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FNUS72 KGSP 022054
FWSGSP
SPOT FORECAST FOR HAOE LEAD FIRE...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
454 PM EDT FRI MAY 2 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0800 EDT ON MAY 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND SATURDAY AHEAD OF A SLOWLY
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUE AHEAD OF
THE FRONT, FALLING BACK TO NEAR NORMAL SUNDAY AND MONDAY. UNSETTLED
PATTERN POSSIBLE BY MIDWEEK.
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY
IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...77 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY
IN THE MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 TO 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (7020 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (59039 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................9 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 63 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
STABILITY CLASS.....3.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.53 INCHES.
CEILING (FT)........3000 INCREASING TO 3500 IN THE LATE MORNING AND
EARLY AFTERNOON, THEN DECREASING TO 1700 LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 1200 LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
VISIBILITY (SM).....5.
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...27.16.
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........82 79 85 87 88 86 91 87 86 90
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY DEF LKY CHC CHC
CHC OF THDR (%).40 40 40 50 60 70 80 60 40 30
TEMP............57 59 61 65 66 66 67 66 65 64
DEWPOINT........56 57 57 58 58 58 58 58 58 57
RH..............94 93 87 78 76 75 73 75 77 79
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 7 8 8 8 8 7 7 7
20 FT WIND GUST.14 17 20 22 23 24 25 24 23 21
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 1.5 2.3 3.0 2.7 2.5 2.2 2.4 2.1 2.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 14 17 20 18 17 16 20 20 18
LVORI...........6 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
ADI.............9 27 47 63 56 49 42 54 50 45
VRATE MPH-FT/10007 21 39 59 50 43 35 46 42 37
CEILING (HFT)...30 40 60 60 45 35 25 21 17 12
VISIBILITY (SM).6 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 6 5
SFC PRES (IN)...725 725 724 724 722 720 718 717 716 716
SATURDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS AND
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING, THEN
RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...28 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
20 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 18 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 7
TO 8 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING, THEN DECREASING
TO 5 TO 6 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (36482 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (2992 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................45 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 2 LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
STABILITY CLASS.....4.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.60 INCHES.
CEILING (FT)........1000 DECREASING TO 100 LATE IN THE EVENING,
THEN INCREASING TO 800 EARLY IN THE MORNING.
VISIBILITY (SM).....5 DECREASING TO 3 LATE IN THE EVENING, THEN
INCREASING TO 10 OVERNIGHT.
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...27.14.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........89 92 93 94 87 83 82 80 79 71 63 55
WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF DEF LKY CHC DEF LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
CHC OF THDR (%).30 30 30 30 30 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............63 61 60 59 57 57 56 54 53 53 52 51
DEWPOINT........56 56 55 55 55 54 53 53 52 52 51 51
RH..............78 83 85 86 91 90 91 93 95 96 97 100
20 FT WIND DIR..S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 5 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST.20 18 16 15 13 12 12 10 9 9 9 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.0 1.4 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 15 13 14 10 8 7 7 8 7 6 5
LVORI...........3 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 9
ADI.............45 10 8 6 5 4 3 3 4 3 3 2
VRATE MPH-FT/100036 21 14 9 7 5 4 5 6 5 4 3
CEILING (HFT)...12 12 11 10 10 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 8.0
VISIBILITY (SM).5 5 6 9 9 3 3 3 10 10 10 10
SFC PRES (IN)...715 714 714 715 716 718 718 717 717 716 716 715
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...11 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68.
MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE
IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 9 TO
13 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3452 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (69627 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................2 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 86 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
STABILITY CLASS.....3.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.06 INCHES.
CEILING (FT)........800 INCREASING TO 3000.
VISIBILITY (SM).....10.
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...27.16.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........53 51 49 42 34 27 24 20 17 17 17 17
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF THDR (%).10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10
TEMP............51 51 50 53 57 61 63 65 67 67 67 66
DEWPOINT........51 50 50 50 50 51 49 48 47 46 46 46
RH..............99 98 99 90 79 70 61 54 47 48 47 47
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 2 3 5 5 6 6 6 6 5
20 FT WIND GUST.8 8 8 10 12 14 15 16 17 17 17 17
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 1.0 1.2 1.9 2.6 3.4 4.1 4.8 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 5 6 8 9 10 12 12 13 13 13
LVORI...........10 9 8 5 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............2 5 7 15 26 40 53 66 73 84 86 83
VRATE MPH-FT/10003 4 6 11 20 31 42 53 64 68 70 67
CEILING (HFT)...8.0 8.0 12 12 12 35 35 35 35 35 35 30
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
SFC PRES (IN)...716 717 719 720 720 721 721 721 720 720 721 721
FORECASTER...JEFF TAYLOR
REQUESTED BY...MICHAEL WILLIAMS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2510797.13/GSP
.DELDT 05/02/25
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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