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FNUS72 KGSP 092229
FWSGSP

Spot Forecast for SCALD BRANCH...USFS
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
529 PM EST Sat Nov 9 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1700 EST on November 09.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Increased moisture and rain chances expected tonight into Sunday
ahead of an approaching cold front. Minimum relative humidity will
only drop to the mid 70s Sunday afternoon. Shower chances will
continue to increase Sunday night into Monday.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 74.
Min humidity........53 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 5 mph.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 9 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5200 knot-ft).
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........21000.
Visibility (SM).....10.

TIME (EST)      5PM
Sky (%).........74
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............70
Dewpoint........55
RH..............58
20 FT wind dir..SE
20 FT wind spd..5
20 FT wind gust.12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7
Transp wind dir.SE
Transp wind spd.9
VRate kt-ft/10005
Ceiling (hft)...210
Visibility (sm).10

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 50.
Max humidity........90 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 6 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 8 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3300 knot-ft).
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........16000 decreasing to 6000.
Visibility (SM).....9.

TIME (EST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........75  73  73  76  76  78  85  86  90  91  90  92
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............65  59  57  55  54  54  52  52  51  51  51  51
Dewpoint........52  48  47  47  46  46  45  45  45  45  44  44
RH..............61  68  70  73  74  75  77  77  78  78  77  76
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.13  13  14  15  15  15  15  15  15  14  15  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  E   E   SE
Transp wind spd.8   9   10  10  12  12  12  10  12  12  10  9
VRate kt-ft/10003   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
Ceiling (hft)...200 200 190 160 160 160 120 100 100 90  80  60
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  9   9   9   9   9

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Slight chance of rain
                    showers in the late morning and early
                    afternoon. Chance of rain showers early in the
                    afternoon, then slight chance of rain showers
                    late in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 62.
Min humidity........76 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 7 mph becoming light.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 9 to 16 mph shifting to the south 12
                    to 14 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3400 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (19600 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........3500 decreasing to 2200 late in the morning.
Visibility (SM).....8.

TIME (EST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........90  96  93  94  95  92  94  96  94  93  90  85
Weather cov.....            SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....            RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Temp............51  51  51  53  56  58  59  61  61  61  61  61
Dewpoint........44  46  48  51  54  55  57  57  58  58  59  58
RH..............79  85  90  93  92  91  91  89  90  90  91  92
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   6   7   7   6   6   6   5   5   3
20 FT wind gust.14  14  13  12  12  12  12  12  12  10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.5 0.9 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.0
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.9   9   9   13  15  16  15  15  14  14  13  12
VRate kt-ft/10003   3   4   9   16  20  19  19  18  17  15  10
Ceiling (hft)...60  60  50  45  35  30  27  23  23  23  23  22
Visibility (sm).8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   9   9   9

$$
Forecaster...Jeff Taylor
Requested by...Jonathon Sey
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2426207.0/GSP
.DELDT 11/09/24
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