099  
FNUS72 KGSP 160729  
FWSGSP  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR DODGE MTN RX...USFS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC  
229 AM EST FRI JAN 16 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EST ON JANUARY 16.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
MOSTLY QUIET WEATHER FOR THE AREA NEAR HIGHWAY 107 TODAY WITH NO RAIN  
EXPECTED. SW WINDS SHOULD BE LIGHT DURING THE MORNING HOURS AND  
PICK UP WITH GUSTS OF 15-20MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. DRY AIR  
REMAINS IN PLACE WITH RH VALUES MIXING OUT INTO THE 25-30% RANGE  
FROM NOON THROUGH 6PM. RAIN CHANCES INCREASE FRIDAY NIGHT WITH A  
SLIGHT CHANCE OF A BRIEF WINTRY MIX THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.  
FREEZING TEMPERATURES TO START TODAY AND SATURDAY MORNING. INCREASED  
RH VALUES SATURDAY WITH LOW-END GUSTY W/SW WINDS OF 15-20MPH.  
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 41.  
MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH WITH  
GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 6 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 12  
TO 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1035 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO GOOD (45459 MPH-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............2.  
ADI.................6 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 52 IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
STABILITY CLASS.....2.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.  
CEILING (FT)........19500 DECREASING TO 19300 LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
VISIBILITY (SM).....10.  
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...27.92.  
 
TIME (EST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........2 6 6 13 7 7 12 25 16  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............24 29 33 35 39 41 41 41 39  
DEWPOINT........3 5 5 5 7 9 9 10 11  
RH..............40 35 30 28 26 26 27 28 31  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 5 7 8 8 8 8 7  
20 FT WIND GUST.7 10 14 17 20 20 20 18 16  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.2 0.9 1.4 1.8 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5 0.8  
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W SW SW SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 8 12 15 18 18 18 16 12  
LVORI...........2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2  
ADI.............6 10 21 35 51 52 52 46 9  
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.1 8 16 28 43 45 45 40 9  
CEILING (HFT)...243 212 199 195 225 218 216 210 193  
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10  
SFC PRES (IN)...796 797 796 795 793 792 792 792 793  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
LIGHT FREEZING RAIN, SNOW SHOWERS AND LIGHT  
SLEET IN THE EVENING, THEN RAIN SHOWERS, LIGHT  
FREEZING RAIN, SNOW SHOWERS AND LIGHT SLEET  
LIKELY OVERNIGHT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 30.  
MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE  
EVENING BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST  
AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT  
BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH OVERNIGHT BECOMING  
LIGHT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......100 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 10 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (920 MPH-FT).  
LVORI...............4.  
ADI.................3 TO 7.  
STABILITY CLASS.....6.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.09 INCHES.  
CEILING (FT)........14200 DECREASING TO 800.  
VISIBILITY (SM).....6.  
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...27.91.  
 
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........15 19 37 39 60 81 84 88 91 94 97 92  
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH CHC LKY LKY CHC CHC  
WEATHER TYPE.... FZR FZR SW FZR RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............35 34 35 34 33 33 33 32 32 33 34 34  
DEWPOINT........14 14 15 15 16 17 18 21 25 29 31 32  
RH..............41 42 42 45 49 52 54 63 75 84 89 93  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW W W W SW SW W W W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..5 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 5 5 3 3  
20 FT WIND GUST.14 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 12  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 9 9 8 8 9 7 8 10 8 8 7  
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 6 6  
ADI.............4 4 4 4 5 6 5 4 7 5 4 3  
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1  
CEILING (HFT)...184 171 142 122 95 67 50 32 15 11 12 8.0  
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 10 7 8 9 7 7 6 6 6  
SFC PRES (IN)...795 796 797 797 797 796 794 792 791 791 791 791  
   
SATURDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN  
SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN SLIGHT  
CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45.  
MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS  
TO AROUND 21 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......4100 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 7 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 14 TO 21 MPH IN  
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (920 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (75842 MPH-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............4.  
ADI.................5 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 74 IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
STABILITY CLASS.....3.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.03 INCHES.  
CEILING (FT)........900 INCREASING TO 30000.  
VISIBILITY (SM).....6 EARLY IN THE MORNING.  
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...27.91.  
 
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........87 82 64 45 35 25 21 18 15 13 10 23  
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............35 35 35 36 38 41 43 44 45 45 45 43  
DEWPOINT........33 33 33 33 32 30 29 28 27 27 26 26  
RH..............90 91 92 86 77 64 58 54 51 48 48 50  
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 5 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8  
20 FT WIND GUST.12 12 14 15 16 18 20 21 21 20 18 17  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.1 0.8 1.9 3.1 3.7 3.9 3.9 4.1 4.1 3.7 2.6  
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 8 12 16 20 21 20 18 18 17 16 14  
LVORI...........6 6 5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
ADI.............5 6 13 38 64 74 72 67 69 65 58 41  
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.1 1 9 31 61 76 75 71 75 70 60 36  
CEILING (HFT)...9.0 10 10 10 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300  
VISIBILITY (SM).6 7  
SFC PRES (IN)...791 792 794 796 798 799 799 799 799 798 798 799  
 

 
FORECASTER...CP  
REQUESTED BY...RYAN GREEN  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2600272.0/GSP  
.DELDT 01/16/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
 
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