787
FNUS72 KGSP 210633
FWSGSP
SPOT FORECAST FOR SAWHEAD...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
133 AM EST WED JAN 21 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EST ON JANUARY 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY FOR THE PRESCRIBED BURN AREA
WITH RH VALUES DIPPING INTO THE 25-30% RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. NO RAIN
IS FORECASTED THROUGH THE EVENING, BEFORE RAIN CHANCES INCREASE AFTER
MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING AND KEEP IT AS
RAIN. WINDS START OFF NORTH AND QUICKLY VEER MORE SOUTHERLY AFTER
12PM. GUSTS ARE LIGHT 5-10MPH.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 49.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH EARLY
IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 8
TO 12 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (10127 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (33260 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................13 TO 37.
STABILITY CLASS.....2.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (FT)........23000 DECREASING TO 13600 LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
VISIBILITY (SM).....10.
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...28.57.
TIME (EST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........43 39 38 41 41 42 56 63
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............37 41 44 46 48 49 49 48
DEWPOINT........16 14 15 15 16 17 17 18
RH..............42 33 30 28 27 27 27 30
20 FT WIND DIR..SE S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..1 2 2 3 5 5 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.5 7 9 12 12 12 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.8 2.3 2.5 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 1.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE S S S SW SW S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 7 8 10 12 12 10 8
LVORI...........2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2
ADI.............13 20 26 37 36 36 36 13
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.10 16 20 30 33 33 29 10
CEILING (HFT)...250 250 249 250 246 240 230 136
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
SFC PRES (IN)...872 870 868 865 862 860 858 857
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN OVERNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER 3 AM.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 34.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 6
TO 9 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3452 MPH-FT).
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................2 TO 4.
STABILITY CLASS.....6.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (FT)........19700 DECREASING TO 2200.
VISIBILITY (SM).....9.
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...28.52.
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........67 75 71 80 80 85 72 79 77 75 73 64
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RN RN RN RN RN RN
TSTM COV........
TEMP............44 41 39 38 38 38 38 39 38 36 36 36
DEWPOINT........19 20 20 21 22 23 24 25 29 30 32 34
RH..............36 42 45 49 52 53 55 59 69 78 84 93
20 FT WIND DIR..S SW SW W NW W W W NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST.7 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 6 7 6 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.S SW SW W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 5 5 6 7 8 8 8 9 9 8
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 6
ADI.............2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.4 3 4 4 4 5 6 7 6 7 7 6
CEILING (HFT)...197 93 80 75 63 53 43 37 35 33 28 22
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9
SFC PRES (IN)...857 857 857 856 856 856 855 855 854 853 852 852
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN EARLY IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MIN HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (5409 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (23823 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................5 TO 29.
STABILITY CLASS.....2.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.02 INCHES.
CEILING (FT)........2200 INCREASING TO 30000 IN THE LATE MORNING
AND AFTERNOON.
VISIBILITY (SM).....8 EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...28.49.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........55 48 56 65 75 70 65 59 54 49 44 53
WEATHER COV.....CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN
TSTM COV........
TEMP............36 35 37 42 46 49 52 54 55 55 55 53
DEWPOINT........35 35 37 39 40 41 41 41 41 40 40 41
RH..............98 100 100 89 81 75 66 61 59 58 58 65
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W NW W W W W W W SW
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 6 7 9 9 9 9 8 7 7 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.3 1.8 2.3 2.8 3.2 3.4 3.3 2.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW W W NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 8 7 6 5 5 6 7 7 7 6 5
LVORI...........9 8 9 5 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 3
ADI.............5 8 6 7 8 10 17 24 27 29 23 15
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.5 6 6 6 6 8 13 19 22 24 19 12
CEILING (HFT)...22 22 22 22 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300
VISIBILITY (SM).8 8
SFC PRES (IN)...852 852 853 855 856 856 854 853 851 850 849 849
FORECASTER...CP
REQUESTED BY...WESLEY BENTLEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2600694.0/GSP
.DELDT 01/21/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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