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cool day in >>> welcome to news19 at noon. thank you for joining us. i'm darci strickland. we start off the day with a look at your forecast. it looks like we are in store for another chilly afternoon. efren afante joins us now with the latest. >> it has been a very cold start to the morning. temperatures right now, -- we are all in the 30s. and newberry at 32.

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firefighters will be on site guiding the blaze. >>> if you are anywhere downwind, you may smell smoke. because right now, the wind is coming out of the west -- upwards of 20 miles per hour. sustained wind. the wind gusts are exceeding 25. we already have wind gust reports of up to 32 miles per hour. straight out of the west. temperatures right now are very cold. all in the 30s. thirty-two in newberry. and no, 34. orangeburg, 38.

we will deal with the cloud coverage for a few hours. as we go throughout the afternoon, the model forecast shows the skies starting to clear. not just this morning but throughout the day tomorrow. friday. coverage increasing at that point. 40s. afternoon. but the wind will be a key up to 35 mile-per-hour gusting possible. as we go into the afternoon. the wind will really start to ramp up. we're looking at wind speeds in

will stick around for a few efren afante will te >>> welcome back. if you see smoke near the peachtree rock reserve in lexington today and tomorrow, do not be alarmed. we're told a prescribed burn is taking place and is expected to begin around 11:00 every morning with the fire reaching peak intensity in the late afternoon. approximately 12 up to 50 firefighters will be on site