A wildfire quickly spread near Gum Branch in Long county Georgia under hot and dry conditions. Near critical relative humidity and dry fuels allowed the fire to continue for about 24 hours before it was contained.
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A wildfire quickly spread near Gum Branch in Long county Georgia under hot and dry conditions. Near critical relative humidity and dry fuels allowed the fire to continue for about 24 hours before it was contained.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 10, 6:55 PM EST, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 755 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL OVERNIGHT. LOW PRESSURE WILL PASS WELL OFFSHORE THIS WEEKEND. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST LATE THIS WEEKEND BEFORE STALLING AND DISSIPATING OVER THE REGION INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/... DUE TO FIRE NOTED ON SATELLITE/RADAR IMAGERY IN NORTHERN LONG COUNTY...ADDED PATCHY SMOKE ACROSS PORTIONS OF LONG/TATTNALL COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING. ALSO...SOME LOW LEVEL AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS COULD PUSH ONSHORE FROM THE ATLANTIC OVERNIGHT... BUT MOSTLY CLEAR/PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL PREVAIL. FORECAST PARAMETERS...INCLUDING TEMPERATURES...REMAIN ON TRACK AND REQUIRED ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS FRIDAY EVENING. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY/... BY SATURDAY THE FORECAST AREA WILL BECOME SITUATED BETWEEN AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT FROM THE WEST AND A CARIBBEAN LOW TRACKING TO THE NORTH WELL OFFSHORE. THUS...THE DEEPEST MOISTURE WILL REMAIN AWAY FROM OUR AREA AND RAIN CHANCES WILL REMAIN VERY LOW. BY SUNDAY THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFFSHORE WILL BE MOVING NORTH WELL OFF THE COAST OVER THE SOUTHWEST ATLANTIC WHILE A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. LOOKS LIKE A RATHER WARM DAY AS THE LOW-LEVEL FLOW BECOMES A BIT MORE OFFSHORE AND THERE COULD BE SOME COMPRESSIONAL HEATING AHEAD OF THE FRONT. RAIN CHANCES LOOK A BIT BETTER THAN SATURDAY...ALTHOUGH THE COVERAGE OF RAIN IS STILL UNCERTAIN AS THERE IS SOME DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NAM AND GFS REGARDING THE STRENGTH OF THE UPPER TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE STRETCHING FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO NORTHEAST ALONG AND JUST OFF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST. THE FRONT IS THEN EXPECTED TO STALL ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA ON MONDAY...WHILE AN UPPER TROUGH OVER THE NEW ENGLAND STATES STRENGTHENS SOUTHWARD. A SURFACE WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE COULD DEVELOP ALONG THE STALLED FRONT ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA PROVIDING ANOTHER IMPETUS FOR SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES COULD GET QUITE WARM GIVEN THE MOSTLY OFFSHORE FLOW AND FRONTAL COMPRESSION...BUT MUCH DEPENDS ON THE AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER. EITHER WAY...HIGHS SHOULD GET ABOVE NORMAL IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S AWAY FROM THE BEACHES. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD FROM THE NORTH MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...AS THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS SWINGS OFF THE EAST COAST. ALTHOUGH THE SURFACE WAVE AND ASSOCIATED FRONT WILL BE PUSHED STEADILY SOUTHWARD AS A RESULT...SUFFICIENT MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT WILL REMAIN ON TUESDAY TO MAINTAIN CHANCE POPS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. EXPECT DRIER AIR TO ACCOMPANY THE SURFACE HIGH FOR THE MID WEEK PERIOD...AND WILL KEEP RAIN CHANCES ONLY IN THE SLIGHT CHANCE RANGE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS IN THE FORECAST MODELS THAT ANOTHER FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST LATE IN THE WEEK...HOWEVER THERE IS TOO MUCH UNCERTAINTY IN TIMING AND PROGRESSION TO INDICATE EXPLICITLY IN THE FORECAST. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RUN NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL...ALTHOUGH LOWER DEWPOINTS WILL MAKE IT FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE FOR MID WEEK. && .AVIATION /00Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH SATURDAY. GUIDANCE SUGGESTS A HIGHER PROBABILITY FOR LATE NIGHT GROUND FOG ESPECIALLY AT KSAV... BUT LIMITED MENTION TO MIFG AS SIGNIFICANT FOG POTENTIAL SHOULD REMAIN LIMITED BY ONGOING DRY CONDITIONS. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...BRIEF MVFR OR LOWER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. && .MARINE... TRANQUIL REGIME WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS. SOUTHERLY WINDS 10 TO 15 KT WILL BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT LATE. SEAS WILL REMAIN 1-2 FT WITHIN NEARSHORE WATERS AND NO HIGHER THAN 2-3 FT BEYOND 20 NM. A WEAK LOW SYSTEM ORIGINATING FROM THE CARIBBEAN WILL TRACK NORTHWARD AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE DURING THE WEEKEND...AND WITH A COLD FRONT ALSO APPROACHING FROM THE WEST...THE WIND FORECAST IS A BIT UNCERTAIN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. ALL MODELS DO KEEP WIND SPEEDS BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA THROUGH THE PERIOD...EVEN WITH A BRIEF NORTHEAST SURGE BEHIND THE SOUTHWARD-DESCENDING FRONT ON TUESDAY. HAVE OPTED TO GO BELOW WAVE WATCH GUIDANCE DUE TO UNCERTAINTY IN THE TRACK OF THE WEAK ATLANTIC LOW SYSTEM. HAVE THUS CAPPED SEAS AT 4 FT OR LESS THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 317 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011 AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>052-110730- CHARLESTON HARBOR- WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM...INCLUDING GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM-JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- TIDAL BERKELEY- 317 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
An emergency manager and the Georgia Forestry Commission reported a wildfire approximately 600 acres large.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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