Suppression Forecast
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Spot Forecast for Big Ridge Fire...FS
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
356 PM EDT Mon Apr 7 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1630 EDT on April 07.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Lingering rain showers will taper off by mid-evening. Additional
rainfall will be light. Gusty NW winds will develop by late
evening in the wake of a cold front. Gusts of around 30 mph will
be possible tonight at ridgetop, with gusts of 20-25 mph possible
in the lower elevations. Much cooler and much drier conditions
are expected tonight through Tuesday, with minimum humidity of
around 25 percent expected during the afternoon. Gusty NW winds
will continue early in the day, but are forecast to steadily
diminish through late morning and afternoon.


.TONIGHT...

Chance of thunder...6 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 40.
Max humidity........74 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 9 mph. Gusts around 30
mph at ridgetop and 20 to 25 mph in the lower
elevations.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 12 to 17 mph increasing to 17 to 22
                    mph in the late evening.
LVORI...............3.
Pcpn amount.........0.01 inches.
Sky/weather.........Chance of rain showers early in the evening.
Otherwise, mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then
becoming mostly clear (10-20 percent).

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........94  92  80  55  30  14  13  12  9   6   3   1
Weather cov.....CHC SCH
Weather type....RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of thdr (%).10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............59  56  54  52  49  47  45  44  42  42  41  41
Dewpoint........48  47  45  43  41  38  36  33  31  31  31  31
RH..............66  70  71  72  74  71  70  66  63  64  66  67
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N   NW
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   6   7   9   9   8   8   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.21  21  22  24  29  31  31  31  29  28  25  24
Mix hgt (kft)...1.7 1.1 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N   NW  NW
Transp wind spd.14  13  12  17  22  22  22  22  22  21  18  17
LVORI...........3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   2   2   3   3

.TUESDAY...

Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 57.
Min humidity........25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 6 mph. Gusts up to 23 mph in
                    the morning.
Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 12 to 18 mph.
LVORI...............2.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........4   3   3   0   0   0   1   0   1   1   1   1
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............41  40  40  42  45  48  51  54  55  56  56  56
Dewpoint........31  31  30  29  29  27  27  26  24  25  24  23
RH..............69  70  68  61  52  44  39  34  30  29  26  27
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  N
20 FT wind spd..6   6   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.23  21  20  20  20  18  17  16  15  15  15  15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.6 1.6 1.8 2.1 2.7 3.0 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.2
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.16  15  16  18  16  16  14  14  13  12  12  12
LVORI...........3   3   3   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1

$$
Forecaster...Justin Lane
Requested by...Ethan Robertson
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2508889.3/GSP
.DELDT 04/07/25
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