Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Greer, SC
Issued by NWS Greer, SC
773
FNUS72 KGSP 221034
FWSGSP
Spot Forecast for Hicks...USFS
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
634 AM EDT Sat Mar 22 2025
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 EDT on March 22.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT
THIS EVENING...
.DISCUSSION...
Dangerous and erratic fire weather conditions are expected today as
afternoon mixing permits winds to gust to 30mph or higher, more or less
at the same time as humidity drops to almost 20%. Prevailing winds will
be out of the WSW most of the day (becoming more W or even WNW and getting
lighter tonight), but afternoon gusts will be unpredictable.
Tomorrow looks somewhat less dire, with winds still breezy in the afternoon,
but not as gusty as today and more consistently out of the S. RHs will
also be a little less dry today - barely making it as low as 30%.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 62.
Min humidity........21 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 9 mph. Gusts up to 33 mph.
Mixing height.......6200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 14 to 21 mph increasing to west 26 to
31 mph late in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (8171 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (89998 knot-ft) in the
afternoon increasing to excellent (128782
knot-ft) later in the afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................14 early in the morning increasing to 138 in
the afternoon.
Stability class.....2.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........25000.
Visibility (SM).....10.
Sfc pressure (in)...27.61.
TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky (%).........3 2 1 0 1
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0
Temp............38 49 56 61 62
Dewpoint........23 25 25 21 21
RH..............55 39 29 21 21
20 ft wind......W 5 NW 7 NW 9 NW 9 NW 9
20 ft wind gust.16 25 32 32 30
Mix hgt (ft)....600 1500 4700 6200 6000
Transport wind..W 14 NW 21 W 28 W 30 W 29
LVORI...........2 1 1 1 1
ADI.............14 40 111 135 128
VRate kt-ft/10008 31 129 184 172
Ceiling (hft)...250 250 250 250 250
Visibility (sm).10 10 10 10 10
Sfc pres (in)...27.61 27.63 27.63 27.63 27.63
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 40.
Max humidity........51 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 7 mph with gusts to around
28 mph early in the evening becoming light.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 15 to 24 mph shifting to the northwest 8
to 14 mph early in the evening.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (123718 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (8861 knot-ft) late in the
night decreasing to poor (3912 knot-ft) overnight.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................142 early in the evening decreasing to 4 late
in the night.
Stability class.....4.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........25000.
Visibility (SM).....10.
Sfc pressure (in)...27.64.
TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........1 1 2 3 3 16
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............59 52 48 44 42 41
Dewpoint........22 23 24 25 24 24
RH..............23 31 39 46 49 51
20 ft wind......NW 7 NW 5 NW 3 NW 3 NW 3 NW 2
20 ft wind gust.28 17 13 12 10 8
Mix hgt (ft)....5100 600 600 500 500 500
Transport wind..W 24 NW 14 NW 12 NW 13 N 13 N 9
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 2
ADI.............142 6 5 6 6 4
VRate kt-ft/1000124 9 7 7 7 5
Ceiling (hft)...250 250 250 250 250 250
Visibility (sm).10 10 10 10 10 10
Sfc pres (in)...27.64 27.67 27.70 27.71 27.72 27.72
.SUNDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 64.
Min humidity........31 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 6 mph with
gusts to around 22 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 6 to 8 mph shifting to the south 6 to 14
mph in the late morning and early afternoon,
then shifting to the southwest 16 to 20 mph
later in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2762 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (87351 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................4 early in the morning increasing to 103 in the
afternoon.
Stability class.....4.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........25000 decreasing to 6000.
Visibility (SM).....10 in the morning and early afternoon.
Sfc pressure (in)...27.64.
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky (%).........16 7 1 3 6 10
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............41 41 50 56 61 63
Dewpoint........24 23 28 28 30 33
RH..............50 48 42 35 31 32
20 ft wind......NW 2 N 1 E 2 S 3 S 6 S 6
20 ft wind gust.7 7 9 14 20 22
Mix hgt (ft)....500 500 1400 2600 3600 4200
Transport wind..N 8 N 6 S 7 S 9 S 14 SW 18
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 1 1
ADI.............4 6 13 30 60 93
VRate kt-ft/10004 3 10 24 49 78
Ceiling (hft)...250 250 150 60 60 60
Visibility (sm).10 10 10 10 10
Sfc pres (in)...27.73 27.74 27.76 27.75 27.71 27.66
$$
Forecaster...Mike Rehnberg
Requested by...Nick Becharas
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2507416.0/GSP
.DELDT 03/22/25
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