379  
FNUS72 KGSP 220634  
FWSGSP  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR SARAH LEE RD...NC FOREST SERVICE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC  
134 AM EST THU JAN 22 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EST ON JANUARY 22.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
A RELATIVELY QUIET WEATHER DAY AHEAD FOR THE PRESCRIBED BURN LOCATION.  
RH SHOULD BE HIGHER TODAY AS MOISTURE RETURNS TO THE AREA. EXPECT  
RH VALUES OF 40-50% THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE INCREASING AFTER SUNSET.  
RAIN CHANCES A POSSIBLE IN NEARBY AREAS TO THE WEST, BUT FOR THE  
SITE SPECIFIC, RAIN CHANCES ARE LESS THAN 15% THROUGH THE AFTERNOON  
AND MOST OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WINDS SHOULD BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE.  
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT).  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57.  
MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 3 TO 10 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2186 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO FAIR (23132 MPH-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............3.  
ADI.................3 TO 28.  
STABILITY CLASS.....2.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.  
CEILING (FT)........10900 INCREASING TO 21600 EARLY IN THE  
AFTERNOON, THEN DECREASING TO 14300 LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
VISIBILITY (SM).....10.  
 
TIME (EST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........63 62 67 65 72 64 50 52  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............44 48 53 54 55 56 55 54  
RH..............77 68 57 53 48 44 45 48  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW W SW W W W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2  
20 FT WIND GUST.3 3 5 6 7 7 6 5  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 1.4 2.0 2.5 2.0 2.2 1.3 0.6  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW W NW W W W NW NW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 6 8 9 10 6 3  
LVORI...........4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2  
ADI.............5 10 14 25 23 28 10 3  
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.5 8 11 20 18 23 8 2  
CEILING (HFT)...109 117 112 216 219 143 154 145  
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
RAIN LATE IN THE EVENING AND AFTER 3 AM.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 35.  
MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 3 TO  
5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1150 MPH-FT).  
LVORI...............3.  
ADI.................1 TO 2.  
STABILITY CLASS.....6.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.  
CEILING (FT)........15100 INCREASING TO 22900 IN THE EVENING, THEN  
DECREASING TO 16300 OVERNIGHT DECREASING TO  
7300 OVERNIGHT.  
VISIBILITY (SM).....7.  
 
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........51 52 46 50 55 60 58 61 62 72 83 90  
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC  
WEATHER TYPE.... RN RN RN RN RN RN  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............51 46 44 43 42 40 39 38 38 37 37 37  
RH..............52 63 65 66 66 67 68 70 71 75 76 75  
20 FT WIND DIR..NW N N N N N N N N N N N  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1  
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 2  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5  
TRANSP WIND DIR.W NW N N N N N NW N NW NW N  
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 2 3 3 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 3  
LVORI...........2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4  
ADI.............2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2  
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2  
CEILING (HFT)...151 239 234 239 240 234 229 163 98 83 74 73  
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 9 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 9  
   
FRIDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
RAIN IN THE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.  
MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......3200 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 3 TO 10 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1726 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO FAIR (27160 MPH-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............3.  
ADI.................3 TO 34.  
STABILITY CLASS.....2.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.06 INCHES.  
CEILING (FT)........6300 INCREASING TO 30000.  
VISIBILITY (SM).....5 INCREASING TO 7 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........88 83 97 93 88 86 83 81 80 79 78 75  
WEATHER COV.....SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH  
WEATHER TYPE....RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............36 37 37 39 43 45 47 49 50 50 50 48  
RH..............77 75 80 80 75 70 64 58 53 51 49 49  
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N N N  
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3  
20 FT WIND GUST.2 2 2 3 3 5 5 6 7 7 8 8  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 1.0 1.7 2.5 3.1 3.2 3.0 2.5 1.9  
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N N N N N N  
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 3 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 9 10 10  
LVORI...........4 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 2  
ADI.............3 4 5 5 6 10 14 22 27 34 33 25  
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.2 2 2 3 5 8 12 18 22 27 26 20  
CEILING (HFT)...63 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300  
VISIBILITY (SM).9 9 8 7 5 5 5 6 7 8 9 10  
 
 
FORECASTER...CP  
REQUESTED BY...C. RAMSEY  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2600809.0/GSP  
.DELDT 01/22/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
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