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FNUS72 KGSP 030810
FWSGSP
SPOT FORECAST FOR FOX GAP WF...NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
410 AM EDT FRI APR 3 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0600 EDT ON APRIL 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
ANOTHER WARM DAY IS EXPECTED BUT WITH AFTERNOON RH NOT DROPPING BELOW
THE 40S. MIXING SHOULD BE RELATIVELY DEEP THIS AFTERNOON. OVERNIGHT
TEMPS WILL REMAIN MILD. ONE MORE SUMMERLIKE DAY ON SATURDAY. SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES INCREASE IN THE AFTERNOON AND WILL BECOME
LIKELY BY EARLY EVENING. WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD
FRONT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS DURING THAT TIME WILL BE BETWEEN ONE HALF AND
ONE INCH.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81.
MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 12 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH
LATE IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (16802 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (75381 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................8 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 49 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
STABILITY CLASS.....3.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (FT)........8400 INCREASING TO 11800 IN THE MORNING, THEN
DECREASING TO 4500 LATE IN THE MORNING.
VISIBILITY (SM).....10.
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...27.68.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........71 81 86 88 86 89 85 87 91 86 91 89
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10
TEMP............58 58 58 60 65 70 74 77 79 79 80 79
DEWPOINT........53 53 54 55 57 58 58 58 57 58 58 58
RH..............82 83 86 83 75 67 58 53 48 48 47 47
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E SE SE S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5
20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 14 14 14 14 13 14 13 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.5 1.5 1.5 2.2 3.1 4.1 5.0 5.6 6.2 6.0 5.6 5.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 12 12 15 15 15 14 13 12 13 13 13
LVORI...........4 4 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............8 22 22 39 49 42 42 41 38 42 41 40
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.19 17 17 32 47 61 69 71 71 75 70 67
CEILING (HFT)...84 138 163 118 118 46 46 45 46 47 48 50
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
SFC PRES (IN)...768 770 771 772 774 774 773 772 771 770 769 768
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF THUNDER...10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.
MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST AROUND 5 MPH
OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 9 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 12
TO 13 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (55356 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO FAIR (14155 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................49 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 4 LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
STABILITY CLASS.....4.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (FT)........5000 INCREASING TO 13400 EARLY IN THE EVENING,
THEN DECREASING TO 5800 OVERNIGHT DECREASING TO
4300 AFTER 3 AM.
VISIBILITY (SM).....10.
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...27.64.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........80 79 63 59 50 42 34 34 45 45 48 59
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF THDR (%).10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
TEMP............78 77 73 69 67 65 63 62 61 60 59 59
DEWPOINT........58 57 56 56 56 55 55 55 56 56 57 56
RH..............49 50 57 63 68 72 75 78 84 86 90 90
20 FT WIND DIR..S S SE SE E E E E E E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 2 2 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.13 12 10 10 10 12 12 12 13 13 12 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.4 2.3 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 12 9 10 12 12 13 13 13 13 12 12
LVORI...........1 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5
ADI.............49 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 8 8 8 8
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.55 26 14 16 17 17 19 19 19 18 17 17
CEILING (HFT)...50 54 134 174 181 174 80 64 58 43 52 58
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
SFC PRES (IN)...768 768 768 768 769 769 769 769 768 767 765 764
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS IN THE MORNING, THEN RAIN SHOWERS
LIKELY AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH
AROUND 7 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 18 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (15191 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (99089 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................7 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 109 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
STABILITY CLASS.....3.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.05 INCHES.
CEILING (FT)........2200 INCREASING TO 30000.
VISIBILITY (SM).....8 IN THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...27.55.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........56 61 60 51 50 53 57 61 65 69 73 80
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH SCH
CHC OF THDR (%).10 10 0 0 0 10 10 10 20 20 20 20
TEMP............59 59 60 62 66 71 74 76 77 79 79 79
DEWPOINT........57 57 58 59 60 61 62 61 61 61 61 61
RH..............91 92 95 90 81 73 66 61 57 54 53 53
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E SE S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
20 FT WIND GUST.13 12 12 13 14 16 17 17 17 18 18 18
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.5 1.5 1.5 2.4 3.1 3.6 4.1 4.6 4.9 5.2 5.4 5.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE S SE S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 10 10 13 14 15 16 16 17 18 18 18
LVORI...........5 5 5 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............7 17 17 27 53 66 80 47 52 58 58 109
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.16 16 15 30 43 54 67 74 85 97 99 95
CEILING (HFT)...44 33 26 24 22 22 31 40 49 49 49 300
VISIBILITY (SM).10 9 8 10 10 10 10 10 10
SFC PRES (IN)...764 765 766 766 766 765 764 763 762 760 757 755
FORECASTER...PM
REQUESTED BY...MATT WOOD
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2608238.5/GSP
.DELDT 04/03/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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