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Spot Forecast for Sarah Lee Rd...NC Forest Service
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
134 AM EST Thu Jan 22 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EST on January 22.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
A relatively quiet weather day ahead for the prescribed burn location.
RH should be higher today as moisture returns to the area. Expect
RH values of 40-50% this afternoon before increasing after sunset.
Rain chances a possible in nearby areas to the west, but for the
site specific, rain chances are less than 15% through the afternoon
and most of the overnight hours. Winds should be light and variable.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 57.
Min humidity........44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 3 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2186 mph-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (23132 mph-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................3 to 28.
Stability class.....2.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........10900 increasing to 21600 early in the
                    afternoon, then decreasing to 14300 late in the
                    afternoon.
Visibility (SM).....10.

TIME (EST)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........63  62  67  65  72  64  50  52
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............44  48  53  54  55  56  55  54
RH..............77  68  57  53  48  44  45  48
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  W   SW  W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..1   1   2   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.3   3   5   6   7   7   6   5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 1.4 2.0 2.5 2.0 2.2 1.3 0.6
Transp wind dir.NW  W   NW  W   W   W   NW  NW
Transp wind spd.6   6   6   8   9   10  6   3
LVORI...........4   3   2   2   2   2   2   2
ADI.............5   10  14  25  23  28  10  3
VRate mph-ft/1k.5   8   11  20  18  23  8   2
Ceiling (hft)...109 117 112 216 219 143 154 145
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain late in the evening and after 3 am.
Min temperature.....Around 35.
Max humidity........80 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 2 to 5 mph shifting to the north 3 to
                    5 mph early in the evening.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1150 mph-ft).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................1 to 2.
Stability class.....6.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........15100 increasing to 22900 in the evening, then
                    decreasing to 16300 overnight decreasing to
                    7300 overnight.
Visibility (SM).....7.

TIME (EST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........51  52  46  50  55  60  58  61  62  72  83  90
Weather cov.....                SCH SCH SCH         SCH CHC CHC
Weather type....                RN  RN  RN          RN  RN  RN
Tstm cov........
Temp............51  46  44  43  42  40  39  38  38  37  37  37
RH..............52  63  65  66  66  67  68  70  71  75  76  75
20 FT wind dir..NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   1   1   1
20 FT wind gust.5   5   3   3   3   3               3   3   2
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.W   NW  N   N   N   N   N   NW  N   NW  NW  N
Transp wind spd.5   2   3   3   3   5   3   5   3   5   3   3
LVORI...........2   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   4   4   4
ADI.............2   1   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
VRate mph-ft/1k.2   1   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
Ceiling (hft)...151 239 234 239 240 234 229 163 98  83  74  73
Visibility (sm).10  10  9   8   7   7   7   7   7   8   8   9

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain in the morning through the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 50.
Min humidity........49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......3200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 3 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1726 mph-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (27160 mph-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................3 to 34.
Stability class.....2.
Pcpn amount.........0.06 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........6300 increasing to 30000.
Visibility (SM).....5 increasing to 7 late in the afternoon.

TIME (EST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........88  83  97  93  88  86  83  81  80  79  78  75
Weather cov.....SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN
Tstm cov........
Temp............36  37  37  39  43  45  47  49  50  50  50  48
RH..............77  75  80  80  75  70  64  58  53  51  49  49
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..1   1   1   1   2   2   2   2   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.2   2   2   3   3   5   5   6   7   7   8   8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 1.0 1.7 2.5 3.1 3.2 3.0 2.5 1.9
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.3   3   5   5   5   5   5   6   7   9   10  10
LVORI...........4   4   4   4   4   3   2   2   2   1   1   2
ADI.............3   4   5   5   6   10  14  22  27  34  33  25
VRate mph-ft/1k.2   2   2   3   5   8   12  18  22  27  26  20
Ceiling (hft)...63  300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300
Visibility (sm).9   9   8   7   5   5   5   6   7   8   9   10

$$
Forecaster...CP
Requested by...C. Ramsey
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2600809.0/GSP
.DELDT 01/22/26
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