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Spot Forecast for Battlefield RX...National Park Service
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
509 AM EDT Thu Mar 21 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EDT on March 21.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Dry conditions today as sfc dewpts remain in the low to mid 20
degree range leading to RH values 25% or less during the afternoon.
20-FT winds remain weak as sfc hipres becomes more diffuse over the
area. Winds within the mixed-layer also remain weak leading to low-end
e/ly transport winds veering sw/ly arnd 3PM.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 67.
Min humidity........23 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 6 to 8 mph late in the morning
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......4800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 8 to 16 mph decreasing to around 6 mph
                    early in the afternoon, then shifting to the
                    southwest 6 to 7 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (16400 knot-ft).
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................23 to 36.
Stability class.....2.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........25000.
Visibility (SM).....10.
Sfc pressure (in)...29.33.

TIME (EDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........1   2   1   1   1   5   0   9   5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............48  51  54  58  61  63  65  66  67
Dewpoint........25  25  25  25  26  26  27  28  29
RH..............41  37  33  28  26  24  23  24  24
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..8   8   6   6   3   2   2   3   3
20 FT wind gust.15  14  12  10  7   6   6   6   7
Mix hgt (kft)...1.2 1.8 2.2 2.7 3.3 3.9 4.5 4.8 4.8
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   SE  SW  SW  S
Transp wind spd.16  13  10  8   6   6   7   6   6
LVORI...........2   2   2   2   2   2   1   1   1
ADI.............25  29  29  27  23  27  36  32  32
VRate kt-ft/100017  20  20  19  16  19  27  24  24
Ceiling (hft)...250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Sfc pres (in)...935 938 940 939 938 937 936 934 933

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 45.
Max humidity........73 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east around 5 mph
                    overnight, then becoming light after 3 am.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 7 to 8 mph shifting to the east 7 to
                    10 mph in the late evening and overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (26400 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (2500 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................3 to 36.
Stability class.....4.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........23000 decreasing to 11000.
Visibility (SM).....10.
Sfc pressure (in)...29.33.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........6   5   5   15  16  19  18  34  48  32  49  50
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............67  64  60  56  55  53  52  50  49  48  47  45
Dewpoint........30  30  32  32  32  32  32  32  32  33  33  33
RH..............25  28  34  39  42  44  48  51  52  56  58  61
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..3   3   2   2   2   3   3   5   5   5   3   3
20 FT wind gust.8   6   5   5   6   6   7   8   8   8   7   7
Mix hgt (kft)...4.4 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.S   SE  SE  E   E   SE  E   E   SE  E   E   E
Transp wind spd.7   7   8   9   9   9   10  10  9   8   7   7
LVORI...........1   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   3   3   3
ADI.............36  3   4   4   4   4   5   5   6   4   3   5
VRate kt-ft/100026  4   3   4   3   3   4   4   3   3   3   3
Ceiling (hft)...250 250 250 250 250 250 230 200 180 160 130 110
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Sfc pres (in)...933 934 935 936 937 938 938 938 937 938 938 938

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent) then becoming
                    cloudy (85-95 percent). Chance of rain showers
                    in the morning, then rain showers in the
                    afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 58.
Min humidity........58 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......1800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 7 to 16 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2600 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (24800 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................5 to 29.
Stability class.....4.
Pcpn amount.........0.22 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........8000 decreasing to 1000.
Visibility (SM).....10 early in the morning.
Sfc pressure (in)...29.22.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........51  57  75  83  89  90  91  91  92  92  92  93
Weather cov.....            SCH SCH CHC CHC LKY LKY DEF DEF DEF
Weather type....            RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Temp............45  45  45  47  49  51  53  56  57  58  57  57
Dewpoint........34  34  36  39  41  43  44  45  45  46  47  48
RH..............64  64  71  73  73  75  71  67  65  66  69  74
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..5   6   6   6   7   8   8   9   9   9   9   9
20 FT wind gust.8   10  9   10  12  14  15  15  15  16  16  16
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.5 0.5 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.2
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.7   8   9   13  14  15  15  16  16  16  15  14
LVORI...........3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
ADI.............5   9   10  16  18  23  25  27  29  27  23  20
VRate kt-ft/10003   3   4   10  12  18  20  22  25  22  18  14
Ceiling (hft)...80  50  26  17  17  17  17  10  10  10  10  10
Visibility (sm).10  10  10
Sfc pres (in)...937 937 937 936 936 935 933 932 930 927 924 922

$$
Forecaster...Scott Krentz
Requested by...Cynthia Worthington
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2407959.0/GSP
.DELDT 03/21/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0


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