939
FNUS72 KGSP 220914
FWSGSP
SPOT FORECAST FOR GA MOUNTAIN ORCHARD SOUTH...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
414 AM EST SAT FEB 22 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0500 EST ON FEBRUARY 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
TODAY IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE QUITE AS DRY AS YESTERDAY BUT RH WILL
MIX OUT TO NEAR 25 PERCENT UNDER MILDER TEMPERATURES. BETTER SMOKE
DISPERSION IS EXPECTED THAN ON FRIDAY. MIXING COULD DEEPEN A LITTLE
LATER THAN THE USUAL AFTERNOON PEAK. WINDS WILL PREVAIL FROM THE
SOUTHWEST FROM LATE MORNING ONWARD.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51.
MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....INITIALLY SOMEWHAT VARIABLE BUT SETTING UP FROM
THE SOUTHWEST 6 TO 14 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING,
BECOMING MORE WESTERLY BY EARLY EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....INITIALLY POOR, BECOMING EXCELLENT (71100 KNOT-FT)
IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................5 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 93 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
STABILITY CLASS.....2.
PCPN AMOUNT.........NONE.
CEILING (FT)........ABOVE 20000.
VISIBILITY (SM).....UNLIMITED.
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...29.0.
TIME (EST) 5AM
SKY (%).........32
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF THDR (%).0
TEMP............29
DEWPOINT........18
RH..............65
20 FT WIND DIR..N
20 FT WIND SPD..2
20 FT WIND GUST.3
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.N
TRANSP WIND SPD.3
LVORI...........3
ADI.............2
VRATE KT-FT/10001
CEILING (HFT)...250
VISIBILITY (SM).10
SFC PRES (IN)...913
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........8 10 14 17 20 21 21 33 39 37 42 39
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............28 29 30 35 40 43 46 48 49 50 51 50
DEWPOINT........18 17 18 20 20 20 20 19 19 19 19 20
RH..............65 62 61 54 45 40 35 31 30 29 29 30
20 FT WIND DIR..N NE NE E SE S S SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 3 5 6 7 7 7 6
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 6 6 9 12 13 14 13 14 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.8 1.5 2.3 3.5 4.3 4.8 5.3 5.5 4.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.N NE NE E S S SW SW SW SW W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 5 6 6 7 12 13 14 13 15 14
LVORI...........3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............5 5 5 6 11 20 49 65 77 76 93 79
VRATE KT-FT/10002 1 2 4 7 14 35 47 58 58 71 59
CEILING (HFT)...250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 230 210 210
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
SFC PRES (IN)...914 914 914 915 915 912 910 907 905 903 900 900
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 31.
MAX HUMIDITY........69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE
EVENING BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST
AROUND 5 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LIKELY FALLING TO 400 FT OR LESS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 9 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 8 TO
9 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2500 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................4 TO 5.
STABILITY CLASS.....6.
PCPN AMOUNT.........NONE.
CEILING (FT)........GENERALLY 17000 FT OR HIGHER.
VISIBILITY (SM).....UNLIMITED.
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...28.93.
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........29 27 16 12 8 5 4 4 4 5 4 3
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............47 44 41 40 38 37 35 34 34 33 31 31
DEWPOINT........20 21 21 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22
RH..............33 39 45 48 51 54 57 60 61 63 68 68
20 FT WIND DIR..SW W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..5 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.9 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 10 9 9 9 9 8 9 8 8 8 8
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
ADI.............5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
VRATE KT-FT/10006 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
CEILING (HFT)...170 170 250 240 250 250 250 250 230 210 200 210
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
SFC PRES (IN)...900 900 901 901 901 900 899 898 897 895 893 894
FORECASTER...JAKE WIMBERLEY
REQUESTED BY...GREG COHEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2503441.1/GSP
.DELDT 02/22/25
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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