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FNUS72 KGSP 131019
FWSGSP
SPOT FORECAST FOR RICH MOUNTAIN / SUGAR CREEK RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
519 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0600 EST ON FEBRUARY 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
DRY WEATHER CONTINUES TODAY WITH SUNNY SKIES. MINIMUM HUMIDITY
VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE 30-40% RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS TREND
CONTINUES THROUGH SATURDAY, BUT WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER HUMIDITY
AROUND 40%. MOISTURE AND WIDESPREAD RAIN RETURNS LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT AND PERSISTS THROUGH SUNDAY.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47.
MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN
THE AFTERNOON, THEN BECOMING LIGHT EARLY IN THE
AFTERNOON BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 8 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
AROUND 7 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2762 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (38208 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................10 TO 26.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (FT)........24800.
VISIBILITY (SM).....10.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........9 8 7 4 6 4 6 4 5 5 4 4
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............29 28 28 33 36 40 43 44 45 46 45 44
DEWPOINT........13 13 14 15 18 18 19 20 22 22 22 22
RH..............52 52 55 48 47 42 38 37 39 37 39 42
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N NW NW W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 3 5 5 3
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 6 6 7 7 8 10 10 10 10 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.5 0.8 1.8 2.7 3.4 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.3 3.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N NW NW NW NW NW W
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 9 9 9 9 8 8 9 8 8 7 7
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
ADI.............10 10 10 11 17 18 21 26 23 23 20 17
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.3 3 4 8 16 22 27 38 34 35 29 23
CEILING (HFT)...250 248 249 249 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 30.
MAX HUMIDITY........71 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 3 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 3
TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING, THEN SHIFTING TO
THE SOUTHWEST 7 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT SHIFTING TO THE WEST 6 TO 7 MPH
AFTER 3 AM.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1035 MPH-FT).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................2 TO 4.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (FT)........24400.
VISIBILITY (SM).....10.
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........3 4 7 10 5 7 10 8 17 9 21 26
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............41 36 34 33 33 32 31 31 31 30 30 31
DEWPOINT........22 22 21 22 22 21 21 21 22 22 22 21
RH..............46 57 59 64 65 64 66 68 70 71 71 66
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SE SE SE S SW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 7 8 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW SE S S SW SW SW W W W W NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 3 6 7 7 7 8 7 7 6 7 7
LVORI...........2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
ADI.............2 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.3 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2
CEILING (HFT)...250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 244 250
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 6 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 8 TO
9 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1726 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (36827 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................6 TO 27.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (FT)........23600 INCREASING TO 30000 IN THE LATE MORNING
AND AFTERNOON.
VISIBILITY (SM).....10 EARLY IN THE MORNING.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........29 28 52 49 45 52 60 67 73 80 86 87
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............31 31 32 36 41 45 47 49 50 50 50 48
DEWPOINT........21 21 22 23 25 25 26 26 27 28 29 30
RH..............67 65 64 58 52 46 42 40 40 42 44 48
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 3 5 6 6 6 6 5
20 FT WIND GUST.7 8 7 8 8 10 12 13 14 14 13 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.2 0.4 0.9 1.5 2.2 2.9 3.4 3.6 3.4 2.9 2.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW W W W W W W W W SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 6 6 6 7 9 10 10 9 8 8
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
ADI.............8 8 6 7 9 14 22 26 27 23 19 16
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.2 2 2 5 8 15 27 35 37 31 24 17
CEILING (HFT)...250 236 236 236 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10
FORECASTER...TBW
REQUESTED BY...PAUL PITTMAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2602676.0/GSP
.DELDT 02/13/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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