With dry high pressure across southeast Georgia and well below normal rainfall for the month, a small brush fire damaged two homes near Metter.
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With dry high pressure across southeast Georgia and well below normal rainfall for the month, a small brush fire damaged two homes near Metter.
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 Jan 26, 10:48 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Charleston SC 1048 PM EST Fri Jan 26 2018 .SYNOPSIS... High pressure will prevail into Saturday, with a frontal system to impact the area Sunday and Sunday night. Cooler high pressure will then return for the first part of next week, before moving into the Atlantic during the middle of the week. A cold front may affect the area next Friday. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/... As of 1040 PM: Observed temperatures ranged from the mid 50s across SE GA to the mid 40s across SE SC. Temperatures are forecast to slowly cool through the rest of the night, largely due to increasing cloud cover. As of 835 PM: A large batch of closed cell stratocu continues to move on shore from Florida north to the mouth of the Savannah River. Meanwhile, cirrus level moisture continues to stream NE out from the Gulf of Mexico. I will update the forecast to increase sky cover. Otherwise, the current forecast appears in good shape. As of 635 PM: Ridging high pressure should support steady NE winds through tonight into Saturday morning. Updated forecast will address timing changes in sky cover and hourly temperatures. Previous discussion: The forecast area will be positioned on the southwest flank of surface high pressure tonight, with a weak coastal trough wavering nearby. Despite some enhanced convergence at the coast, a pronounced dry layer will persist between roughly 850-500 mb, so this will preclude any rain chances in the forecast. Cloud cover will continue to increase and thicken through the evening from both high clouds streaming in from the west and stratocu moving onshore. Cloudy skies are expected through much of the overnight period. This will keep temperatures fairly mild by late January standards. Low temperatures will range from the low/mid 40s across northern zones to upper 40s/around 50 closer to the Altamaha. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY/... Saturday: Deep layered ridging across the region early, will gradually move off the Southeast U.S. coast while a weak surface coastal trough lingers just off the GA and SC coast. Models indicate building but rather shallow isentropic ascent over the forecast area. There will likely be more in the way of stratocumulus below quite a bit of higher-level layered clouds all day. For the most part, we think showers will hold off as lift and deeper moisture will be confined to the west. While isolated light showers/sprinkles are possible, we maintained silent POPs below 15 percent for much of the day across most of the area. Temps should warm well into the 60s away from the beaches, mid 60s north to upper 60s south. Sunday: Deeper moisture from both the Gulf and Atlantic will increase over the region during the day with strengthening upper forcing as difluence builds aloft. The axis of the baroclinic zone is forecast to extend from north Florida across eastern GA and the coastal Carolinas by afternoon. Models were still not in great agreement on timing the developing surface frontal wave Sunday night, but there was a greater consensus that it will develop along the GA/FL coast and then move northeast, just off the SC coast overnight. This will keep instability mainly offshore and the risk for rumbles of thunder still looks low-end. QPF ran a tad lower than prior model runs on the 12Z model suite, many areas still expecting an inch on average, some higher amounts in bands still likely however. Mild onshore flow should allow for afternoon temps in the 60s. Rains will gradually end from southwest to northeast late Sunday night. Slightly cooler temperatures expected Monday with clearing skies, though downslope flow will offset cold advection and allow high temps to climb into the lower 60s. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... Cool, dry weather expected Monday night through Wednesday as Canadian high pressure builds in. Temperatures will warm by Thursday as the high moves offshore and southerly flow develops. A cold front could approach on Friday, bringing the next chance for rain. && .AVIATION /04Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... VFR conditions will prevail at KCHS and KSAV through 0z Sunday. Ridging high pressure should support steady NE winds through tonight into Saturday morning. Low pressure organizing in the Gulf of Mexico will begin to lift north during the afternoon, resulting in terminal winds to shift from the SE. Extended Aviation Outlook: Ceiling and/or visibility restrictions are expected to develop Sunday and Sunday night with rain showers. Lower cigs may develop as early as late Saturday Night along and to the west of I-95 in moist/upslope low level flow. && .MARINE... Tonight: The marine zones will remain on the southwest flank of surface high pressure. Northeast winds this evening will gradually veer to the east by late tonight. The pressure gradient will relax some with speeds a solid 15 kt early decreasing to 10-15 kt. Seas will remain fairly steady, with 3-4 feet in the nearshore waters and 4-6 ft in the outer waters. A Small Craft Advisory will be ongoing for the outer GA waters. Saturday, the surface high will shift farther into the Atlantic and a weak coastal trough will likely keep the flow directions more east over chilly shelf waters while southeast winds prevail further offshore. Speeds should average 15 kt or less while seas remain a bit elevated 3-4 ft near shore and 4-6 ft offshore where a SCA will continue in our outer GA waters. The coastal trough will sharpen on Sunday, prior to a surface frontal wave developing Sunday Night. Winds should remain onshore prior to the passage of this low pressure later Sunday Night averaging 15 knots. Increasing rains Sunday and Sunday Night will occasionally lower vsbys, especially if stratus develops over the shelf waters. In additional we will be watching for some patchy sea fog adjacent to the coast but with the rains developing, our confidence is quite low at this time. Winds will become northwest on Monday, seas nearshore will see some dampening heights with time. A reinforcing blast of cold air advection Monday night and Tuesday could result in a period of Small Craft Advisory winds over much of the marine area. Seas will likely remain elevated over the offshore waters through Wednesday night. && .EQUIPMENT... The KCLX radar remains out of service until further notice. Adjacent radars include: KLTX, KCAE, KJGX, KVAX and KJAX. The Downtown Charleston observation site (CHLS1/KCXM) is having occasional data issues so please use the data with caution. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...None. SC...None. MARINE...Small Craft Advisory until 5 AM EST Wednesday for AMZ374. && NEAR TERM...NED SHORT TERM... LONG TERM...JRL AVIATION...NED MARINE...ECT EQUIPMENT...
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston SC 329 AM EST Fri Jan 26 2018 AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>052-270830- 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- 329 AM EST Fri Jan 26 2018 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. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter assistance is not anticipated at this time.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Metter Fire Department reported that a small brush fire damaged two homes near Lauren Lane.
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