963  
FNUS72 KGSP 300151  
FWSGSP  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR PERSIMMON RIDGE FIRE...SC FORESTRY COMMISSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC  
951 PM EDT SAT MAR 29 2025  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 2235 EDT ON MARCH 29.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY  
AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS  
IS THEN EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON.  
OTHERWISE, CLOUD COVER WILL INCREASE WITH HUMIDITY RECOVERING TO  
WELL ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS.  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING, THEN CHANCE OF  
RAIN SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...11 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57.  
MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING  
LIGHT, THEN BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH  
OVERNIGHT BECOMING LIGHT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 16 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (72159 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING  
DECREASING TO POOR (4258 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE  
NIGHT.  
LVORI...............4.  
ADI.................47 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 4 LATE IN  
THE NIGHT.  
STABILITY CLASS.....5.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.13 INCHES.  
CEILING (FT)........3500 INCREASING TO 7000 LATE IN THE EVENING,  
THEN DECREASING TO 1300 OVERNIGHT..  
VISIBILITY (SM).....7.  
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...28.18.  
 
TIME (EDT) 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........76 74 72 77 81 88 89 94  
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC  
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RN RN  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............62 61 61 60 59 59 59 58  
DEWPOINT........50 50 51 51 52 53 54 54  
RH..............64 66 70 72 77 82 84 87  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..5 3 5 5 5 5 3 3  
20 FT WIND GUST.8 8 8 8 9 8 7 7  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 8 9 10 10 10 9 8  
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 4 4 4 6  
ADI.............6 5 6 7 7 7 6 4  
VRATE MPH-FT/10006 5 5 6 6 6 5 4  
CEILING (HFT)...80 80 70 50 50 26 18 13  
VISIBILITY (SM).9 9 9 9 9 9 8 7  
SFC PRES (IN)...822 823 822 822 821 820 819 818  
   
SUNDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). RAIN LIKELY IN THE  
MORNING. RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. PATCHY  
FOG IN THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...11 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66.  
MIN HUMIDITY........77 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE  
LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 13 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3567 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO FAIR (18413 MPH-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............5.  
ADI.................3 TO 20.  
STABILITY CLASS.....4.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.65 INCHES.  
CEILING (FT)........1200 DECREASING TO 900 EARLY IN THE MORNING,  
DECREASING TO 600 LATE IN THE MORNING,  
INCREASING TO 700 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.  
VISIBILITY (SM).....5 DECREASING TO 3 EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN  
INCREASING TO 4 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...28.09.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........96 95 98 97 96 97 95 93 91 91 91 91  
WEATHER COV.....CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY DEF DEF LKY  
WEATHER TYPE....RN RN RN RN RN RN RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10  
TEMP............58 58 58 58 59 60 61 61 62 64 65 65  
DEWPOINT........55 55 55 56 56 57 58 58 58 58 58 58  
RH..............87 88 93 93 92 90 89 87 84 82 80 79  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 13 14 13  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.3  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 8 9 9 9 10 10 12 13 13 13  
LVORI...........6 5 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3  
ADI.............3 5 6 11 11 11 13 14 17 20 20 19  
VRATE MPH-FT/10004 4 5 8 8 9 10 11 14 17 18 16  
CEILING (HFT)...12 9.0 7.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 7.0 6.0 6.0 7.0 7.0 7.0  
VISIBILITY (SM).6 5 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5  
SFC PRES (IN)...818 818 818 819 819 820 818 817 816 814 811 809  
   
SUNDAY NIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). SHOWERS LIKELY THROUGH  
THE NIGHT. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE  
EVENING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS  
OVERNIGHT. PATCHY FOG IN THE LATE EVENING AND  
OVERNIGHT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...36 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.  
MAX HUMIDITY........94 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS  
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 9 TO 14 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (13695 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING  
DECREASING TO POOR (5754 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE  
NIGHT.  
LVORI...............5.  
ADI.................6 TO 17.  
STABILITY CLASS.....4.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.36 INCHES.  
CEILING (FT)........700 DECREASING TO 300 IN THE LATE EVENING AND  
OVERNIGHT INCREASING TO 1000.  
VISIBILITY (SM).....4 DECREASING TO 2.48 LATE IN THE EVENING, THEN  
INCREASING TO 3 OVERNIGHT.  
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...27.99.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........90 92 93 92 95 95 95 94 92 93 93 94  
WEATHER COV.....LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........ CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH  
CHC OF THDR (%).10 10 30 30 30 40 40 40 20 20 20 20  
TEMP............66 65 63 62 63 62 62 62 62 62 62 62  
DEWPOINT........58 58 58 59 60 59 60 60 60 60 60 60  
RH..............77 81 84 90 90 90 92 93 93 93 94 93  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.13 12 12 12 12 13 13 14 15 15 15 15  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S S S S S S S S S SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 10 10 9 10 14 13 13 13 13 13 13  
LVORI...........3 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6  
ADI.............17 7 7 6 7 9 8 8 8 8 8 8  
VRATE MPH-FT/100014 8 6 6 7 10 7 7 7 7 7 7  
CEILING (HFT)...7.0 6.0 5.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 10  
VISIBILITY (SM).5 5 4 4 3.0 2.5 2.6 3 4  
SFC PRES (IN)...809 809 809 808 807 806 805 804 802 801 800 799  
   
MONDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SHOWERS AND  
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...34 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67.  
MIN HUMIDITY........72 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 22 MPH  
IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS  
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......1700 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 TO 18 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (7365 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO GOOD (30613 MPH-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............5.  
ADI.................8 TO 39.  
STABILITY CLASS.....4.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.43 INCHES.  
CEILING (FT)........300 INCREASING TO 27000.  
VISIBILITY (SM).....MISSING.  
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...27.86.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........94 93 93 93 92 92 91 91 90 86 82 78  
WEATHER COV.....LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH  
CHC OF THDR (%).20 20 10 10 10 30 30 30 30 30 30 20  
TEMP............62 62 62 62 63 64 64 65 66 65 66 66  
DEWPOINT........60 60 60 60 60 61 60 60 59 58 58 57  
RH..............93 93 93 93 91 89 86 83 78 78 75 72  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW S S S SW SW SW SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8  
20 FT WIND GUST.16 16 16 17 18 18 20 21 22 22 22 22  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW S S SW SW SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 13 14 15 16 16 17 17 18 18 18  
LVORI...........6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3  
ADI.............8 14 14 15 19 22 25 28 30 31 39 39  
VRATE MPH-FT/10007 8 8 11 15 18 22 25 29 30 31 30  
CEILING (HFT)...3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 10 10 10 10 10 24 270 270  
VISIBILITY (SM).  
SFC PRES (IN)...798 797 796 795 795 794 792 790 788 788 787 786  
 

 
FORECASTER...THOMAS WINESETT  
REQUESTED BY...DARRYL JONES  
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE  
.TAG 2507682.4/GSP  
.DELDT 03/29/25  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
 
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