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FXUS62 KGSP 271752
AFDGSP
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
152 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2025
SYNOPSIS
COOL HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFF THE EAST COAST TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY RESULTING IN WARMER TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY. LOW
PRESSURE MOVES ALONG A FRONT TOWARD OUR REGION CROSSING
OUR AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH MORE RAIN. A SLOW
MOVING WEAK COLD FRONT WILL DRIFT TOWARD THE CAROLINA COAST BY
FRIDAY NIGHT. DRIER WEATHER MOVES OVER OUR AREA FOR THE
WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK.
NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/
AS OF 140 PM EDT TUESDAY: NOT MUCH CHANGE TO THE FORECAST WITH THIS
UPDATE. SHOWERS ARE STARTING TO BLOSSOM AGAIN ACROSS THE WESTERN
HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA, AHEAD OF ANOTHER SHORTWAVE. CONVECTION
HAS BECOME ORGANIZED OVER CENTRAL AL, AND THE NORTHERN EDGE OF
THIS MAY SKIRT OUR SOUTHERN ZONES. BUT WITH A STRONG COLD-AIR
DAMMING WEDGE REMAINS IN PLACE, THAT ACTIVITY SHOULD WEAKEN INTO
MOSTLY AN AREA OF SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS THIS
EVENING. TWEAKED POPS TO SHOW A MORE PRONOUNCED LULL THIS AFTN,
THEN RAMP UP INTO THE LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL RANGE EARLY THIS EVENING
FROM WEST TO EAST. WITH SUCH COLD TEMPS, THE FORECAST HIGH TEMPS
AT GSP ARE A COUPLE DEGREES COLDER THAN THE RECORD LOW MAXIMUM OF
65 DEGREES (SEE CLIMATE SECTION BELOW).
POP MAXIMIZES THIS EVENING, AS BAND OF ELEVATED CONVECTION CROSSES
THE AREA. PRECIP SHOULD TAPER TO MAINLY CHANCE OVERNIGHT THRU
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING, AS MOIST UPGLIDE LINGERS BEHIND THE
EVENING CONVECTION. QPF DOESN'T LOOK VERY HEAVY TONIGHT, BUT WPC
DOES HAVE OUR AREA UNDER A MARGINAL RISK FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
FOR TODAY/TONIGHT. THIS SUGGESTS THAT ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING
WILL BE POSSIBLE, MOSTLY WHERE ANY HEAVIER SHOWERS TRAIN OVER THE
SAME LOCATIONS.
WEDNESDAY, SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLIDE OFF THE EAST COAST,
WHILE A WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS NEAR THE TIDEWATER
AREA. MEANWHILE, 850 MB FLOW VEERS TO WESTERLY AND HELPS SCOUR OUT
THE CAD WEDGE. SO A PRONOUNCED REBOUND IN TEMPS WITH SCATTERING
OUT OF THE LOW CLOUDS IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. THERE
WILL BE SOME SBCAPE MATERIALIZE, BUT CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO
LACK A GOOD TRIGGER. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED LATE AFTN INTO EARLY EVENING,
HIGHEST IN THE MOUNTAINS. HIGHS WILL BE BACK INTO THE UPPER 70S
TO LOWER 80S IN THE LOWER VALLEYS AND PIEDMONT.
SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/
KEY MESSAGES:
1) SHOWER CHANCES INCREASE THURSDAY
2) SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE FRIDAY WITH A COLD FRONT
3) TEMPERATURES REBOUND TO NORMAL
AS OF 140 PM TUESDAY: PICKING UP WEDNESDAY NIGHT, THE PATTERN
BECOMES MORE UNSETTLED THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. SYNOPTICALLY, BROAD
SW FLOW OVER THE SOUTHEAST TO START WITH EMBEDDED SHORTWAVES MOVING
THROUGH INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS ADDITIONAL UPPER FORCING SUPPORT
INCREASES RAIN CHANCES ACROSS THE CWA. CAPPING POPS AT CHANCE (45-
60%). CURRENT GUIDANCE SHOWS MINIMAL INSTABILITY DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS, KEEPING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES LOW. CANNOT RULE OUT A
RUMBLE OF THUNDER. FOR FRIDAY, THE PATTERN REMAINS UNSETTLED AS
GUIDANCE SHOWS A TROUGH AND UPPER LOW SWINGING SOUTHWARD, BRINGING A
COLD FRONT ACROSS THE CWA. AT THIS TIME, THE FROPA LOOKS TO SWEEP
THROUGH FRIDAY, REACHING EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS AROUND PEAK HEATING.
CURRENT MODELS ARE NOT AS EXCITED WITH RELATIVELY MODERATE BULK
SHEAR OF 25-30KTS AND A FEW HUNDRED JOULES OF SBCAPE. MODELED
SOUNDINGS FROM THE GFS, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, SHOW A PROFILE THAT
COULD SUPPORT A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS, BUT SEVERE IS LIMITED AT
THIS TIME. HOWEVER, DEPENDING ON WHERE THIS FRONT PASSES THROUGH AND
WHEN IT OCCURS WILL PLAY A ROLE IN HOW THESE STORMS EVOLVE.
CURRENTLY, SPC HAS HIGHLIGHTED AN AREA JUST ON THE EASTERN FRINGE OF
THE CWA, SO WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AS THINGS WILL CHANGE. POPS
REMAIN HIGH (70-80%) RANGE AS THERE IS DECENT WIDESPREAD QPF
RESPONSE WITH THIS SYSTEM. TEMPERATURES SHOULD REBOUND CLOSER TO
NORMAL.
LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/
KEY MESSAGES
1) RAIN CHANCES INCREASE SUNDAY ACROSS THE NC MOUNTAINS
2) HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN TO START THE WEEK AND MOSTLY DRY
CONDITIONS RETURN
3) TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY WARM THROUGH THE PERIOD
AS OF 200 PM TUESDAY: BY FRIDAY NIGHT, THE UPPER LOW BEGINS TO LIFT
NE, DRAGGING THE REMNANT COLD FRONT OUT OF THE AREA. BEHIND THE
FRONT, MUCH DRIER AIR FILTERS IN AS NW FLOW BRINGS IN THE LESS MUGGY
AIR INTO THE REGION. THROUGH THE WEEKEND, THE TROUGH REMAINS
STEADILY OVERHEAD AS A RIDGE BUILDS IN OUT WEST. THIS SHOULD HELP TO
KEEP RAIN CHANCES DOWN ON SATURDAY FOR A PORTION OF THE CWA.
GUIDANCE AT THIS TIME SETS UP A PERSISTENT NW FLOW OVER THE NC
MOUNTAINS, WITH LINGERING SURFACE MOISTURE. CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW
LIGHT SHOWERS BUT POPS REMAIN AT SLIGHT CHANCE (15-30%) AT BEST.
LOOKING AHEAD INTO SUNDAY, LONG RANGE GUIDANCE FROM THE GFS/EURO
WANT TO SEND A VORTICITY LOBE SCREAMING DOWN THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE
TROUGH. THIS MEANS BRINGING A HICCUP IN THE UPPER FLOW AND
ADDITIONAL FORCING, THAT COULD CONTRIBUTE TO INCREASING PRECIP
CHANCES. THIS IS STILL 5-6 DAYS OUT, SO WON'T LOCK ANYTHING IN AT
THIS TIME. HOWEVER, SHOWER CHANCES INCREASE SLIGHTLY, MOSTLY OVER
THE MOUNTAINS (30-40%). LOOKING EVEN FURTHER INTO THE FORECAST, THE
SYNOPTIC PATTERN STARTS TO TURN DRIER AS A QUASI-OMEGA BLOCKING
PATTERN ATTEMPTS TO EMERGE AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. THIS TIME,
THE RIDGE AXIS LOOKS TO PUSH FURTHER EASTWARD AND BRING MUCH DRIER
WEATHER FOR THE AREA AS WHOLE, BUT TYPICAL DIURNALLY DRIVEN POP UP
SHOWERS EMERGE. ALL IN ALL, THE EXTENDED LOOKS TO HAVE A MIX OF
MOSTLY DRY WEATHER AND A FEW SHOWERS. TEMPERATURES LOOK TO GRADUALLY
INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD AND REMAIN AT OR JUST ABOVE NORMAL BY
THE END OF THE PERIOD.
AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/
AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE: A COOL WEDGE IS HOLDING ON ACROSS THE AREA,
DESPITE A LULL IN SHOWER ACTIVITY THIS AFTN. THERE WILL BE SPOTTY
LIGHT SHOWERS DEVELOPING THRU THE AFTN, AND WILL HANDLE WITH
VCSH, SINCE THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE GREAT ENOUGH IN COVERAGE
OR INTENSITY TO WARRANT PROB30 AND/OR TEMPOS. CIGS HAVE LARGELY
STABILIZED AROUND IFR TO LOW MVFR, AND SHOULD LOWER AGAIN THIS
EVENING INTO IFR AND POSSIBLY LIFR THRU DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. EXPECT
ANOTHER ROUND OF MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS STARTING IN THE 23Z-01Z
TIME FRAME, THE SHOWERS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THRU ROUGHLY 06 TO
08Z WED MORNING. THERE MAY BE SOME THUNDER EMBEDDED IN THE SHOWERS
TONIGHT, BUT TOO ISOLATED TO MENTION IN THE TAFS. OTHERWISE, WINDS
WILL REMAIN NELY OUTSIDE THE MTNS BECOMING MORE NLY LATER IN THE
PERIOD WITH SOME SPORADIC LOW-END GUSTS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY AT THE
UPSTATE TERMINALS THIS AFTN. THE WEDGE WILL BEGIN TO ERODE LATE
WED MORNING, CAUSING IMPROVING CIGS AND VSBY AND WINDS SHIFTING
TO W OR SW BEFORE 18Z. AT KAVL, WINDS WILL FAVOR A SLY TO SELY
DIRECTION THRU THE PERIOD.
OUTLOOK: SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AND ASSOCIATED RESTRICTIONS
CONTINUE THRU THE WEEK WITH DRIER CONDITIONS EXPECTED BY THE START
OF THE WEEKEND.
CLIMATE
RECORDS FOR 05-27
MAX TEMPERATURE MIN TEMPERATURE
STATION HIGH LOW HIGH LOW
------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
KAVL 93 1890 55 1961 68 1991 36 1961
KCLT 96 1916 60 1901 77 1916 41 1961
KGSP 98 1916 65 1963 72 1991 43 1961
GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
SYNOPSIS...DEO
NEAR TERM...ARK
SHORT TERM...CP
LONG TERM...CP
AVIATION...ARK
CLIMATE...
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