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FNUS72 KGSP 252251
FWSGSP

Spot Forecast for Andrews Bald SAR...Great Smoky Mountains Nat Park
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
651 PM EDT Mon May 25 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1900 EDT on May 25.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Rain will continue off and on through the evening. Periods of heavy
rainfall are expected. A brief thunderstorm producing occasional
cloud to ground lightning and wind gusts up to 30 mph is also possible
this evening. Rain is forecast to taper off after midnight.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Rain showers and chance
                    of thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Patchy fog
developing overnight.
Chance of pcpn......80 percent.
Chance of thunder...30 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 57.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the
                    late evening and overnight.
Ceiling (FT)........3200 decreasing to 500 after midnight.
Visibility (SM).....6 decreasing to 2.49.

TIME (EDT)      7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........89  91  89  91  95  91  91  91  89  86  81
Weather cov.....CHC LKY DEF DEF LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).50  60  80  80  70  60  40  40  30  40  50
Chc of thdr (%).50  30  30  30  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Temp............64  62  62  61  61  61  60  60  60  59  59
RH..............88  92  92  95  95  94  96  98  98  99  98
Aparnt tmp (F)..64  62  62  61  61  61  60  60  60  59  59
Surface wnd dir.SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Surface wnd spd.2   3   5   6   7   7   8   9   9   9   10
Surface wnd gst.7   8   8   10  12  13  13  14  15  15  15
Ceiling (hft)...59  32  16  7.0 11  9.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 5.0 5.0
Visibility (sm).8   6   5   3   4   4   4   3   2.8 2.5 2.6

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Patchy fog early
                    in the morning. Rain showers with a chance of
thunderstorms, mainly in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......80 percent.
Chance of thunder...50 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 66.
Min humidity........89 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Ceiling (FT)........500 increasing to 1600 decreasing in the
afternoon.
Visibility (SM).....2.75 increasing to 6.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........91  88  91  90  89  79  81  88  82  84  75  92
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY DEF LKY LKY LKY DEF
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                    CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).30  40  40  50  50  60  70  80  70  70  60  80
Chc of thdr (%).10  10  10  10  10  30  30  30  50  50  50  40
Temp............58  58  59  57  60  60  61  63  64  65  66  65
RH..............99  100 100 100 100 100 100 98  96  92  89  90
Aparnt tmp (F)..58  58  59  57  60  60  61  63  64  65  66  65
Surface wnd dir.S   S   SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW
Surface wnd spd.10  10  10  10  9   9   7   7   6   6   6   5
Surface wnd gst.15  16  17  17  17  17  16  15  15  14  14  13
Ceiling (hft)...5.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 8.0 12  16  19  23  20  16  13
Visibility (sm).2.8 2.8 3   4   6   8   8   7   7   7   7   8

$$
Forecaster...JDL
Requested by...Lauren Yoder
Type of request...SAR
.TAG 2614441.0/GSP
.DELDT 05/25/26
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