Berkeley County, South Carolina · Wildfire
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The Horse Island Fire is a wildfire near Berkeley County, South Carolina. It has burned about under 1 acre. It was first reported 2 days ago.
The size and containment above are current as of Sunday, July 19th at 8:00 a.m. CDT.
Hot, dry, and windy weather can help a fire grow; cool, calm, or wet weather helps crews. The tags below rate each day for fire spread — green is calm, red can push a fire.
A general fire-weather guide (wind matters most, then how dry it is, then heat), not a prediction of what this fire will do.
Today
96°F · Sunny
Wind 6 to 10 mph SW · 5% chance of rain
Tonight
78°F · Mostly Clear
Wind 3 to 9 mph SW · 5% chance of rain
Monday
94°F · Mostly Sunny
Wind 2 to 8 mph SW · 13% chance of rain
Monday Night
78°F · Partly Cloudy
Wind 3 to 8 mph S · 11% chance of rain
Tuesday
94°F · Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 3 to 12 mph S · 24% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Sunday, July 19th at 8:04 a.m. CDT.
This fire is small enough that no crew size or team has been posted yet. That's normal for a fire this size — those numbers show up once a fire is big enough to need a formal report.
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