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FNUS72 KGSP 231617
FWSGSP

Spot Forecast for GA Mountain Orchard Rx...USFS
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
1117 AM EST Sun Feb 23 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 EST on February 23.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Mostly sunny skies with a few high clouds streaming overhead. As
a result, dry conditions will prevail with RH levels around 30%.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 56.
Min humidity........28 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest around 5 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 3 to 8 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (9700 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (24700 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................14 to 35.
Stability class.....2.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........25000.
Visibility (SM).....10.
Sfc pressure (in)...28.78.

TIME (EST)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........17  12  16  24  29  20
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............49  52  54  55  55  54
Dewpoint........22  22  22  23  23  23
RH..............34  31  29  28  28  30
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..2   2   3   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.7   7   8   9   9   9
Mix hgt (kft)...3.2 3.6 3.7 3.9 4.0 3.5
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.3   6   6   6   7   8
LVORI...........2   2   2   2   1   1
ADI.............14  25  26  27  33  35
VRate kt-ft/100010  18  19  20  24  25
Ceiling (hft)...250 250 250 250 250 250
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10
Sfc pres (in)...887 885 882 880 878 878

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent).
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 35.
Max humidity........73 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 8 mph shifting to the northwest 5 to
                    8 mph in the late evening and overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1100 knot-ft).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................2 to 5.
Stability class.....6.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........21000 decreasing to 20000 after 3 am.
Visibility (SM).....10.
Sfc pressure (in)...28.73.

TIME (EST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........25  33  29  42  34  44  45  44  45  47  45  42
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............51  47  45  43  42  40  39  38  38  37  36  36
Dewpoint........25  26  26  28  28  28  28  28  28  27  27  27
RH..............36  42  47  54  57  60  63  66  66  67  70  72
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  W   W   NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.8   8   8   8   7   7   6   6   6   6   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.6   7   7   8   8   7   7   7   7   7   5   5
LVORI...........2   2   2   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
ADI.............3   3   3   4   4   3   5   3   5   3   2   2
VRate kt-ft/10003   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   1   1
Ceiling (hft)...250 240 240 240 240 240 230 220 210 200 220 200
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Sfc pres (in)...878 879 878 878 878 878 877 877 876 874 873 874

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 61.
Min humidity........32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south around 5 mph late in
                    the afternoon, then becoming light late in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 5 to 6 mph shifting to the southwest
                    in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1100 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (17800 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................5 to 25.
Stability class.....2.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........23000 decreasing to 11000 early in the morning,
                    then decreasing to 6000 in the late morning and
                    early afternoon increasing to 35000 late in the
                    afternoon decreasing to 30000.
Visibility (SM).....10.
Sfc pressure (in)...28.68.

TIME (EST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........41  41  33  17  13  11  8   8   8   6   5   6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............36  35  37  43  47  51  54  58  59  60  60  59
Dewpoint........27  27  28  30  31  31  31  30  30  30  30  31
RH..............72  73  70  59  53  46  41  35  34  32  32  35
20 FT wind dir..N   NE  NE  NE  E   E   SE  S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..3   3   2   2   2   3   3   5   5   5   5   3
20 FT wind gust.6   6   6   6   7   7   7   7   9   9   9   8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.2 0.3 0.9 1.4 2.1 2.6 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.6 2.5
Transp wind dir.N   NE  NE  E   E   E   E   SE  S   SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.6   6   5   5   7   6   6   5   5   5   6   6
LVORI...........3   3   3   3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
ADI.............6   6   5   5   13  15  19  18  19  19  25  18
VRate kt-ft/10001   1   1   4   9   11  13  13  13  14  18  12
Ceiling (hft)...230 230 110 110 70  70  60  60  60  350 350 300
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Sfc pres (in)...876 877 878 878 879 877 876 874 872 870 868 869

$$
Forecaster...Clay Chaney
Requested by...Greg Cohen
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2503535.0/GSP
.DELDT 02/23/25
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