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FNUS72 KGSP 181124
FWSGSP

Spot Forecast for Koontz Site Prep Burn...North Carolina Forest Service
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
724 AM EDT Fri Oct 18 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EDT on October 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Dry high pressure persists through the forecast period. A gradual
warming trend through the weekend and into the beginning of the
week, with above normal temperatures by mid week.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 69.
Min humidity........33 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northeast 5 to 6 mph late
                    in the morning.
Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 8 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (7000 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (35500 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................11 to 50.
Stability class.....2.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........25000.
Visibility (SM).....9.
Sfc pressure (in)...29.71.

TIME (EDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........1   1   1   1   1   1   0   0
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............52  57  61  64  66  68  69  69
Dewpoint........38  40  40  39  38  39  39  39
RH..............61  53  44  39  36  34  33  34
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..3   5   5   5   5   6   6   5
20 FT wind gust.7   9   10  10  10  10  12  10
Mix hgt (kft)...1.0 2.1 2.8 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.1
Transp wind dir.N   NE  N   NE  NE  NE  NE  N
Transp wind spd.8   10  12  12  10  10  12  12
LVORI...........2   2   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............11  28  40  46  44  45  50  44
VRate kt-ft/10007   19  28  33  32  32  36  31
Ceiling (hft)...250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250
Visibility (sm).10  9   9   9   9   9   9   9
Sfc pres (in)...975 976 975 974 973 972 972 971

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-5 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 39.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds around 5 mph early in the
                    evening becoming light.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 7 to 9 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2500 knot-ft).
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................3 to 7.
Stability class.....4.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........25000.
Visibility (SM).....9.
Sfc pressure (in)...29.72.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........0   0   0   0   1   1   1   1   1   2   3   4
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............63  59  54  50  48  47  45  45  44  42  41  41
Dewpoint........40  40  41  41  41  40  40  40  39  39  38  38
RH..............42  50  63  71  75  77  82  82  84  88  90  89
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..5   3   2   1   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.8   6   3   3   3   5   5   5   5   5   5   6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 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.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.7   7   7   7   8   8   9   9   9   8   9   9
LVORI...........2   2   3   3   4   4   4   4   5   6   6   6
ADI.............7   3   3   3   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
VRate kt-ft/10005   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
Ceiling (hft)...250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250
Visibility (sm).9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9
Sfc pres (in)...972 974 975 976 976 977 977 978 978 978 979 979

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 70.
Min humidity........36 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northeast around 5 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......3100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 8 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2800 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (28000 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................4 to 40.
Stability class.....4.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........25000 increasing to 27000 in the late morning
                    and afternoon.
Visibility (SM).....9 in the morning and early afternoon.
Sfc pressure (in)...29.72.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........3   2   1   4   0   0   0   1   2   3   4   5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............40  39  39  44  54  59  63  65  68  69  69  70
Dewpoint........37  37  37  40  41  42  41  41  40  41  42  42
RH..............91  93  91  84  63  52  45  41  36  37  37  37
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.6   7   7   8   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 1.1 1.7 2.3 2.7 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.9
Transp wind dir.NE  N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.9   9   9   9   10  10  12  12  10  9   9   8
LVORI...........6   6   5   4   2   2   1   1   1   1   1   2
ADI.............4   10  10  10  15  23  34  39  40  36  32  29
VRate kt-ft/10003   3   3   4   10  16  24  27  28  25  23  20
Ceiling (hft)...250 250 250 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 270 270
Visibility (sm).9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9
Sfc pres (in)...980 981 982 982 983 984 981 978 975 974 973 972

$$
Forecaster...Clay Chaney
Requested by...Cody Mathis
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 10/18/24
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