283  
FNUS72 KGSP 011734  
FWSGSP  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR ROCHESTER FIRE...BIA/DOI  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC  
134 PM EDT WED APR 1 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1400 EDT ON APRIL 01.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE BEST COVERAGE OF SHOWERS  
AND STORMS WILL LIKELY BE TO THE EAST/NORTHEAST OF YOUR LOCATION.  
ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO PEAK LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY  
EVENING.  
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS  
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS  
THROUGH THE DAY. SHOWERS LIKELY LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...50 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74.  
MIN HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC  
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......4400 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 TO 14 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (42236 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (60420 MPH-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............1.  
ADI.................33 TO 40.  
STABILITY CLASS.....4.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.03 INCHES.  
CEILING (FT)........5800.  
VISIBILITY (SM).....6.  
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...26.89.  
 
TIME (EDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........59 65 66 71  
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC LKY  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........CHC CHC CHC CHC  
CHC OF THDR (%).40 40 40 50  
TEMP............72 73 74 73  
DEWPOINT........56 56 56 56  
RH..............57 56 54 56  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.13 13 14 14  
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.4 4.2 3.8 3.1  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 13 14 14  
LVORI...........1 1 1 1  
ADI.............40 36 37 33  
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.60 53 53 42  
CEILING (HFT)...58 58 58 58  
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 6  
SFC PRES (IN)...693 691 690 689  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING,  
THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS  
EARLY IN THE EVENING.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...50 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.  
MAX HUMIDITY........97 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE  
EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS  
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST  
AROUND 5 MPH AFTER 3 AM.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (27390 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING  
DECREASING TO POOR (920 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE  
NIGHT.  
LVORI...............5.  
ADI.................2 TO 32.  
STABILITY CLASS.....5.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.06 INCHES.  
CEILING (FT)........7300 INCREASING TO 11000 LATE IN THE EVENING,  
THEN INCREASING TO 25000 IN THE LATE EVENING  
AND OVERNIGHT DECREASING TO 2700 AFTER 3 AM.  
VISIBILITY (SM).....9.  
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...26.9.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........67 62 60 43 37 27 22 37 37 26 32 32  
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH  
CHC OF THDR (%).50 30 20 20 20 10 10 10 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............72 70 66 64 62 60 58 57 57 56 56 56  
DEWPOINT........56 57 57 57 56 55 55 55 54 54 54 54  
RH..............59 64 74 79 82 84 89 91 91 93 94 94  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW S S S S S S S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 2  
20 FT WIND GUST.13 10 9 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7  
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.4 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S S S S S S S S S SE S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 9 7 6 5 5 6 3 5 5 5 5  
LVORI...........1 3 3 4 4 5 6 7 7 8 8 8  
ADI.............32 6 5 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2  
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.27 7 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
CEILING (HFT)...73 100 100 110 250 250 250 250 250 45 35 27  
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9  
SFC PRES (IN)...690 691 692 693 694 694 694 693 693 693 693 693  
 

 
FORECASTER...JPT  
REQUESTED BY...DAVE COLLINS  
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE  
.TAG 2608805.0/GSP  
.DELDT 04/01/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
 
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