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Spot Forecast for Richard B. Russell Unit 4...Ga State Parks
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
508 AM EDT Mon Apr 29 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 EDT on April 29.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
The warming trend will continue through mid week as high pressure
remains centered just off the Atlantic Coast. A weak cold front is
expected to move through the area on Tuesday bringing scattered
showers and thunderstorms. The chance that your location will see
showers and/or thunderstorms on Tuesday is between about 40 and 50%.
Wednesday and Thursday should be dry with winds remaining light on
Wednesday and then picking up out of the E to NE on Thursday afternoon.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 82.
Min humidity........40 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......5900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 9 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (35400 knot-ft).
LVORI...............1.
ADI.................49 to 68.
Stability class.....2.

TIME (EDT)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........28  25  22  18  19  19  20
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............70  74  77  78  80  81  82
RH..............66  57  49  45  43  41  40
20 FT wind dir..SW  S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..6   7   8   8   8   8   7
20 FT wind gust.10  12  12  14  13  13  13
Mix hgt (kft)...3.9 4.8 5.2 5.5 5.6 5.9 5.7
Transp wind dir.S   SW  S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.10  10  9   9   10  10  10
LVORI...........1   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............49  58  55  57  66  68  67
VRate kt-ft/100035  44  42  44  51  53  52

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (55-65 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 60.
Max humidity........95 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (47400 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (3100 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................62 early in the evening decreasing to 4 late in
                    the night.
Stability class.....4.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........16  12  9   13  18  22  29  35  42  52  62  72
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............81  78  73  69  67  65  64  63  62  61  60  60
RH..............43  48  58  66  70  76  78  82  85  88  91  94
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..7   7   7   6   6   6   7   8   9   8   7   7
20 FT wind gust.13  12  10  9   10  9   10  13  14  14  13  10
Mix hgt (kft)...5.3 2.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.10  9   8   9   9   9   10  10  12  12  10  9
LVORI...........1   2   3   3   3   4   4   4   4   5   5   6
ADI.............62  6   4   4   4   4   5   7   10  10  9   6
VRate kt-ft/100047  19  3   4   4   4   4   4   4   5   4   4

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers in the morning. Chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon and early evening.
Max temperature.....Around 82.
Min humidity........48 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 9 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near any thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......3800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 15 mph shifting to the west late
                    in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3900 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (49600 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................6 early in the morning increasing to 54 in the
                    afternoon.
Stability class.....4.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........71  71  71  71  71  71  67  64  60  57  55  52
Weather cov.....        SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....        RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                    SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Temp............60  60  62  66  69  73  75  77  78  80  80  81
RH..............95  95  91  81  74  67  61  57  55  52  50  48
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..6   6   5   5   6   6   7   8   9   9   9   8
20 FT wind gust.10  9   8   9   9   10  13  14  15  15  15  15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.9 1.4 2.1 2.6 3.2 3.8 3.4 3.6 2.7 1.9
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W
Transp wind spd.9   9   10  12  13  13  14  15  13  12  10  10
LVORI...........6   6   5   3   3   3   1   1   1   1   1   2
ADI.............6   7   11  22  33  37  46  54  44  40  33  25
VRate kt-ft/10004   4   8   15  23  29  39  50  38  36  26  17

$$
Forecaster...Jeff Taylor
Requested by...Phil Delestrez
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412659.0/GSP
.DELDT 04/29/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0