937
FNUS72 KGSP 201423
FWSGSP
SPOT FORECAST FOR HALE RIDGE EAST AND WEST...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1023 AM EDT FRI MAR 20 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1500 EDT ON MARCH 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY AND CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED
THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 4-8 KTS AND MINIMUM
HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 30-35%. INCREASING CLOUDS OVERNIGHT WITH
LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. CLOUDS SCATTER OUT AFTER DAYBREAK
SATURDAY WITH WINDS PICKING UP OUT OF THE WEST AT 3-6 KTS WITH
GUSTS UP TO 18KTS BEING POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON. MINIMUM
HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MID 30S. ISOLATED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AFTER 2PM.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (79294 MPH-FT).
LVORI...............1.
ADI.................93 TO 96.
STABILITY CLASS.....2.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (FT)........21000.
VISIBILITY (SM).....10.
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...27.57.
TIME (EDT) 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........39 47 46
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0
TEMP............68 68 68
DEWPOINT........40 40 40
RH..............35 35 35
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.8 4.8 4.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 17 17
LVORI...........1 1 1
ADI.............96 96 93
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.82 82 79
CEILING (HFT)...220 220 210
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10
SFC PRES (IN)...762 759 757
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.
MAX HUMIDITY........76 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE
EVENING BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING WEST
AROUND 5 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 12 TO 18 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (46495 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (5178 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................58 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 5 LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
STABILITY CLASS.....4.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (FT)........19100.
VISIBILITY (SM).....10.
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...27.49.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........36 30 18 22 19 26 30 28 34 50 52 64
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............67 64 60 59 57 56 55 56 55 55 55 54
DEWPOINT........40 40 40 40 41 42 42 43 44 44 46 47
RH..............37 41 48 50 54 58 60 62 66 67 70 76
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.17 16 15 14 14 14 15 16 17 16 16 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.9 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 14 12 12 12 13 14 15 17 18 18 18
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
ADI.............58 6 5 5 5 6 6 7 8 12 12 12
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.46 10 5 5 7 8 9 11 9 12 10 10
CEILING (HFT)...230 240 240 230 220 230 220 220 191 192 193 194
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
SFC PRES (IN)...757 757 758 758 758 757 757 756 755 753 751 749
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76.
MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE
MORNING BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING WEST
AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (5524 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (97708 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................12 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 109 IN
THE AFTERNOON.
STABILITY CLASS.....3.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (FT)........12400 DECREASING TO 8900 EARLY IN THE MORNING,
THEN INCREASING TO 10100 LATE IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO 30000 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
VISIBILITY (SM).....10.
SFC PRESSURE (IN)...27.45.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........70 82 88 78 75 71 64 57 50 40 38 48
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 20
TEMP............55 56 56 58 62 66 69 72 74 76 76 76
DEWPOINT........47 47 48 48 49 50 51 50 50 49 48 48
RH..............73 73 74 68 62 56 51 46 43 40 37 37
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 14 13 13 13 14 14 15 15 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.4 0.3 0.7 1.4 2.1 3.1 4.0 5.0 5.3 5.7 6.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 16 16 17 18 20 18 16 15 15 16 16
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............12 12 17 18 34 53 70 77 86 91 103 109
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.8 7 6 12 26 42 57 65 74 80 92 98
CEILING (HFT)...159 124 89 100 110 121 114 108 101 101 101 300
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
SFC PRES (IN)...749 750 751 752 752 752 751 750 749 747 746 745
FORECASTER...CAC
REQUESTED BY...GREG COHEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2606527.3/GSP
.DELDT 03/20/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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