544
FNUS72 KGSP 082106
FWSGSP
SPOT FORECAST FOR RIDLEY...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
406 PM EST THU JAN 8 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0600 EST ON JANUARY 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY, WITH NEAR-
RECORD WARMTH POSSIBLE. RAIN CHANCES INCREASE FRIDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. TEMPERATURES RETURN TO NEAR-NORMAL
SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK UNDER BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE.
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE
MORNING. RAIN LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. PATCHY
FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. PATCHY FOG LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MIN HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (460 MPH-FT).
LVORI...............8.
ADI.................4 TO 12.
STABILITY CLASS.....3.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.28 INCHES.
CEILING (FT)........1100 DECREASING TO 900 LATE IN THE MORNING,
THEN INCREASING TO 1100 IN THE AFTERNOON.
VISIBILITY (SM).....5 DECREASING TO 4 EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN
INCREASING TO 6 IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 5 LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...27.86.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........98 97 97 97 96 92 95 91 91 84 96 90
WEATHER COV.....CHC SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE....RN RN RNF RNF RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN
TSTM COV........
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............52 52 52 52 52 54 55 55 56 56 56 56
DEWPOINT........50 50 51 52 52 54 54 55 55 54 54 55
RH..............94 94 96 100 100 100 99 99 98 95 95 95
20 FT WIND DIR..E E NE SW S SW SW SW SW SW SW W
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 12 10 9 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S SW S S SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 6 8 8 9 8 9 10 10 7 6
LVORI...........6 6 8 9 9 8 9 8 7 6 8 8
ADI.............4 4 5 6 6 7 8 11 12 9 5 4
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.1 1 1 3 5 7 7 9 10 9 4 2
CEILING (HFT)...13 13 11 9.0 9.0 9.0 11 11 11 13 13 11
VISIBILITY (SM).7 5 4 5 9 10 8 7 7 7 6 5
SFC PRES (IN)...789 790 791 792 792 792 791 790 788 787 786 787
FRIDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY IN
THE EVENING. CHANCE OF RAIN EARLY IN THE
EVENING, THEN RAIN SHOWERS.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MAX HUMIDITY........98 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (575 MPH-FT).
LVORI...............8.
ADI.................3 TO 4.
STABILITY CLASS.....6.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.72 INCHES.
CEILING (FT)........1100 DECREASING TO 700 EARLY IN THE EVENING,
THEN DECREASING TO 600 LATE IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO 100 OVERNIGHT INCREASING TO 200.
VISIBILITY (SM).....5 DECREASING TO 2.4.
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...27.79.
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........90 94 94 95 97 96 96 96 96 96 96 96
WEATHER COV.....CHC DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
WEATHER TYPE....RN RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF THDR (%).0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............55 55 57 57 56 56 56 56 56 56 57 57
DEWPOINT........54 54 54 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55
RH..............97 96 91 92 93 94 96 96 97 96 96 95
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W NW NW NW SW S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 9 10 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.W SW SW W W SW SW SW SW S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 7 7 7 7 7 8 9 9 9 9 9
LVORI...........9 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 6
ADI.............3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
CEILING (HFT)...11 7.0 7.0 7.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
VISIBILITY (SM).5 5 5 5 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.9 2.9
SFC PRES (IN)...789 790 790 790 789 787 784 782 781 780 780 779
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH
THE DAY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MIN HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 26 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING AND
EARLY AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
AROUND 13 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1035 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (28426 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................8 TO 27.
STABILITY CLASS.....3.
PCPN AMOUNT.........1.10 INCHES.
CEILING (FT)........200 INCREASING TO 1000 IN THE AFTERNOON.
VISIBILITY (SM).....2.86 DECREASING TO 1.43 LATE IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO 2.94 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
INCREASING TO 10.
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...27.7.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........95 95 95 94 94 94 94 96 96 97 98 95
WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
CHC OF THDR (%).10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 0
TEMP............57 57 57 57 57 57 58 59 59 60 60 59
DEWPOINT........55 56 56 57 57 57 58 59 59 58 58 57
RH..............93 92 94 97 99 100 99 98 97 94 92 91
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW S S S SW SW SW SW SW W
20 FT WIND SPD..3 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.14 16 17 18 20 21 22 26 25 24 23 25
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.2 0.6 1.0 1.3 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0 1.9 1.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S SW SW SW S S SW W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 10 10 10 10 12 13 14 14 13 13 13
LVORI...........6 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4
ADI.............8 11 11 14 16 20 23 26 27 25 24 21
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.2 4 7 11 15 19 23 27 28 27 25 19
CEILING (HFT)...2.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 10 10
VISIBILITY (SM).2.9 2.3 2.3 2.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 2.9 2.9 2.9 10 10
SFC PRES (IN)...778 777 777 777 776 774 772 770 770 770 771 772
FORECASTER...ARK
REQUESTED BY...GABE LANDSTROM
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2528548.1/GSP
.DELDT 01/08/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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