067
FNUS72 KGSP 222145
FWSGSP
SPOT FORECAST FOR AT - DOE RIDGE SAR...GREAT SMOKY MTN NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
545 PM EDT FRI MAY 22 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1800 EDT ON MAY 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE SMOKIES THROUGH TONIGHT AND ADDITIONAL ROUNDS
ON SATURDAY. IT SHOULD BE CLOUDY WITH LOW CLOUD BASES AND
POTENTIAL FOR SOME VISIBILITY REDUCTION, BUT DENSE FOG IS NOT
EXPECTED. BREEZY SOUTH WINDS TONIGHT WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST AND
WEAKEN SLIGHTLY ON SATURDAY.
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS AND
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. CHANCE
OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. PATCHY FOG.
CHANCE OF PCPN......90 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...40 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.
MAX HUMIDITY........99 PERCENT.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 18 MPH.
CEILING (FT)........2100 DECREASING TO 1000 EARLY IN THE EVENING,
THEN DECREASING TO 700 OVERNIGHT.
VISIBILITY (SM).....8 DECREASING TO 3 EARLY IN THE EVENING, THEN
INCREASING TO 4 IN THE LATE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........91 93 96 96 97 98 98 99 99 96 93 90
WEATHER COV.....LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).70 80 90 90 90 90 50 50 30 30 30 40
CHC OF THDR (%).40 30 30 30 30 20 20 20 10 10 10 20
TEMP............62 62 61 61 61 61 61 61 60 60 60 59
RH..............93 93 93 94 94 93 93 94 93 93 94 95
APARNT TMP (F)..62 62 61 61 61 61 61 61 60 60 60 59
SURFACE WND DIR.S S S S S S S S S SE SE S
SURFACE WND SPD.10 13 16 16 17 17 18 18 17 16 16 15
SURFACE WND GST.21 23 25 25 26 26 26 26 25 24 24 23
CEILING (HFT)...21 10 10 10 10 13 8.0 9.0 8.0 12 7.0 7.0
VISIBILITY (SM).8 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY
SUNNY (65-75 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG IN THE
MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. RAIN SHOWERS AND
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
CHANCE OF PCPN......100 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64.
MIN HUMIDITY........91 PERCENT.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH.
CEILING (FT)........700 DECREASING TO 600 LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN
DECREASING TO 500 LATE IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO 600 LATE IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO 700 INCREASING TO 900 EARLY IN
THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 1100.
VISIBILITY (SM).....3 DECREASING TO 2.74 LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN
INCREASING TO 4 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING
TO 5 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 7.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........88 86 96 85 86 97 91 84 82 87 88 69
WEATHER COV.....LKY LKY DEF LKY DEF DEF DEF LKY LKY DEF DEF CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
CHC OF PCPN (%).60 70 90 70 80 100 90 70 70 80 80 50
CHC OF THDR (%).20 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 50 50 50 50
TEMP............60 60 60 59 59 59 60 61 62 63 64 64
RH..............94 95 96 99 100 100 100 100 100 100 97 96
APARNT TMP (F)..60 60 60 59 59 59 60 61 62 63 64 64
SURFACE WND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S SW
SURFACE WND SPD.15 14 13 13 12 10 9 9 8 7 7 6
SURFACE WND GST.22 22 21 21 20 21 20 18 17 16 14 14
CEILING (HFT)...7.0 7.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 9.0 11 14 16 19
VISIBILITY (SM).4 4 3 2.7 2.9 4 4 5 5 5 6 7
FORECASTER...ARK
REQUESTED BY...JOSH ALBRITTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 2614315.0/GSP
.DELDT 05/22/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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