525
FNUS72 KGSP 040650
FWSGSP
SPOT FORECAST FOR FOX GAP WF...NPS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
250 AM EDT SAT APR 4 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0600 EDT ON APRIL 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
CLOUDS AND MOISTURE WILL INCREASE TODAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES
FROM THE WEST. SHOWER CHANCES WILL INCREASE STARTING AROUND NOON
AS CONVECTION DEVELOPS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. A ROUND OF SHOWERS OR
STORMS IS LIKELY DURING THE AFTERNOON, FOLLOWED BY A LULL IN THE
EVENING. THE MAIN BAND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
FRONT SHOULD ARRIVE AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAINFALL OF AROUND ONE INCH
IS EXPECTED AS THE FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING. EXPECT THE WIND TO SHIFT WITH THE FRONT FROM S TO NW
AROUND DAYBREAK SUNDAY. THE RAIN SHOULD END IN THE AFTERNOON.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING, THEN RAIN SHOWERS
LIKELY AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTH AROUND 7 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. GUSTY
AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 18
TO 20 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (15421 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (98514 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................7 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 60 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
STABILITY CLASS.....4.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.02 INCHES.
CEILING (FT)........5300 DECREASING TO 1900 LATE IN THE MORNING,
THEN INCREASING TO 3200 IN THE AFTERNOON.
VISIBILITY (SM).....10.
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...27.57.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........59 65 81 80 74 74 62 79 76 68 68 67
WEATHER COV..... SCH CHC CHC LKY CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ CHC CHC CHC SCH
CHC OF THDR (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 30 30 30 20
TEMP............59 58 59 61 65 70 73 75 77 78 80 78
DEWPOINT........57 57 57 59 60 62 62 62 61 61 61 61
RH..............94 95 94 92 85 76 70 64 58 56 52 55
20 FT WIND DIR..E E SE SE SE S S S S SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
20 FT WIND GUST.13 13 13 13 14 16 16 16 17 17 18 18
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.5 1.5 1.5 2.4 3.2 4.0 3.9 4.1 5.0 5.0 5.1 4.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE S S S S S S SW SW SW S
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 12 12 14 15 17 16 16 20 20 18 18
LVORI...........6 5 5 4 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............7 19 19 29 37 47 44 45 60 60 57 55
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.15 17 17 33 48 68 62 65 97 99 94 88
CEILING (HFT)...53 64 63 25 19 26 28 32 34 42 56 57
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
SFC PRES (IN)...766 767 767 767 767 766 765 764 762 760 758 757
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). SHOWERS LIKELY
IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
THE NIGHT. SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. PATCHY FOG
OVERNIGHT. PATCHY FOG AFTER 3 AM.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...40 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 5
MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT, THEN
SHIFTING TO THE WEST AFTER 3 AM. GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 TO 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (66635 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO FAIR (16802 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................8 TO 45.
STABILITY CLASS.....4.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.56 INCHES.
CEILING (FT)........6900 DECREASING TO 700.
VISIBILITY (SM).....7 DECREASING TO 5 OVERNIGHT, THEN INCREASING TO
7 OVERNIGHT DECREASING TO 5 AFTER 3 AM
DECREASING TO 4.
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...27.47.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........61 57 58 61 71 76 82 87 88 97 98 100
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH
CHC OF THDR (%).20 20 30 30 30 40 40 40 30 30 30 20
TEMP............78 76 71 69 67 66 64 63 63 61 61 60
DEWPOINT........61 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60
RH..............55 58 68 73 79 82 87 89 91 96 96 98
20 FT WIND DIR..SW S S S SE SE S S S W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.17 16 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.1 2.8 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S W W SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 15 13 12 13 14 14 13 12 12 14 12
LVORI...........1 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 5
ADI.............45 10 8 8 8 9 9 8 8 8 9 13
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.67 42 20 19 21 22 21 19 18 17 21 17
CEILING (HFT)...69 69 91 70 56 60 31 18 12 8.0 7.0 7.0
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 10 10 7 5 7 7 5 4 4
SFC PRES (IN)...756 755 755 755 755 755 755 754 753 751 749 747
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY
SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG IN THE
MORNING. RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING, THEN RAIN SHOWERS
LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE
MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 12
TO 14 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (13004 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (62607 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................13 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 55 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
STABILITY CLASS.....3.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.36 INCHES.
CEILING (FT)........700 INCREASING TO 1000 LATE IN
THE MORNING INCREASING TO 2400 INCREASING TO
3900 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO
10000.
VISIBILITY (SM).....5 DECREASING TO 2.94 EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN
INCREASING TO 4 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING
TO 5 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 7.
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...27.47.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........100 99 97 91 91 91 84 80 75 69 62 56
WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF DEF LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........SCH SCH
CHC OF THDR (%).20 20 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............57 56 54 53 54 56 58 60 62 63 64 64
DEWPOINT........57 56 54 53 54 54 54 52 51 50 48 47
RH..............100 100 100 100 100 93 84 75 68 62 57 55
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.14 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 13 14 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.5 1.6 1.6 2.2 2.4 2.5 3.0 3.6 4.1 4.4 4.5 4.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 12 8 12 13 12 13 13 14 14 14 14
LVORI...........5 5 5 5 4 5 4 3 3 1 1 1
ADI.............13 20 14 23 27 25 30 33 39 54 55 53
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.18 19 13 26 30 29 38 45 57 61 63 60
CEILING (HFT)...7.0 8.0 9.0 8.0 7.0 10 24 39 53 100 110 110
VISIBILITY (SM).5 5 2.9 2.9 4 5 7 8 10 10 10 10
SFC PRES (IN)...747 748 749 751 753 755 756 755 755 754 753 753
FORECASTER...PM
REQUESTED BY...MATT WOOD
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2608238.6/GSP
.DELDT 04/04/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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