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Spot Forecast for Moses Creek...USFS
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
755 AM EST Thu Jan 29 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EST on January 29.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Cold weather continues today with highs below freezing. Dry
conditions will also prevail with minimum RH values dropping into
the 40-50% range. Cloud cover increases through the day with
mainly high and mid-level clouds moving in. Snow returns to the
area late Friday afternoon and persists through Saturday.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 34.
Min humidity........44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west 5 to 6 mph late in
                    the morning.
Mixing height.......2900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 8 to 15 mph shifting to the west 10
                    to 14 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (7365 mph-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (43387 mph-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........20700 decreasing to 7200.
Visibility (SM).....10.

TIME (EST)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........60  74  77  76  75  76  78  75  73  67
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............19  22  25  28  31  32  33  34  33  32
RH..............67  60  52  49  46  44  45  45  46  48
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   5   5   6   6   6   6   5
20 FT wind gust.8   8   9   10  12  13  13  13  12  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 1.0 1.6 2.0 2.5 2.9 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.2
Transp wind dir.N   NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.9   8   10  13  14  15  15  14  13  10
VRate mph-ft/1k.7   8   16  25  35  43  43  38  32  23
Ceiling (hft)...235 235 236 208 207 207 182 72  72  72
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (50-60 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 24.
Max humidity........68 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 5 to 8 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3452 mph-ft).
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........7200 increasing to 11700.
Visibility (SM).....10.

TIME (EST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........39  28  38  46  50  55  62  56  51  48  42  53
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............30  28  27  26  26  25  25  26  25  25  24  24
RH..............51  57  62  64  65  65  64  64  67  67  67  67
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   NW  W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..3   2   2   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
20 FT wind gust.7   6   6   6   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Mix hgt (kft)...1.5 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  W   SW  W   NW
Transp wind spd.8   6   6   5   5   5   6   7   7   6   7   5
VRate mph-ft/1k.12  5   4   4   4   3   5   6   5   4   5   3
Ceiling (hft)...72  158 158 127 117 117 117 117 127 126 126 126
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of
                    snow early in the afternoon. Chance of snow
                    late in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 36.
Min humidity........56 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest around 5 mph
                    early in the afternoon, then becoming light
                    late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 6 mph shifting to the west 6
                    to 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4373 mph-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (70893 mph-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.02 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........11600 decreasing to 5800 in the morning, then
                    decreasing to 3200 late in the morning
                    decreasing to 1900 early in the afternoon
                    increasing to 23500.
Visibility (SM).....7.

TIME (EST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........59  73  84  83  82  82  83  83  85  86  88  88
Weather cov.....                            SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC
Weather type....                            SN  SN  SN  SN  SN
Tstm cov........
Temp............24  24  25  27  31  33  34  35  35  35  34  33
RH..............67  67  68  64  60  57  56  56  58  62  66  71
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  NW  W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..1   1   1   1   2   2   3   5   5   5   3   3
20 FT wind gust.3   3   5   6   7   9   10  12  12  12  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.8 0.9 1.4 2.3 3.3 4.2 4.7 4.5 3.8 3.1 2.4
Transp wind dir.NW  SW  S   SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.6   6   7   8   10  13  14  15  15  13  12  10
VRate mph-ft/1k.4   4   6   12  24  42  58  71  67  49  35  25
Ceiling (hft)...116 85  73  58  58  45  32  19  19  19  235 235
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  7   8

$$
Forecaster...TBW
Requested by...Paul Pittman
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2601308.0/GSP
.DELDT 01/29/26
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