Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Greer, SC

Home |  Current Version |  Previous Version |  Text Only |  Print | Product List |  Glossary On
Versions: 1 2 3 4 5
325
FNUS72 KGSP 021615
FWSGSP

Spot Forecast for Long Creek Dove Field...USFS
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
1215 PM EDT Tue Sep 2 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 EDT on September 03.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
A ridge of high pressure will continue to influence our weather
through Wednesday. Clouds will increase this afternoon. Shower activity
on radar in east TN may spill over the mtns into western Oconee County
late this afternoon, but confidence is low. Rain chances will be
better on Wednesday afternoon as moisture increases ahead of an
approaching cold front.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the
                    afternoon. Chance of showers and thunderstorms
                    late in the afternoon.
Chance of thunder...40 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 78.
Min humidity........57 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 3 to 7 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (9437 mph-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (31879 mph-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................12 to 40.
Stability class.....1.
Pcpn amount.........0.01 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........7000 decreasing to 100 late in the afternoon.
Visibility (SM).....10.
Sfc pressure (in)...0.0.

TIME (EDT)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........43  45  46  50  52  55  57
Weather cov.....    SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....    RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........    SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
Chc of thdr (%).10  20  20  30  30  30  40
Temp............70  73  75  76  76  76  74
Dewpoint........59  59  59  60  60  60  61
RH..............67  62  59  57  57  59  63
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  W
20 FT wind spd..1   2   3   3   3   2   2
20 FT wind gust.7   8   9   9   10  10  9
Mix hgt (kft)...2.7 3.4 4.0 4.6 4.3 4.1 3.8
Transp wind dir.S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W
Transp wind spd.3   5   6   7   7   7   7
LVORI...........3   2   2   1   1   1   1
ADI.............12  19  29  40  38  36  31
VRate mph-ft/10009   15  23  32  32  30  26
Ceiling (hft)...70  80  80  80  1.0 1.0 1.0
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Sfc pres (in)...-2000-2000-2000-2000-2000-2000-2000

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (45-55 percent). Chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then
                    slight chance of showers overnight.
Chance of thunder...30 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 59.
Max humidity........99 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms early in the evening. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    early in the evening.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 3 to 6 mph shifting to the northwest 3 to
                    5 mph late in the evening.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (15536 mph-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (1726 mph-ft) late in the
                    night.
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................1 to 19.
Stability class.....4.
Pcpn amount.........0.01 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........100.
Visibility (SM).....10 early in the evening.
Sfc pressure (in)...0.0.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........55  54  53  52  51  48  48  48  48  48  48  48
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH
Chc of thdr (%).30  30  20  20  20  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Temp............73  70  68  66  65  64  63  62  61  61  60  60
Dewpoint........61  61  61  61  61  60  60  60  60  59  59  59
RH..............67  73  79  83  86  89  91  92  94  95  96  97
20 FT wind dir..W   SW  SW  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..2   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
20 FT wind gust.8   7   6   5   5   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
Mix hgt (kft)...2.7 1.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.W   SW  SW  W   NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   NW
Transp wind spd.6   5   3   3   5   5   5   3   3   3   3   3
LVORI...........3   3   4   5   6   6   7   7   7   8   8   8
ADI.............19  2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   1   1   2
VRate mph-ft/100016  7   2   2   2   3   2   2   2   2   2   2
Ceiling (hft)...1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Visibility (sm).10  10  10
Sfc pres (in)...-2000-2000-2000-2000-2000-2000-2000-2000-2000-2000-2000-2000

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain showers in the morning. Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the
                    afternoon, then chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Chance of thunder...40 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........64 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest around 5 mph in
                    the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 3 to 8 mph shifting to the southwest 10 to
                    15 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2071 mph-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (70663 mph-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................2 early in the morning increasing to 75 in the
                    afternoon.
Stability class.....3.
Pcpn amount.........0.08 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........100.
Visibility (SM).....MISSING.
Sfc pressure (in)...0.0.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........45  45  38  33  29  24  30  38  55  58  61  64
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH     SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW      RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                        SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
Chc of thdr (%).10  10  10  10  10  10  20  20  30  40  40  40
Temp............60  59  61  64  68  72  74  76  77  78  78  77
Dewpoint........59  59  60  61  63  64  64  64  64  64  64  64
RH..............98  99  97  90  82  75  71  67  65  64  64  66
20 FT wind dir..N   N   NW  W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..0   0   1   1   2   3   3   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.3   5   5   7   9   10  13  14  14  15  15  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 1.2 1.9 2.6 3.3 4.0 4.7 4.4 4.1 3.8
Transp wind dir.NW  W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.3   5   6   8   10  13  14  15  15  15  15  14
LVORI...........10  9   7   5   3   3   3   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............2   4   6   12  26  42  59  75  60  59  56  50
VRate mph-ft/10002   2   3   10  20  32  46  59  71  67  61  52
Ceiling (hft)...1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Visibility (sm).
Sfc pres (in)...-2000-2000-2000-2000-2000-2000-2000-2000-2000-2000-2000-2000

$$
Forecaster...Pat Moore
Requested by...wesley bentley
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2521120.0/GSP
.DELDT 09/02/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0