385  
FNUS72 KGSP 201030  
FWSGSP  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR LATTA PRESCRIBED BURN...MECKLENBURG COUNTY NATURAL RESOURCES  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC  
530 AM EST THU FEB 20 2025  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 EST ON FEBRUARY 20.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW SHOWERS MAY IMPACT THE AREA THIS MORNING.  
DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN RETURN LATER TODAY, BRINGING VERY COLD  
WEATHER TO END THE WEEK. A DRY PATTERN WITH A WARMING TREND IS  
EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER THE WEEKEND, WITH ABOVE-NORMAL TEMPERATURES  
EXPECTED TO RETURN EARLY NEXT WEEK.  
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 38.  
MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO  
AROUND 29 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5700 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 16 TO 24 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (43200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (115100 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.03 INCHES.  
 
TIME (EST) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
TEMP............33 35 36 37 36 35 34  
RH..............63 51 44 39 38 36 38  
20 FT WIND DIR..N NW NW NW NW NW NW  
20 FT WIND SPD..9 12 13 14 15 14 13  
20 FT WIND GUST.21 23 24 25 28 29 28  
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.1 4.3 5.3 5.7 5.5 5.3 5.0  
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N NW NW NW NW NW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 17 22 23 24 24 23  
VRATE KT-FT/100043 65 100 114 115 112 100  
   
TONIGHT  
 
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 18.  
MAX HUMIDITY........69 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO  
AROUND 23 MPH IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT  
BECOMING LIGHT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 12 TO 21 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH  
AROUND 10 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (53400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING  
DECREASING TO POOR (5300 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE  
NIGHT.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.  
 
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
TEMP............32 29 26 24 23 22 21 21 21 20 19 18  
RH..............40 45 50 52 54 58 60 62 63 65 67 69  
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
20 FT WIND SPD..10 8 7 6 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3  
20 FT WIND GUST.23 20 18 16 15 14 12 10 9 9 9 8  
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW N N NW NW N N N N N N  
TRANSP WIND SPD.21 17 17 16 16 15 14 14 13 13 12 10  
VRATE KT-FT/100053 16 15 14 13 12 9 11 10 9 7 5  
   
FRIDAY  
 
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46.  
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH IN  
THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON, THEN  
BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......3800 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 7 TO 13 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4900 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO FAIR (26600 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.  
 
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
TEMP............18 18 19 26 30 34 37 41 43 44 45 44  
RH..............69 69 68 55 47 41 39 35 34 33 33 36  
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 3 3 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 2  
20 FT WIND GUST.8 7 8 9 9 10 10 12 10 9 9 7  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 0.6 1.3 1.9 2.2 2.5 2.7 3.0 3.3 3.5 3.8 2.6  
TRANSP WIND DIR.N NW N N N N N N N NW NW NW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 9 13 13 12 12 10 8 8 8 8 7  
VRATE KT-FT/10005 5 14 21 22 25 24 21 22 24 27 16  
 
 
FORECASTER...ANDREW KIMBALL  
REQUESTED BY...JARED WALKER  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2503234.0/GSP  
.DELDT 02/20/25  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
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