Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Greer, SC
Issued by NWS Greer, SC
026
FNUS72 KGSP 171204
FWSGSP
Spot Forecast for White Plains unit 6...SCDNR
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
704 AM EST Fri Jan 17 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 EST on January 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...
Sunny and mild today with light winds. Minimum RH values will drop
to around 33 percent by mid-afternoon. Otherwise, low pressure moving
across the region will bring widespread rain with a wintry mix across
portions of the mountains early Saturday morning with a round of light
snow showers near the Tennessee border later in the weekend. Arctic high
pressure returns Monday bringing bitter cold to the region for next week.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 57.
Min humidity........33 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......3300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 6 to 7 mph shifting to the south in the
afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2400 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to fair (20000 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................6 to 28.
Stability class.....2.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........25000.
Visibility (SM).....10.
Sfc pressure (in)...29.5.
TIME (EST) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........2 3 0 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 3
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............32 34 36 42 47 50 53 55 57 56 54
Dewpoint........27 27 30 30 30 28 29 28 28 29 28
RH..............81 76 78 63 51 43 38 34 33 34 37
20 FT wind dir..W N N NE E E SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT wind spd..1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 2
20 FT wind gust.5 7 6 8 7 6 6 7 7 8 7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.5 1.3 1.9 2.4 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.3 0.7
Transp wind dir.N N NE NE E SE S S S S S
Transp wind spd.7 7 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 7
LVORI...........6 6 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
ADI.............7 7 6 12 14 18 22 23 23 28 7
VRate kt-ft/10002 2 3 8 10 12 15 16 16 20 4
Ceiling (hft)...250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250
Visibility (sm).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Sfc pres (in)...958 959 960 961 959 957 955 954 952 950 951
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Slight chance of
rain after 3 am. Chance of rain early in the
morning.
Min temperature.....Around 38.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2800 knot-ft).
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................4 to 5.
Stability class.....6.
Pcpn amount.........0.01 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........25000 decreasing to 8000.
Visibility (SM).....9.
Sfc pressure (in)...29.4.
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........6 15 37 60 72 88 93 96 92 95 100 100
Weather cov..... SCH SCH CHC
Weather type.... RN RN RN
Tstm cov........
Temp............48 43 41 40 39 39 39 39 39 39 40 39
Dewpoint........30 30 30 30 30 32 32 33 33 33 34 35
RH..............49 59 65 69 72 74 76 79 79 80 80 83
20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1
20 FT wind gust.5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.S S S S SE S S S S S S S
Transp wind spd.8 8 8 8 9 8 9 10 10 12 12 9
LVORI...........2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5
ADI.............4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4
VRate kt-ft/10003 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3
Ceiling (hft)...250 250 250 250 200 200 200 200 160 110 80 80
Visibility (sm).10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9
Sfc pres (in)...952 952 951 950 949 948 946 945 944 943 942 940
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Rain in the
morning. Chance of rain in the afternoon.
Patchy fog early in the morning.
Max temperature.....Around 53.
Min humidity........79 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2900 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to fair (13500 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................6 to 20.
Stability class.....3.
Pcpn amount.........0.11 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........8000 decreasing to 1100 in the late morning and
afternoon.
Visibility (SM).....5 in the morning.
Sfc pressure (in)...29.27.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........100 100 100 97 93 89 90 85 90 89 74 72
Weather cov.....CHC CHC LKY LKY DEF LKY CHC SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RW RW RW
Tstm cov........
Temp............39 39 39 41 43 46 48 50 51 52 53 52
Dewpoint........35 37 38 41 42 44 45 46 46 46 47 47
RH..............87 90 96 100 96 93 87 83 82 81 79 85
20 FT wind dir..S E SE S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT wind spd..1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 2
20 FT wind gust.6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 7 7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.2 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.2 0.9
Transp wind dir.S S S S SW SW S S SW SW SW SW
Transp wind spd.9 8 9 8 9 9 9 10 8 8 8 8
LVORI...........5 5 6 8 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4
ADI.............7 6 7 6 7 9 14 20 15 13 12 8
VRate kt-ft/10003 3 3 4 6 7 10 14 10 9 8 6
Ceiling (hft)...80 80 80 20 20 13 11 17 17 17 17 17
Visibility (sm).9 8 8 6 6 5 5
Sfc pres (in)...939 937 937 937 936 935 933 931 930 929 927 928
$$
Forecaster...Jeff Taylor
Requested by...Thomas Kiker
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2500843.0/GSP
.DELDT 01/17/25
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