Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Greer, SC
Issued by NWS Greer, SC
987
FNUS72 KGSP 222103
FWSGSP
Spot Forecast for Pine Mtn...US Forest Service
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
403 PM EST Wed Jan 22 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EST on January 23.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...
Sunny and dry conditions will lead to a clear and cold night,
with light winds. Arctic high pressure remains over the area but
slowly weakens into Friday, allowing temperatures to warm
gradually with continued dry conditions.
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent).
Chance of thunder...0.
Max temperature.....Around 40.
Min humidity........28 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west 5 to 6 mph late in
the morning.
Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 8 to 16 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (6500 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (47700 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................10 early in the morning increasing to 55 in the
afternoon.
Stability class.....2.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........22000.
Visibility (SM).....10.
TIME (EST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........51 61 66 72 74 70 64 57 45
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of thdr (%).M M M M M M M M M
Temp............23 27 31 34 37 38 39 40 38
Dewpoint........11 12 11 10 9 9 9 10 10
RH..............60 52 42 36 31 30 28 28 31
20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..2 3 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT wind gust.7 9 10 12 13 13 14 14 14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 1.8 2.5 2.7 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.2 1.3
Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.8 9 10 12 13 15 16 16 13
LVORI...........3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2
ADI.............10 21 29 35 41 51 55 53 21
VRate kt-ft/10007 14 22 27 34 43 48 44 14
Ceiling (hft)...250 250 250 230 220 220 220 250 250
Visibility (sm).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
.THURSDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
Chance of thunder...0.
Min temperature.....Around 20.
Max humidity........78 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 6 mph becoming light.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 6 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2700 knot-ft).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................3 to 5.
Stability class.....6.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........24000.
Visibility (SM).....10 early in the evening.
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........39 38 24 15 8 3 4 6 6 5 3 3
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of thdr (%).M M M M M M M M M M M M
Temp............35 33 31 29 27 25 24 23 23 23 22 21
Dewpoint........11 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 15 15 15
RH..............36 43 47 52 56 61 65 67 69 71 74 77
20 FT wind dir..W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT wind spd..6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 3
20 FT wind gust.13 12 12 10 10 9 9 8 8 8 8 8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Transp wind spd.9 12 10 9 8 8 7 6 6 6 7 7
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
ADI.............4 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
VRate kt-ft/10005 6 6 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
Ceiling (hft)...250 250 240 270 270 270 270 270 270 270 270 270
Visibility (sm).10 10
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Chance of thunder...0.
Max temperature.....Around 41.
Min humidity........30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west 5 to 7 mph in the
afternoon.
Mixing height.......5400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 6 to 15 mph increasing to 16 to 17
mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3300 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (76800 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................7 early in the morning increasing to 72 in the
afternoon.
Stability class.....2.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........27000 increasing to 35000 late in the morning,
then decreasing to 15000 late in the morning
increasing to 35000 late in the morning
decreasing to 6000 increasing to 35000 late in
the afternoon.
Visibility (SM).....MISSING.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........4 5 6 8 10 13 17 18 16 12 8 5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of thdr (%).M M M M M M M M M M M M
Temp............20 21 23 27 30 34 37 39 40 41 40 37
Dewpoint........15 15 15 15 15 14 14 13 12 12 11 12
RH..............78 76 69 60 52 44 38 34 31 30 30 34
20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..3 3 3 3 3 3 5 6 7 7 7 7
20 FT wind gust.7 7 8 8 8 10 12 13 15 15 16 15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 1.4 2.2 3.1 3.8 4.6 5.4 5.3 5.2 5.1 3.6
Transp wind dir.NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W NW NW NW
Transp wind spd.7 7 6 6 6 8 10 13 15 16 17 16
LVORI...........4 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............7 7 11 16 22 28 40 54 63 70 72 58
VRate kt-ft/10003 3 7 11 15 25 41 59 69 76 77 51
Ceiling (hft)...270 270 270 350 150 350 350 60 60 60 60 350
Visibility (sm).
$$
Forecaster...Andrew Kimball
Requested by...Wes Bentley
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2501086.0/GSP
.DELDT 01/23/25
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