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FNUS72 KGSP 121129
FWSGSP

Spot Forecast for Latta Fairy Prescribed Burn...Mecklenburg County Natural Resources
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
729 AM EDT Wed Mar 12 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EDT on March 12.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Quiet conditions today with low relative humidity and light winds.
Relative humidity will not be as low on Thursday.

.REST OF TODAY...

Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........18 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 6 to 8 mph late
                    in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 3 to 5 mph shifting to the northwest
                    around 3 mph late in the morning, then shifting
                    to the northeast late in the morning shifting
                    to the southeast 3 to 6 mph early in the
                    afternoon shifting to the southwest 8 to 14
                    mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1000 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (66500 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Temp............43  50  58  65  70  73  76  78  78  79
RH..............77  63  49  37  26  22  19  18  18  18
20 FT wind dir..N   W   NW  N   N   S   S   S   SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..0   1   1   0   0   2   3   6   7   8
20 FT wind gust.1           1   1   3   7   9   12  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.3 0.5 1.3 3.0 4.2 4.8 5.4 5.4 5.5
Transp wind dir.W   W   NW  NE  SE  S   S   SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.5   3   3   3   3   6   8   9   13  14
VRate kt-ft/10002   1   2   4   9   21  34  43  59  67

.TONIGHT...

Min temperature.....Around 47.
Max humidity........86 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 7 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (60400 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (2900 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Temp............77  73  68  64  62  60  58  57  55  54  53  50
RH..............21  27  37  42  46  50  54  57  61  63  66  72
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..7   6   5   5   3   3   3   3   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.12  9   7   7   7   6   6   5   5   3   3   3
Mix hgt (kft)...4.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   SW  SW  W   W
Transp wind spd.15  10  9   12  12  12  12  12  10  10  9   8
VRate kt-ft/100060  5   4   5   5   5   5   4   4   4   3   3

.THURSDAY...

Max temperature.....Around 76.
Min humidity........32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest around 5 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 9 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1500 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (31500 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Temp............49  48  47  50  57  63  68  71  74  74  75  76
RH..............75  79  86  81  66  56  45  39  34  33  33  32
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  S   SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..1   1   1   1   2   2   3   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.2   2   5   5   6   7   8   10  12  12  12  12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.7 1.0 1.8 2.7 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.9
Transp wind dir.W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   SW  SW
Transp wind spd.7   6   6   5   5   6   7   8   9   9   9   9
VRate kt-ft/10002   2   2   2   3   5   11  19  28  30  31  32

$$
Forecaster...Steve Wilkinson
Requested by...Jared Walker
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2506106.0/GSP
.DELDT 03/12/25
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