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Spot Forecast for Big Rock Rx Burn...NC Forest Service
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
549 AM EDT Thu Apr 18 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EDT on April 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Dry and warm conditions are expected today under sunny skies and
light winds.  A cold front will approach the area overnight tonight
into Friday morning with showers expected and a thunderstorm
possible.  Additional shower and thunderstorm chances are forecasted
Friday afternoon as the cold front moves through the area.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 6 mph late in the morning
                    becoming light, then becoming south 6 to 7 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......6500 ft AGL.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (6400 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (39200 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........1   1   1   1   1   4   5   5   6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............58  65  72  75  77  79  80  79  79
RH..............75  58  46  41  37  35  34  34  34
20 FT wind dir..N   N   NE  E   SE  S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..6   6   5   2   3   3   6   7   7
20 FT wind gust.7   7   6       5   6   7   9   10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 1.6 2.8 4.1 5.2 6.2 6.4 6.5 4.7
VRate kt-ft/10006   13  20  25  26  31  38  39  28

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain showers after 3 am.
Min temperature.....Around 57.
Max humidity........83 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (17500 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (2800 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........10  10  11  16  13  19  25  31  40  49  58  67
Weather cov.....                                    SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....                                    RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Temp............78  74  69  67  65  64  63  62  61  60  59  58
RH..............36  42  51  53  56  59  60  62  63  66  70  74
20 FT wind dir..S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..7   7   7   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.9   9   9   8   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7
Mix hgt (kft)...2.9 1.1 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
VRate kt-ft/100018  7   3   3   3   4   3   3   4   3   4   4

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers in the morning. Chance of thunderstorms
                    through the day. Rain showers likely in the
                    afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 76.
Min humidity........48 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 6 to 9 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the late morning
                    and afternoon.
Mixing height.......4300 ft AGL.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3200 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (47000 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........64  60  57  71  64  54  53  50  46  45  43  42
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........            SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Temp............58  57  57  58  63  67  70  72  74  75  75  76
RH..............77  80  83  82  73  65  59  56  52  50  49  48
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   7   7   8   8   8   9   9   9   9
20 FT wind gust.7   7   8   10  12  14  14  14  15  15  15  15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.8 1.3 2.6 3.5 3.9 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.1
VRate kt-ft/10004   4   3   6   14  26  35  43  47  34  33  41

$$
Forecaster...Joshua Palmer
Requested by...Mike Santucci
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411267.0/GSP
.DELDT 04/18/24
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