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FNUS72 KGSP 051704
FWSGSP

Spot Forecast for Helene Flood Event...Buncombe County
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
104 PM EDT Sat Oct 5 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1300 EDT on October 05.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Dry weather with slightly above normal temperatures will continue
through the weekend and into early next week, as high pressure
builds into the region. Areas of fog, which may become dense, can
be expected in the mountain valleys each morning.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 76.
Min humidity........55 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds.
Ceiling (FT)........4000.
Visibility (SM).....9.

TIME (EDT)      1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........30  32  28  22  16
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............74  76  76  76  75
RH..............59  55  55  56  59
Surface wnd dir.N   N   NE  E   E
Surface wnd spd.3   3   3   3   3
Surface wnd gst.7   5   5   5   5
Ceiling (hft)...40  45  45  40  40
Visibility (sm).9   9   9   9   9

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent). Patchy fog after 3
                    am. Areas of fog after 3 am, then widespread
                    fog early in the morning.
Min temperature.....Around 56.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Southeast winds 5 to 6 mph decreasing to around
                    5 mph after 3 am.
Ceiling (FT)........4000 increasing to 21000 in the late evening
                    and overnight, then decreasing to 200 after 3
                    am.
Visibility (SM).....7 decreasing to 0.48.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........11  7   5   7   1   0   0   1   2   6   11  15
Weather cov.....                                    PTY ARS WID
Weather type....                                    FOG FOG FOG
Tstm cov........
Temp............73  70  67  65  63  62  61  60  59  58  58  57
RH..............62  66  72  76  79  81  82  85  86  89  90  94
Surface wnd dir.SE  SE  E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Surface wnd spd.5   6   6   6   6   6   6   5   5   5   5   3
Surface wnd gst.
Ceiling (hft)...40  40  40  40  250 250 240 230 210 140 70  2.0
Visibility (sm).9   9   9   9   9   9   9   8   7   5   .93 .50

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent). Widespread dense fog
                    early in the morning, then patchy fog late in
                    the morning.
Max temperature.....Around 77.
Min humidity........61 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds.
Ceiling (FT)........200 increasing to 35000 in the late morning and
                    early afternoon, then decreasing to 6000 late
                    in the afternoon.
Visibility (SM).....Near 0.0 increasing to 7.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........18  21  20  19  14  8   6   4   7   10  6   1
Weather cov.....WID WID WID PTY PTY
Weather type....FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG
Tstm cov........
Temp............56  56  56  57  61  68  72  74  76  75  75  75
RH..............96  95  97  100 95  81  74  68  61  63  63  64
Surface wnd dir.SE  SE  E   E   SE  S   SW  W   NW  NW  NW  NW
Surface wnd spd.3   3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   3   3   3
Surface wnd gst.        5   3   5   5   6   6   7   7   7   7
Ceiling (hft)...2.0 2.0 2.0 350 350 350 350 350 60  70  70  70
Visibility (sm)..00 .00 .25 2.5 5   7   8   8   7

$$
Forecaster...Andrew Kimball
Requested by...Mark Bender
Type of request...OTHER
.TAG 2423552.2/GSP
.DELDT 10/05/24
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