391  
FNUS72 KGSP 241106  
FWSGSP  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR WATER WHEEL...USFS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC  
606 AM EST TUE FEB 24 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EST ON FEBRUARY 24.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS THIS MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY TURNING SW  
LATER THIS AFTERNOON TO EVENING. WIND GUSTS OF 10-15 MPH THIS  
AFTERNOON AND INCREASING OVERNIGHT. WIND GUSTS ON WEDNESDAY SHOULD  
BE IN THE 15-25MPH RANGE, BUT STILL OUT OF THE SW. AS FOR RH, EXPECT  
CRITICAL VALUES OF 20-25% THIS AFTERNOON. HIGHS REACH THE UPPER 40S  
TODAY. NO RAIN EXPECTED.  
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT).  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51.  
MIN HUMIDITY........21 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN  
THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......3800 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 8 TO  
16 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (5063 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (61801 MPH-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............2.  
ADI.................6 TO 44.  
STABILITY CLASS.....4.  
CEILING (FT)........21100.  
VISIBILITY (SM).....9.  
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...28.21.  
 
TIME (EST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........47 38 45 41 45 45 45 44 45  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............27 33 38 43 46 49 50 51 49  
DEWPOINT........12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 13  
RH..............51 41 33 28 24 22 21 21 23  
20 FT WIND DIR..N SE S S S S SW SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 2 2 5 6 6 6 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 7 9 13 14 15 16 16  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 1.6 2.1 2.5 3.0 3.6 3.8 3.8 3.0  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW W W W SW W W SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 6 8 10 13 16 16 16  
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1  
ADI.............6 8 11 18 25 33 44 43 39  
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.5 7 12 20 32 46 62 61 48  
CEILING (HFT)...226 230 228 212 211 235 220 214 234  
VISIBILITY (SM).9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9  
SFC PRES (IN)...838 837 835 833 830 827 824 822 821  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT).  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 34.  
MAX HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 12 TO 15 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4603 MPH-FT).  
LVORI...............2.  
ADI.................8 TO 10.  
STABILITY CLASS.....5.  
CEILING (FT)........20100 DECREASING TO 19000 EARLY IN THE MORNING.  
VISIBILITY (SM).....9.  
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...28.12.  
 
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........51 56 57 57 58 56 54 58 62 75 75 73  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............47 44 41 38 37 36 35 34 35 35 36 36  
DEWPOINT........14 15 15 16 16 17 18 18 18 18 18 19  
RH..............26 30 35 39 42 45 49 51 50 49 48 50  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW W SW SW SW W W W W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.17 17 16 16 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW W W W W W W W W W W W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 13 12 12 12 12 13 14 15 14 13  
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2  
ADI.............8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 10 9 8  
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.7 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 5  
CEILING (HFT)...249 246 248 247 244 230 216 202 202 201 201 190  
VISIBILITY (SM).9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9  
SFC PRES (IN)...822 822 822 822 821 820 818 817 816 814 813 812  
   
WEDNESDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT).  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.  
MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 24 MPH  
IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......4100 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 12 TO 21 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO 22 MPH IN  
THE AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4718 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (88962 MPH-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............2.  
ADI.................14 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 61 IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
STABILITY CLASS.....4.  
CEILING (FT)........13200 DECREASING TO 8900 EARLY IN THE  
AFTERNOON, THEN DECREASING TO 4500 EARLY IN THE  
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 30000 LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
VISIBILITY (SM).....9 IN THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.  
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...28.09.  
 
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........74 51 48 54 59 63 67 71 68 66 63 69  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............36 36 37 41 46 50 53 56 57 58 57 57  
DEWPOINT........21 22 24 26 30 32 34 36 37 37 38 38  
RH..............53 55 57 55 53 50 48 47 46 46 48 50  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 7 8 9 9 10 9 9 8 7  
20 FT WIND GUST.16 15 17 20 22 23 24 24 24 24 23 21  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.9 1.5 2.2 3.0 3.8 4.1 3.7 2.9 2.1 1.5  
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 12 14 18 21 22 22 21 20 17 16  
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2  
ADI.............14 14 14 23 37 50 59 61 55 46 34 27  
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.5 5 10 21 41 63 82 89 76 57 36 25  
CEILING (HFT)...178 167 170 173 176 132 89 45 45 45 300 300  
VISIBILITY (SM).9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9  
SFC PRES (IN)...812 812 812 813 813 812 811 810 809 809 809 810  
 

 
FORECASTER...PM  
REQUESTED BY...RYAN GREEN  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2603598.0/GSP  
.DELDT 02/24/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
 
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