353  
FNUS72 KGSP 210801  
FWSGSP  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR LCRD NORTH OPS PLANNING...USDA FS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC  
301 AM EST SAT FEB 21 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EST ON FEBRUARY 22.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
RAIN MOVES OUT EARLY SUNDAY AND REMAINS DRY THROUGH MONDAY. RH VALUES  
SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN THE 25-30% RANGE AS DRIER AIR FROM THE NW MOVES IN  
BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG FRONT BRINGS GUSTY NW WINDS UP TO  
35 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING SUNDAY NIGHT. EXPECT WINDS  
TO PICK UP AGAIN MONDAY INTO THE 20-25MPH RANGE. RH ON MONDAY SHOULD  
MIX INTO THE 25-30% RANGE.  
   
SUNDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.  
MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO  
AROUND 30 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......6800 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 23 TO 31 MPH INCREASING TO 32 TO 35  
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (68246 MPH-FT) INCREASING TO  
EXCELLENT (160201 MPH-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............1.  
ADI.................73 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 124 IN  
THE AFTERNOON.  
STABILITY CLASS.....3.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.01 INCHES.  
CEILING (FT)........24000 INCREASING TO 35000 LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
VISIBILITY (SM).....9 IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.  
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...29.38.  
 
TIME (EST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........19 13 7 3 3 3 3 2  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............50 52 53 53 54 53 52 49  
DEWPOINT........38 35 32 28 25 22 20 19  
RH..............64 53 44 37 33 29 29 31  
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW W W W NW NW NW  
20 FT WIND SPD..10 12 13 13 14 14 14 13  
20 FT WIND GUST.22 24 26 28 30 30 30 29  
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.0 4.2 5.3 6.4 6.5 6.7 6.8 5.1  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.23 26 29 31 33 35 35 32  
LVORI...........1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
ADI.............73 102 124 105 114 120 119 101  
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.68 113 156 200 219 232 235 167  
CEILING (HFT)...240 240 240 240 350 350 350 350  
VISIBILITY (SM).9 9 9 9  
SFC PRES (IN)...938 938 938 938 939 940 942 944  
   
SUNDAY NIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-5 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 27.  
MAX HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH  
IN THE EVENING.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......1100 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 21 TO 29 MPH DECREASING TO 17 TO 22  
MPH OVERNIGHT.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (101851 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING  
DECREASING TO FAIR (18759 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE  
NIGHT.  
LVORI...............2.  
ADI.................12 TO 39.  
STABILITY CLASS.....4.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.  
CEILING (FT)........35000 DECREASING TO 9000 AFTER 3 AM.  
VISIBILITY (SM).....MISSING.  
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...29.46.  
 
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............45 42 39 37 36 34 33 32 31 30 29 28  
DEWPOINT........19 19 19 18 17 17 17 16 16 15 14 14  
RH..............35 40 43 45 46 49 50 52 53 54 54 56  
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W W W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..12 10 10 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 7 7  
20 FT WIND GUST.25 23 22 22 21 20 18 17 17 17 17 17  
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.4 1.8 2.1 2.5 2.8 2.2 1.7 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.5  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W NW NW NW NW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.29 25 24 24 23 21 18 17 17 20 21 22  
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2  
ADI.............39 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 12 13 14 15  
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.102 48 54 60 65 47 32 20 22 26 31 34  
CEILING (HFT)...350 350 350 350 350 350 350 350 350 350 90 100  
VISIBILITY (SM).  
SFC PRES (IN)...946 948 949 950 951 950 949 948 948 948 948 949  
   
MONDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47.  
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 24 MPH  
IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5800 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 21 TO 24 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (36367 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (128437 MPH-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............1.  
ADI.................47 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 98 IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
STABILITY CLASS.....2.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.  
CEILING (FT)........35000 DECREASING TO 14000 IN THE MORNING, THEN  
DECREASING TO 6000 IN THE AFTERNOON AND  
INCREASING TO 16000 BY THE EVENING.  
VISIBILITY (SM).....MISSING.  
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...29.47.  
 
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........3 4 6 7 8 11 14 17 14 11 8 7  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............27 27 30 33 36 39 42 45 46 47 47 45  
DEWPOINT........14 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15  
RH..............57 56 52 47 42 37 33 30 28 27 27 30  
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 10 10 9 9  
20 FT WIND GUST.17 17 18 21 22 22 23 23 24 23 23 21  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.6 1.7 2.6 3.5 4.4 4.8 5.3 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 4.3  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.22 23 24 24 24 23 23 22 22 22 22 21  
LVORI...........1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
ADI.............47 50 69 84 94 96 96 96 97 98 96 79  
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.36 39 61 84 106 114 120 126 127 128 127 88  
CEILING (HFT)...350 140 140 140 140 150 150 60 70 70 70 160  
VISIBILITY (SM).  
SFC PRES (IN)...950 950 951 952 953 951 950 948 948 948 947 950  
 
 
FORECASTER...CP  
REQUESTED BY...JAMES ATKINS  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2603366.0/GSP  
.DELDT 02/21/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
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