307  
FNUS72 KGSP 211559  
FWSGSP  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR GA MOUNTAIN ORCHARD SOUTH...USFS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC  
1059 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2025  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1600 EST ON FEBRUARY 21.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO NEAR 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AS DAYTIME  
SUNSHINE CAUSES DRIER AIR TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE AND TEMPERATURES TO  
CLIMB INTO THE 40S. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE, BUT GENERALLY VEER  
FROM NORTH TO NORTHEAST THIS MORNING, THEN SOUTHEAST EARLY THIS  
AFTERNOON BEFORE BECOMING SOUTH-SOUTHWEST IN THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.  
ON SATURDAY, SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-10 MPH WILL GUST 10-15 MPH, MAINLY IN THE  
LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.  
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46.  
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......3600 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (12900 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO FAIR (14400 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............2.  
ADI.................18 TO 20.  
STABILITY CLASS.....2.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.  
CEILING (FT)........25000.  
VISIBILITY (SM).....10.  
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...29.13.  
 
TIME (EST) 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........3 10  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0  
TEMP............46 45  
DEWPOINT........12 13  
RH..............24 27  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3  
20 FT WIND GUST.7 6  
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.6 3.2  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5  
LVORI...........2 2  
ADI.............20 18  
VRATE KT-FT/100014 13  
CEILING (HFT)...250 250  
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10  
SFC PRES (IN)...913 914  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 27.  
MAX HUMIDITY........63 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST  
AROUND 3 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1100 KNOT-FT).  
LVORI...............3.  
ADI.................2 TO 3.  
STABILITY CLASS.....7.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.  
CEILING (FT)........25000.  
VISIBILITY (SM).....10.  
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...29.14.  
 
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........17 23 21 22 17 20 13 11 15 17 19 21  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............42 39 36 35 33 32 31 30 29 29 27 27  
DEWPOINT........13 14 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16  
RH..............30 36 41 45 49 51 52 56 56 57 61 62  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S SW W NW NW NW N N N N N  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2  
20 FT WIND GUST.6 5 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW W W W NW NW NW NW NW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 6 6 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3  
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3  
ADI.............2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2  
VRATE KT-FT/10002 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
CEILING (HFT)...250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250  
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10  
SFC PRES (IN)...914 915 916 917 918 917 917 917 916 915 914 914  
   
SATURDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51.  
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH IN  
THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 3 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST  
EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN SHIFTING TO THE  
SOUTHWEST 5 TO 12 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND  
EARLY AFTERNOON SHIFTING TO THE WEST 10 TO 12  
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO GOOD (45500 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............2.  
ADI.................4 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 61 IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
STABILITY CLASS.....2.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.  
CEILING (FT)........24000 DECREASING TO 8000.  
VISIBILITY (SM).....10 IN THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.  
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...29.0.  
 
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........24 33 32 29 41 30 31 33 38 29 20 16  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............27 27 29 34 40 42 45 48 49 50 51 49  
DEWPOINT........16 16 18 19 20 19 19 18 18 18 19 19  
RH..............62 63 62 53 44 40 35 30 29 28 27 30  
20 FT WIND DIR..N NE NE E SE S S SW SW SW SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 1 1 2 2 3 5 5 5 5 5 5  
20 FT WIND GUST.3 3 5 6 7 8 10 12 12 12 12 10  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 1.1 1.9 2.7 3.6 4.3 4.5 4.5 4.5 3.1  
TRANSP WIND DIR.E NW NW S S SW SW SW SW SW W W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 3 3 5 6 9 10 12 10 10 12 10  
LVORI...........3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
ADI.............4 4 4 7 14 32 45 59 55 55 61 40  
VRATE KT-FT/10001 1 1 5 10 22 32 43 41 41 46 28  
CEILING (HFT)...250 250 240 160 140 140 100 100 100 90 80 80  
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10  
SFC PRES (IN)...915 915 915 914 914 912 909 907 905 903 901 900  
 

 
FORECASTER...JARED KLEIN  
REQUESTED BY...GREG COHEN  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2503441.0/GSP  
.DELDT 02/21/25  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
 
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