590
FNUS72 KGSP 140635
FWSGSP
SPOT FORECAST FOR HOWARD CREEK...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
235 AM EDT SAT MAR 14 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 EDT ON MARCH 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
DRY CONDITIONS LINGER THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE RAIN CHANCES RETURN
SUNDAY. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO 35 PERCENT THIS
AFTERNOON. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ONLY DROP TO 73 PERCENT
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE INCREASES FROM SE'LY FLOW.
WINDS SPEEDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. WIND DIRECTION WILL
BE MAINLY N/NE EACH MORNING/NIGHT AND S/SE EACH AFTERNOON/EVENING.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 6
TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3797 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (25664 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................0 TO 31.
STABILITY CLASS.....4.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (FT)........25000.
VISIBILITY (SM).....9.
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...27.8.
TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........6 3 6 4 3 8 3 2 4 2 2
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............45 45 48 52 58 61 64 65 67 68 67
DEWPOINT........34 33 35 37 38 38 39 39 39 39 39
RH..............65 64 61 55 48 43 40 38 36 35 36
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE E E SE SE SE SE SE S
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 2
20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 8 8 7 8 10 12 13 12 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.9 2.5 3.0 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW N NW NW N SW SE S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 7 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 7
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
ADI.............7 7 0 0 0 0 26 29 25 31 31
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.4 4 4 5 9 14 21 24 21 26 25
CEILING (HFT)...250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250
VISIBILITY (SM).9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
SFC PRES (IN)...781 783 785 787 788 788 788 787 786 785 784
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 6 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST
AROUND 7 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (25319 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (3107 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................0 TO 4.
STABILITY CLASS.....4.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (FT)........25000.
VISIBILITY (SM).....9.
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...27.84.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........2 2 2 3 4 3 4 10 14 18 17 28
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............66 62 58 57 55 54 53 52 51 49 49 48
DEWPOINT........40 41 42 41 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 41
RH..............39 45 54 54 57 59 61 63 64 70 73 77
20 FT WIND DIR..SE N N N N N N N NE NE N N
20 FT WIND SPD..1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST.9 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.1 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 8 7 7
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
ADI.............0 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.25 5 4 4 3 4 4 5 5 5 4 4
CEILING (HFT)...250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
SFC PRES (IN)...784 785 786 787 788 788 788 787 786 785 785 784
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.
MIN HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 6 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 7 TO
15 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3452 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (37633 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................0 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 43 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
STABILITY CLASS.....3.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.11 INCHES.
CEILING (FT)........10300 DECREASING TO 1200 TO 6600 MID TO LATE MORNING,
INCREASING TO 1900 TO 2600 IN THE AFTERNOON.
VISIBILITY (SM).....6 DECREASING TO 4 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...27.65.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........43 48 74 74 79 84 86 87 89 89 89 89
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
TEMP............47 48 48 48 51 54 55 57 58 59 60 61
DEWPOINT........41 43 44 46 48 50 52 52 53 54 54 55
RH..............81 84 87 90 90 89 87 85 83 81 80 80
20 FT WIND DIR..N N NE NE E E E E E E SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 2
20 FT WIND GUST.6 7 7 8 10 13 15 16 16 17 16 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.6 0.6 1.0 1.3 1.6 2.0 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE E E E E E E E E SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 6 7 9 8 7 9 13 15 15 13 12
LVORI...........5 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3
ADI.............3 0 5 11 14 14 22 35 43 43 36 32
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.4 3 4 9 11 11 18 29 38 37 31 27
CEILING (HFT)...103 66 29 23 17 12 16 21 26 23 21 19
VISIBILITY (SM).9 9 8 8 7 7 8 8 9 8 6 4
SFC PRES (IN)...784 784 784 784 784 783 781 779 776 772 768 765
FORECASTER...AR
REQUESTED BY...WES BENTLEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2605720.0/GSP
.DELDT 03/14/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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