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FNUS72 KGSP 200050
FWSGSP
SPOT FORECAST FOR SPARKYS RIDGE...THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
850 PM EDT THU MAR 19 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 EDT ON MARCH 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
MOSTLY SUNNY AND DRY WEATHER CONTINUES THROUGH TOMORROW WITH
SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO AROUND 6 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON
AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING TO 35-40%. INCREASING
CLOUDS AND SOME LINGERING MIXING SHOULD KEEP ANY FOG POTENTIAL
LOW FRIDAY NIGHT. A WEAK FRONT WILL BRING WINDS TO WESTERLY
SATURDAY MORNING, WITH A 10 PERCENT CHANCE OF A STRAY SHOWER OR
THUNDERSTORM IN THE AFTERNOON.
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 9 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO 13 TO 20 MPH
IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (0 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING
TO EXCELLENT (68131 MPH-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................4 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 80 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
STABILITY CLASS.....2.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (FT)........21000 DECREASING TO 18200 LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
VISIBILITY (SM).....10.
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...28.71.
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........6 11 6 9 11 30 45 51 61 64
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............42 46 53 60 63 66 68 68 68 68
DEWPOINT........35 37 39 40 40 40 40 41 41 42
RH..............77 71 58 47 42 38 36 36 37 38
20 FT WIND DIR..W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 3 6 7 8 9 9 8
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 9 10 13 16 18 20 20 20
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.1 0.6 1.5 2.2 3.0 3.8 3.9 3.7 3.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 3 5 9 13 15 16 17 18 20
LVORI...........4 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............5 4 5 18 36 56 73 63 66 80
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.0 0 3 14 28 46 61 67 68 66
CEILING (HFT)...250 250 250 250 250 250 250 210 182 186
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
SFC PRES (IN)...889 889 889 888 886 883 880 877 873 871
FRIDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52.
MAX HUMIDITY........83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 TO 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (44883 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (575 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................51 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 8 LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
STABILITY CLASS.....4.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (FT)........13000 INCREASING TO 30000.
VISIBILITY (SM).....10.
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...28.61.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........64 64 48 39 30 24 20 27 30 46 62 77
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............67 66 62 60 59 58 57 56 56 55 54 54
DEWPOINT........42 43 43 42 42 43 44 44 45 45 46 46
RH..............40 43 49 51 54 58 61 64 67 70 73 76
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.18 18 18 18 16 16 15 14 14 14 14 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.6 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 14 14 15 15 14 14 13 13 13 12 12
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4
ADI.............51 12 12 10 13 12 12 8 8 8 8 8
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.45 7 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
CEILING (HFT)...130 130 250 250 250 300 300 300 300 300 300 300
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
SFC PRES (IN)...870 870 870 870 869 869 869 868 867 865 863 861
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF THUNDER...10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76.
MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING
BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 TO 14 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (0 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING
TO EXCELLENT (67671 MPH-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................7 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 77 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
STABILITY CLASS.....3.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (FT)........30000.
VISIBILITY (SM).....10 EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...28.58.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........82 86 90 78 79 80 75 69 64 57 50 43
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10
TEMP............53 53 54 57 62 66 69 72 74 75 76 75
DEWPOINT........47 48 49 50 51 53 53 53 53 53 52 52
RH..............80 83 83 77 69 62 57 52 49 46 44 44
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 3 3 2 2 3 3 5 5 5 3
20 FT WIND GUST.12 10 10 8 8 8 9 10 10 10 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.7 2.8 3.9 4.8 5.3 5.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W NW NW NW NW NW W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 9 8 8 9 10 12 13 14 14 13 12
LVORI...........4 4 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............7 10 8 8 10 11 26 45 64 77 77 68
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.0 0 0 2 6 10 20 36 54 66 68 59
CEILING (HFT)...300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10
SFC PRES (IN)...861 861 862 863 864 865 865 864 863 861 859 858
FORECASTER...ARK
REQUESTED BY...MIKE WARD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2606671.0/GSP
.DELDT 03/19/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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