598
FNUS72 KGSP 200610
FWSGSP
SPOT FORECAST FOR GARLAND NORTH...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
110 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EST ON FEBRUARY 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
MOSTLY QUIET WEATHER FOR TODAY NEAR THE BURN SITE WITH A FEW SHOWERS
TAPERING OFF BY MID MORNING. WINDS START OFF SW THIS MORNING AND
TURN W BY NOON. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS OF 25-30MPH THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. WINDS OVERNIGHT SHOULD ALSO
BECOME MORE VARIABLE IN DIRECTION. AS FOR RH, EXPECT A RANGE OF 25-
30% THIS AFTERNOON AND WARM TEMPERATURES APPROACHING 70. OVERNIGHT,
RAIN CHANCES INCREASE WITH SHOWERS LIKELY THROUGHOUT SATURDAY. RAIN
AMOUNTS LOOK TO BE MINIMAL WITH 0.1-0.25" EXPECTED.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73.
MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 26 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 16 TO 24 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (28081 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (101621 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................30 TO 68.
STABILITY CLASS.....4.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.02 INCHES.
CEILING (FT)........5000 INCREASING TO 23700.
VISIBILITY (SM).....9.
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...28.2.
TIME (EST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........53 34 38 39 26 19 26 28 35
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............61 63 67 69 70 72 72 71 69
DEWPOINT........55 51 45 41 37 35 34 32 33
RH..............82 65 45 35 29 25 25 23 26
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 9 9 9 9 8 7 6
20 FT WIND GUST.25 26 26 26 25 24 23 22 18
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.6 2.6 3.2 3.4 3.9 4.2 4.4 4.5 3.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.W NW W NW NW W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 22 23 24 24 24 23 21 16
LVORI...........3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............30 48 57 62 66 68 67 61 38
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.28 56 74 83 95 102 101 94 48
CEILING (HFT)...50 69 133 197 236 241 244 247 237
VISIBILITY (SM).9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
SFC PRES (IN)...820 822 823 823 823 823 823 824 825
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MAX HUMIDITY........86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2186 MPH-FT).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................3 TO 5.
STABILITY CLASS.....6.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.03 INCHES.
CEILING (FT)........18100 DECREASING TO 11000 LATE IN THE EVENING,
THEN DECREASING TO 6700 LATE IN THE EVENING
INCREASING TO 30000 AFTER 3 AM.
VISIBILITY (SM).....9.
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...28.27.
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........30 36 48 53 65 70 64 63 68 73 78 82
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
TEMP............65 61 59 57 56 55 54 54 53 52 52 51
DEWPOINT........33 33 34 35 35 36 37 37 37 38 39 40
RH..............30 35 38 43 45 49 52 53 56 59 62 68
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 9 9 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W NW W NW W W W NW NW N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 8 8 7 7 7 9 8 6 7 7 8
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
ADI.............5 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 4
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.10 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 2 3 3 3
CEILING (HFT)...227 217 181 146 110 96 81 67 67 67 300 300
VISIBILITY (SM).9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
SFC PRES (IN)...827 828 829 830 830 830 830 830 829 829 829 830
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN CHANCE OF
RAIN EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 5 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST
AROUND 3 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN SHIFTING
TO THE SOUTHEAST LATE IN THE MORNING SHIFTING
TO THE SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1265 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (15306 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................4 TO 13.
STABILITY CLASS.....4.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.11 INCHES.
CEILING (FT)........30000.
VISIBILITY (SM).....8 EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...28.31.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........87 83 89 85 81 76 72 67 62 56 51 48
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RN RN RN RN RN
TSTM COV........
TEMP............51 50 50 51 53 56 58 61 63 64 65 64
DEWPOINT........42 44 46 48 49 49 49 48 48 48 47 47
RH..............72 77 86 88 86 80 71 64 59 55 53 54
20 FT WIND DIR..N NW NW N NE E SE S S S SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.7 8 7 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.3 1.8 2.3 2.6 2.7 2.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N NW NE SE S SW SW SW W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 6 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 5
LVORI...........3 4 5 6 6 4 3 3 2 2 2 2
ADI.............8 6 5 4 4 4 7 8 9 13 13 9
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.3 2 1 1 2 3 6 8 10 15 15 9
CEILING (HFT)...300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300
VISIBILITY (SM).8 8
SFC PRES (IN)...831 833 835 837 838 837 836 834 833 832 831 831
FORECASTER...CP
REQUESTED BY...RYAN GREEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2603239.0/GSP
.DELDT 02/20/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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