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FXUS62 KGSP 141131
AFDGSP
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
631 AM EST THU NOV 14 2024
SYNOPSIS
CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE FOR A VERY DAMP AND CHILLY
DAY. DRY WEATHER AND A WARMING TREND ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH
MONDAY. RAIN MAY RETURN TO THE AREA TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY BUT
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN MILD AT THAT TIME.
NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/
AS OF 620 AM EST THURSDAY...
KEY MESSAGES:
1) CHILLY, RAINY, AND MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY THANKS TO COLD AIR DAMMING
IN PLACE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT
2) BREEZY WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON BEFORE RETURNING AGAIN THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT
3) DRIER BEHIND THE FRONT THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT OUTSIDE OF
NORTHWEST FLOW RAIN SHOWERS ALONG THE NC/TN BORDER
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN AND CLOUDY SKIES NOW ENCOMPASS THE ENTIRE
FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING THANKS TO A COLD FRONT APPROACHING OUT OF
THE WEST. SO, WENT AHEAD AND INCREASED POPS THE NEXT FEW HOURS BASED
ON THE LATEST KGSP RADAR TRENDS. OTHERWISE, MORNING LOWS WILL END
UP ~5-8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THANKS TO CLOUD COVER AND PRECIP. STILL
COULD NOT ENTIRELY RULE OUT THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME BRIEF SLEET TO
MIX IN WITH RAIN OVER THE NEXT HOUR, MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE NC MOUNTAINS, BUT AS TEMPS CONTINUE TO SLOWLY WARM
DUE TO WAA, THE WINDOW FOR ANY WINTRY PRECIP IS QUICKLY COMING TO A
CLOSE. THE GROUND REMAINS TOO WARM FOR ANY SLEET ACCUMS, AND WITH
SLEET EXPECTED TO REMAIN FAIRLY ISOLATED, NO MAJOR IMPACTS ARE
EXPECTED.
COLD AIR DAMMING (CAD) WILL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE TODAY AHEAD OF THE
FRONT. THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA WILL SEE OVERCAST SKIES AND
WIDESPREAD RAIN THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY THIS EVENING. CAD,
RAIN, AND CLOUD COVER WILL ALL WORK TOGETHER TO LIMIT TEMPS THIS
AFTERNOON, SO HIGHS WILL END UP ~10-15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. BREEZY
E/SE'LY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NC MOUNTAINS THROUGH EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF BRIEFLY BY LATE AFTERNOON. THERE
WILL BE A FEW HUNDRED J/KG OF MUCAPE TODAY AHEAD OF THE FRONT SO AN
ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO CANNOT BE ENTIRELY RULED OUT. HOWEVER,
TYPICALLY WHEN WE ARE SOCKED IN CAD, WE REMAIN VERY STABLE. THUS,
THE THUNDER POTENTIAL WILL BE VERY LOW TODAY. NO FLOODING IS
EXPECTED WITH TODAY'S RAIN DUE TO THE DRY ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 0.75"-1.25" ACROSS THE
CWA. HOWEVER, UPSLOPE ZONES IN THE MOUNTAINS COULD SEE RAINFALL
TOTALS FROM 1.50"-2.00", WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN THE
SMOKIES. THE LOWEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE NW FACING RAIN
SHADOW LOCATIONS, WHERE ONLY 0.50"-0.75" IS EXPECTED.
THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING INTO
TONIGHT ALLOWING TO CAA TO FILTER INTO THE FORECAST AREA. THIS WILL
SCOUR OUT THE WEDGE LEADING TO GRADUALLY DECREASING CLOUD COVER AND
RAIN CHANCES, WITH MOST LOCATIONS SEEING DRY CONDITIONS BY 7-8PM.
HOWEVER, NORTHWEST FLOW RAIN SHOWERS WILL LINGER THROUGH TONIGHT
ALONG THE NC/TN BORDER. TEMPS WILL REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING OVERNIGHT
WHERE NW FLOW SHOWERS OCCUR SO NO WINTRY PRECIP IS EXPECTED. LOWS
TONIGHT WILL END UP A FEW DEGREES ABOVE CLIMO EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS
AS SOME CLOUD COVER WILL LINGER THROUGH DAYBREAK FRIDAY. LOWS ACROSS
THE MOUNTAINS WILL END UP SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE CLIMO THANKS TO
THICKER CLOUD COVER, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS. BREEZY WINDS, THIS TIME OUT OF THE NW, WILL DEVELOP AGAIN
THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT BEHIND THE COLD FRONT BUT WILL REMAIN WELL
BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.
SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/
AS OF 200 AM THU: NORTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS
FRIDAY, WITH PROG SOUNDINGS REVEALING PERSISTENT MOISTURE IN THE
UPSLOPE LAYER, AND VERY SMALL INSTABILITY WHICH SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO
PRODUCE CLOUD COVER IF NOT A FEW SPITS OF PRECIP. TEMPS SHOULD REMAIN
ABOVE FREEZING THERE UNTIL PRECIP ENDS, WITH MOISTURE TOO SHALLOW FOR
ICE NUCLEATION; WE THUS ADVERTISE ALL RAIN. OTHERWISE, SUNSHINE AND
(IN THE PIEDMONT) DOWNSLOPE FLOW STILL SHOULD RESULT IN MAX TEMPS
REBOUNDING A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL. GUSTS OF 30-35 MPH WILL CONTINUE
IN HIGH ELEVATIONS DURING THE DAY; LOWER ELEVATIONS AND THE PIEDMONT
WILL EXPERIENCE BREEZY CONDITIONS, WITH GUSTS MOSTLY AROUND 20 MPH,
ALTHOUGH A FEW GUSTS CLOSER TO 30 COULD MIX DOWN BRIEFLY IN THE
AFTERNOON.
HEIGHT GRADIENT WILL FURTHER RELAX FRI NIGHT AND THE HIGH ELEVATION
WINDS SHOULD TAPER OFF. MINS WILL RETURN TO ABOUT NORMAL; FRI NIGHT
IS LIKELY TO BE THE COLDEST NIGHT OF THE NEXT FEW FOR THE MOUNTAINS.
DRY CONTINENTAL HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST
ON SATURDAY, AS ATTENDANT UPPER RIDGE AXIS MOVES EAST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI. THAT AXIS WILL PUSH EAST OF THE APPALACHIANS BY SUNDAY.
POP WILL REMAIN NEAR ZERO AND SKIES MOSTLY CLEAR. MAX TEMPS WILL
TREND SLIGHTLY WARMER EACH DAY. SATURDAY NIGHT APPEARS LIKELY TO BE
COOLER THAN FRIDAY NIGHT IN OUR EAST, WHEREAS THE MOUNTAINS WILL
ALREADY BE SEEING THE EFFECT OF THE INCREASED THICKNESSES AT THAT
TIME AND LIKELY END UP A LITTLE WARMER.
LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/
AS OF 230 AM THU: THERE REMAINS CONSENSUS AMONG GUIDANCE THAT AN
UPPER LOW WILL MOVE FROM ONTARIO TO NEAR MAINE SUNDAY NIGHT AND
MONDAY, SUPPRESSING THE RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN SEABOARD TEMPORARILY,
WITH AXIS BEING FORCED OUT TO SEA. HEIGHT RISES WILL CONCURRENTLY
DEVELOP IN THE CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AS ANOTHER UPPER LOW SWINGS
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND INDUCES CYCLOGENESIS OVER WEST TX.
THE "NEW" RIDGE IS SHOWN TO SHIFT EAST TO THE APPALACHIANS BY EARLY
TUE, FOLLOWED BY THE COLD FRONT AHEAD OF THE OCCLUDING LOW IN THE
CENTRAL CONUS. ALTOGETHER, TEMPS SHOULD CONTINUE ON A GRADUAL TREND
FURTHER ABOVE NORMAL, WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS REMAINING ABOVE FREEZING,
AND MAX TEMPS IN THE LOWER 70S IN MOST LOWER ELEVATIONS BY MONDAY.
OUR NEXT CHANCE FOR PRECIP STILL LOOKS TO RESULT FROM THAT FRONT
REACHING THE AREA LATE TUE OR EARLY WED.
THERE APPEARS REASONABLY GOOD CONSENSUS AMONG THE MAJOR ENSEMBLES
THAT BY THAT TIME, THE DISTURBANCE NOW KNOWN AS PTC 19--OR ITS
REMNANT--WILL BE IN THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO. ONCE AGAIN THE
CANADIAN GDPS DEPICTS THE REMNANT MORE OR LESS MERGING WITH THE COLD
FRONT IN THE LOWER MS VALLEY AND A BROAD RAIN SHIELD EXPANDING ACROSS
MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST. IT CURRENTLY APPEARS AN OUTLIER IN THAT; EVEN
INCORPORATING ALL THE GEPS MEMBERS, PROBABILITY OF MORE THAN 1" OF
RAIN IN 24 HOURS IS SMALL IN OUR CWA, WITH HIGHEST PROBS ACROSS
NORTHERN FL AND SOUTH GA. CONFIDENCE IS UNDERSTANDABLY ON THE LOW
END GIVEN THE LONG RANGE, BUT AS OF NOW IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE PTC 19
WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO OUR CWA.
AVIATION /12Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/
AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE: A COLD FRONT APPROACHING OUT OF THE WEST
IS LEADING TO OVC MVFR TO VFR CLOUD COVER AND RAIN ACROSS THE
TERMINALS AS OF 12Z. KAVL HAS ALREADY SEEN IFR CIGS DEVELOP. LLWS
CANNOT BE ENTIRELY RULED OUT, ESPECIALLY AT KAVL, THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS BUT THE POTENTIAL LOOKS MARGINAL AT BEST SO DID NOT
MENTION IN THE TAFS THIS UPDATE. RAIN STICKS AROUND THROUGH THE
EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST,
ALLOWING DRIER WEATHER TO RETURN THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. HAVE
PREVAILING RA ACROSS THE TERMINALS THROUGH 23Z-01Z FOR MOST
LOCATIONS, ALTHOUGH KAVL WILL SEE RAIN END EARLIER, ~20Z-22Z. DID
ADD A TEMPO FOR +RA AT THE SC UPSTATE TERMINALS FOR THE FIRST 2
HOURS OF THE 12Z TAF PERIOD PER THE LATEST RADAR TRENDS. CIGS SHOULD
MAINLY DROP TO IFR LEVELS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS FROM WEST TO EAST
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH-END LIFR CIGS IN THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS.
VSBYS WILL DECREASE AS WELL WITH THE RAIN SHIELD, RANGING MOSTLY
FROM MVFR TO IFR. WINDS WILL REMAIN SE AT KAVL AND NE EAST OF THE
MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. WINDS WILL THEN GRADUALLY TURN
N/NW ACROSS THE TERMINALS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THIS EVENING. PATCHY FOG LOOKS TO STICK AROUND/REDEVELOP TONIGHT
INTO DAYBREAK FRIDAY EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS SO HAVE THIS ACCOUNTED
FOR TOWARDS THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD. CLOUD COVER WILL GRADUALLY
THIN OUT THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT BECOMING SCT TO BKN. CIGS WILL
GRADUALLY LIFT TO MVFR LEVELS THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT, WITH
TERMINALS EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS EXPECTED TO LIFT BACK TO VFR. KAVL
MAY SEE IFR CIGS DEVELOP AGAIN OVERNIGHT.
OUTLOOK: HIGH PRESSURE BRINGS DRY AND VFR CONDITIONS BACK FRIDAY
INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
SYNOPSIS...WIMBERLEY
NEAR TERM...AR
SHORT TERM...WIMBERLEY
LONG TERM...WIMBERLEY
AVIATION...AR
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