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FNUS72 KGSP 051238
FWSGSP

Spot Forecast for r. Range...USFS
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
738 AM EST Wed Feb 5 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EST on February 05.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Increasing clouds expected through the morning hours as the cloud
deck remains locked in through the rest of the day. Better
moisture moves into the by this evening leading to scattered
showers tonight. Northeast winds remain in place through today and
tonight with low-end gusts possible.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent) then becoming
                    cloudy (85-95 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers late in the afternoon.
Chance of thunder...6 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 59.
Min humidity........70 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east around 5 mph in the
                    late morning and early afternoon, then becoming
                    light late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 5 to 10 mph shifting to the south 5 to 7
                    mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3500 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (15400 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................7 to 16.
Stability class.....3.
Pcpn amount.........0.01 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........2700.
Visibility (SM).....10.
Sfc pressure (in)...28.69.

TIME (EST)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........54  57  60  65  65  51  66  67  73  88
Weather cov.....                                SCH CHC
Weather type....                                RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10
Temp............52  52  55  57  59  59  59  59  59  59
Dewpoint........44  45  45  46  46  46  47  47  47  47
RH..............73  76  70  66  63  64  65  65  66  65
20 FT wind dir..NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..3   3   5   5   5   5   5   5   3   2
20 FT wind gust.9   9   9   10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 1.1 1.4 1.6 1.9 2.2 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.1
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   SE  S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.9   10  9   7   5   6   6   7   6   5
LVORI...........4   4   4   4   3   3   3   3   3   3
ADI.............7   14  14  12  9   12  12  15  16  12
VRate kt-ft/10004   10  11  10  8   11  12  15  12  8
Ceiling (hft)...35  35  35  35  35  45  35  45  35  27
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Sfc pres (in)...874 875 876 875 874 872 871 870 869 870

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Rain showers likely
                    overnight.
Chance of thunder...22 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 47.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms in the late evening and
                    overnight.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 3 to 6 mph shifting to the southwest
                    around 3 mph early in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1900 knot-ft).
LVORI...............7.
ADI.................2 to 5.
Stability class.....5.
Pcpn amount.........0.12 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........1100 decreasing to 300.
Visibility (SM).....6.
Sfc pressure (in)...28.68.

TIME (EST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........92  95  94  96  95  97  97  97  97  98  98  97
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Chc of thdr (%).10  10  10  10  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20
Temp............57  55  53  53  52  52  50  49  49  49  48  48
Dewpoint........47  47  48  47  47  47  47  47  48  48  47  48
RH..............69  74  81  82  83  84  88  92  94  96  99  97
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   NE  NE  NE  N   N   SW
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   1   1   1
20 FT wind gust.8   8   8   8   8   7   7   7   6   6   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2
Transp wind dir.SE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   S   SW
Transp wind spd.5   6   6   5   6   5   5   5   3   3   3   3
LVORI...........4   5   6   6   6   6   6   7   8   8   8   9
ADI.............2   5   3   4   5   4   4   4   3   3   3   3
VRate kt-ft/10002   4   3   3   4   4   4   5   3   3   3   4
Ceiling (hft)...15  11  7.0 5.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.0
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  7   8   7   7   7   7   7   7   6
Sfc pres (in)...871 872 873 873 874 873 872 872 870 869 868 868

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (40-50 percent). Chance of
                    rain showers through the day.
Chance of thunder...18 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 68.
Min humidity........67 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 7 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early
                    in the morning.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 13 mph shifting to the west 14
                    to 17 mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2300 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (20400 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................4 to 31.
Stability class.....3.
Pcpn amount.........0.03 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........300 increasing to 1000 in the morning, then
                    increasing to 2400 late in the morning
                    increasing to 35000 early in the afternoon
                    decreasing to 4500.
Visibility (SM).....6 in the morning.
Sfc pressure (in)...28.57.

TIME (EST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........96  93  71  58  60  66  57  48  46  44  44  46
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH SCH
Chc of thdr (%).20  20  20  20  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............48  49  50  52  55  58  62  66  67  67  68  67
Dewpoint........48  48  50  51  53  54  55  55  56  56  57  57
RH..............100 98  100 97  93  85  77  69  68  68  67  69
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..1   1   2   3   5   6   7   7   7   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.6   7   9   10  13  15  16  18  18  18  18  17
Mix hgt (kft)...1.2 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.1
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.5   5   6   6   7   13  16  17  17  16  15  14
LVORI...........6   9   9   6   6   4   3   3   3   3   3   3
ADI.............6   4   4   6   8   15  21  29  31  30  28  20
VRate kt-ft/10005   3   2   3   4   10  15  19  20  20  19  13
Ceiling (hft)...3.0 10  10  10  10  24  30  350 350 45  45  45
Visibility (sm).6   6   6   6   6   7   10
Sfc pres (in)...868 868 868 868 869 867 865 864 862 860 857 858

$$
Forecaster...Clay Chaney
Requested by...Wes Bentley
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2502313.0/GSP
.DELDT 02/05/25
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