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FNUS72 KGSP 291254
FWSGSP
SPOT FORECAST FOR SUGAR CREEK RIDGE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
754 AM EST THU JAN 29 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 EST ON JANUARY 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
COLD WEATHER CONTINUES TODAY WITH HIGHS BELOW FREEZING. DRY
CONDITIONS WILL ALSO PREVAIL WITH MINIMUM RH VALUES DROPPING INTO
THE 40-50% RANGE. CLOUD COVER INCREASES THROUGH THE DAY WITH
MAINLY HIGH AND MID-LEVEL CLOUDS MOVING IN. SNOW RETURNS TO THE
AREA LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSISTS THROUGH SATURDAY.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 31.
MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 12 TO 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4603 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (39014 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (FT)........20700 DECREASING TO 7200.
VISIBILITY (SM).....10.
TIME (EST) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........59 71 79 81 78 78 79 81 74 70
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............17 20 23 25 29 30 31 31 31 29
RH..............71 65 57 53 48 47 49 49 49 53
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.10 12 12 13 14 14 14 14 13 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.6 1.1 1.5 1.8 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 12 14 14 15 16 16 15 14 12
LVORI...........3 3 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.5 6 16 21 28 39 38 32 28 20
CEILING (HFT)...236 236 236 235 207 207 182 72 72 72
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 21.
MAX HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1611 MPH-FT).
LVORI...............4.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (FT)........7200 INCREASING TO 11700.
VISIBILITY (SM).....10.
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........47 29 35 39 50 55 64 53 54 47 42 54
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............28 25 23 23 22 22 22 22 22 21 21 22
RH..............57 62 68 70 73 70 72 70 73 75 74 70
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W NW
20 FT WIND SPD..5 3 3 3 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 1
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.0 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W SW W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 7 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 6 7 5
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.9 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2
CEILING (HFT)...72 158 158 127 117 117 117 127 127 126 126 126
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SNOW EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF SNOW
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 32.
MIN HUMIDITY........61 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 12 TO 15 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1611 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (59384 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.03 INCHES.
CEILING (FT)........11600 DECREASING TO 5800 IN THE MORNING, THEN
DECREASING TO 2600 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
VISIBILITY (SM).....7.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........59 67 86 84 82 83 85 86 88 89 91 89
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... SN SN SN SN SN
TSTM COV........
TEMP............21 21 21 24 28 30 31 32 32 32 31 30
RH..............70 72 74 69 64 61 61 62 64 68 73 76
20 FT WIND DIR..W SW N W SW SW SW SW SW SW W W
20 FT WIND SPD..1 2 2 2 2 3 5 6 6 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 7 8 10 12 14 14 14 13 12 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.4 1.0 1.9 2.8 3.5 4.0 3.8 3.4 2.7 2.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W SW SW SW SW W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 5 7 10 13 14 15 15 15 15 14 12
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.2 2 3 11 24 38 53 59 58 50 37 24
CEILING (HFT)...116 85 73 58 58 42 26 10 10 10 235 235
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 7 8
FORECASTER...TBW
REQUESTED BY...PAUL PITTMAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2601305.0/GSP
.DELDT 01/29/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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