wind......W 7 SW 5 SW 4 S 3 S 4 S 4 20 ft wind gust.14 8 7 5 7 7 Mix hgt (ft)....6900 1800 600 500 500 500 Transport wind..W 15 SW 7 SW 7 SW 5 SW 7 SW 7 LVORI...........1 2 3 3 4 4 ADI.............69 5 4 2 3 3 .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 98. Min humidity........29 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 7 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Mixing height.......500-2400 ft AGL increasing to 5800-7000 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 14 mph increasing to around 16 mph late in the afternoon. LVORI...............3. Max ADI.............76. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM Sky (%).........20 5 9 16 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 Temp............72 80 95 98 RH..............79 60 36 29 20 FT wind......SW 3G5 SW 4G12 SW 6G14 SW 6G16 Mix hgt (ft)....500 1400 5200 6700 Transport wind..SW 6 SW 12 SW 14 SW 14 LVORI...........4 2 1 1 ADI.............2 20 57 66 $$ Forecaster...Landolfi Requested by...Travis Bennett Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2212466.0/CAE .DELDT 05/19/22 .EMAIL bennettt@dnr.sc.gov