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FNUS72 KGSP 281738
FWSGSP

Spot Forecast for OHPNaturalMeadowBurn...Foothills Conservancy of NC
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
138 PM EDT Wed Oct 28 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EDT on October 29.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Calm and quiet weather persist for the prescribed burn location near
Morganton. No rain forecasted for Thursday. RH dips into the 50-60%
range in the afternoon. Winds are very light to calm with variable
direction IF wind even occurs (<5 mph gusts).

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 73.
Min humidity........59 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......3900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 3 mph shifting to the east
                    late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2877 mph-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (13580 mph-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................4 to 17.
Stability class.....1.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........15300 decreasing to 2600 late in the morning,
                    then increasing to 3700 late in the morning
                    increasing to 7100 early in the afternoon
                    increasing to 21900 increasing to 35000 late in
                    the afternoon.
Visibility (SM).....7 in the late morning and early afternoon.
Sfc pressure (in)...28.67.

TIME (EDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........38  29  18  24  23  18  10  6   2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............52  58  62  66  69  71  72  73  72
Dewpoint........52  58  60  60  59  59  58  58  57
RH..............100 100 93  82  70  66  61  59  60
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
20 FT wind gust.2   1   2   3   3   3   3   3   3
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 1.3 1.9 2.3 2.5 2.7 3.9 3.6 2.2
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  E   NE  E   NE  E   E
Transp wind spd.3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
LVORI...........9   9   6   4   3   3   2   2   3
ADI.............4   6   9   10  11  12  17  16  10
VRate mph-ft/1k.3   5   7   8   9   9   14  13  8
Ceiling (hft)...153 26  37  71  219 249 249 249 350
Visibility (sm).7   7   9   9   10  10
Sfc pres (in)...877 877 877 875 873 871 869 868 867

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 45.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 2 to 3 mph shifting to the west
                    around 3 mph in the late evening and overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (805 mph-ft).
LVORI...............7.
ADI.................1 to 5.
Stability class.....4.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........35000 decreasing to 30000 early in the evening.
Visibility (SM).....MISSING.
Sfc pressure (in)...28.68.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........1   1   3   12  13  13  19  24  30  27  25  22
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............70  65  59  57  55  54  53  52  50  49  48  47
Dewpoint........59  59  58  57  55  54  53  52  50  49  48  47
RH..............70  81  96  100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
20 FT wind gust.2   2   1           1   1   2   2   2   2   2
Mix hgt (kft)...1.2 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  E   NW  W   W   W   W   W   W   NW  NW
Transp wind spd.3   3   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
LVORI...........3   5   9   10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
ADI.............5   2   1   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
VRate mph-ft/1k.4   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Ceiling (hft)...350 350 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300
Visibility (sm).
Sfc pres (in)...868 869 870 871 871 871 871 870 870 870 869 869

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 78.
Min humidity........42 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......2700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 3 to 5 mph shifting to the east
                    around 3 mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1150 mph-ft).
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................2 to 12.
Stability class.....4.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........30000.
Visibility (SM).....MISSING.
Sfc pressure (in)...28.67.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........23  23  24  20  15  11  10  8   7   10  14  17
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............45  45  46  51  58  65  69  73  76  77  78  76
Dewpoint........45  45  45  48  52  55  54  53  51  52  54  55
RH..............100 100 99  91  81  70  58  48  43  42  43  48
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
20 FT wind gust.2   2   2   2   1   1   2   3   5   5   3   3
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.6 2.3 2.7 2.6 2.2 1.6
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   NE  E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.3   5   5   5   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
LVORI...........10  9   9   6   5   3   3   2   2   2   2   2
ADI.............2   4   4   4   3   4   7   10  12  12  10  7
VRate mph-ft/1k.1   1   2   2   3   3   6   8   9   9   7   6
Ceiling (hft)...300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300
Visibility (sm).
Sfc pres (in)...869 870 871 872 874 874 872 870 868 867 867 868

$$
Forecaster...CP
Requested by...Ryan Sparks
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2624780.0/GSP
.DELDT 10/28/26
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