418  
FNUS72 KGSP 231925  
FWSGSP  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR TUGALO VILLAGE...USFS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC  
225 PM EST MON FEB 23 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1500 EST ON FEBRUARY 23.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING. WINDS WEAKEN  
OVER THE COURSE OF THE EVENING WITH TEMPERATURES BOTTOMING OUT IN THE  
LOWER 20S NEAR DAYBREAK TUESDAY. HIGH ALTITUDE CLOUD COVER EXPECTED  
TUESDAY BUT CHANCE OF PRECIP STILL NEAR ZERO. WARMER TEMPS, LOWER RH,  
AND LIGHTER WINDS ALL EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY: STILL WARMER, BUT WITH MIN RH LIKELY REMAINING  
HIGHER, 45-50 PERCENT. GUSTS OF 20-25 MPH POSSIBLE. MORE CLOUD COVER  
COMPARED TO TUE, BUT RAIN CHANCES STILL NOT RETURNING UNTIL WED NIGHT.  
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 43.  
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO  
AROUND 25 MPH, PERHAPS AS HIGH AS 27 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5100 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 22 TO 24 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (103808 MPH-FT).  
LVORI...............1.  
ADI.................65 TO 74.  
STABILITY CLASS.....4.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........NONE.  
CEILING (FT)........UNLIMITED.  
VISIBILITY (SM).....UNLIMITED.  
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...28.51.  
 
TIME (EST) 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........1 1 1  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0  
TEMP............43 42 40  
DEWPOINT........12 11 11  
RH..............28 28 30  
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW  
20 FT WIND SPD..13 13 12  
20 FT WIND GUST.24 25 24  
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.0 5.1 4.7  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.24 24 22  
LVORI...........1 1 1  
ADI.............74 74 65  
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.122 122 104  
CEILING (HFT)...213 207 226  
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10  
SFC PRES (IN)...851 852 853  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 22.  
MAX HUMIDITY........69 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO  
AROUND 23 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING, BOTH  
TAPERING OFF THROUGH MIDNIGHT. WESTERLY WINDS  
3 TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO ABOUT 700 FT AGL BY 2 AM.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 12 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO 8 TO 9 MPH  
OVERNIGHT.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT AT SUNSET, DECREASING TO POOR  
(BELOW 10000 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE NIGHT.  
LVORI...............3.  
ADI.................4 TO 13.  
STABILITY CLASS.....6.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........NONE.  
CEILING (FT)........GENERALLY UNLIMITED.  
VISIBILITY (SM).....UNLIMITED.  
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...28.55.  
 
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 11 24  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............38 35 31 29 29 28 27 25 24 24 23 23  
DEWPOINT........11 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 14  
RH..............33 38 44 48 51 52 55 58 61 63 64 68  
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW W W W W W W NW W  
20 FT WIND SPD..10 8 7 7 6 6 5 3 3 3 3 3  
20 FT WIND GUST.23 20 18 17 15 13 12 10 9 9 9 9  
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.5 2.7 1.5 1.3 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.20 15 13 13 13 12 9 9 8 8 8 8  
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3  
ADI.............13 10 6 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4  
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.87 40 19 16 16 11 9 7 6 6 6 6  
CEILING (HFT)...244 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 249 248 247 242  
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10  
SFC PRES (IN)...855 856 857 858 859 859 859 858 857 857 856 856  
   
TUESDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54.  
MIN HUMIDITY........19 PERCENT. "REASONABLE WORST CASE" AROUND  
17 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH IN  
THE AFTERNOON. A FEW GUSTS TO NEAR 20 MPH  
POSSIBLE.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......UP TO 4000 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 7 TO 15 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....INITIALLY POOR, BECOMING EXCELLENT  
(60075 MPH-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............2.  
ADI.................8 TO 41.  
STABILITY CLASS.....4.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........NONE.  
CEILING (FT)........ALL CLOUDS ABOVE 15000 FT.  
VISIBILITY (SM).....UNLIMITED.  
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...28.41.  
 
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........32 62 62 57 43 27 28 31 36 41 46 47  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............22 22 23 29 36 41 46 49 52 53 54 52  
DEWPOINT........13 14 13 13 14 13 13 12 12 12 13 13  
RH..............69 68 64 50 40 32 25 22 20 19 19 21  
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 3 2 3 5 6 7 8 8 8  
20 FT WIND GUST.8 8 7 8 8 9 10 12 14 15 16 16  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 0.7 1.1 1.4 1.8 2.3 2.8 3.2 3.5 3.8 4.0 3.2  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W W W W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 12 15 15 14  
LVORI...........3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1  
ADI.............9 8 9 11 13 14 18 20 30 40 41 34  
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.6 5 7 10 12 16 22 26 40 56 60 45  
CEILING (HFT)...245 241 235 235 231 235 240 245 250 250 250 250  
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10  
SFC PRES (IN)...856 856 856 857 856 854 852 849 846 844 842 841  
 

 
FORECASTER...JCW  
REQUESTED BY...GREG COHEN  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2603586.1/GSP  
.DELDT 02/23/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
 
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