FNUS72 KGSP 121442 FWSGSP SPOT FORECAST FOR SAUNDERS...NC FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 942 AM EST MON JAN 12 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 EST ON JANUARY 12. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE CAROLINAS TODAY...THEN MOVE OFFSHORE TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST TUESDAY MORNING. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH ANOTHER AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FOR WEDNESDAY. AN ARCTIC BLAST WILL ARRIVE ON THURSDAY WITH COLD WEATHER THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEKEND. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........48 AT IGNITION...MAX 49. RH..................33 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 33 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING...BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......400-1700 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 4100 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 2400-4200 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 17 TO 25 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 7 TO 15 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (EST) 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........33 33 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE TEMP............48 49 RH..............33 30 20 FT WIND......SE 5 S 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....4100 3800 TRANSPORT WIND..W 7 SW 8 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 28. RH..................MAX 81 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. MIXING HEIGHT.......900-2800 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 17 MPH...INCREASING TO 21 TO 25 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING. TIME (EST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........33 34 38 42 43 42 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............45 40 37 34 32 30 RH..............35 47 55 60 63 68 20 FT WIND......S 3 S 1 S 1 SW 1 W 1 W 1 20 FT WIND GUST.5 MIX HGT (FT)....2800 1600 300 300 300 300 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 10 SW 14 SW 17 SW 23 SW 25 SW 24 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MAX 52. RH..................MIN 34 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS...BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1700 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 4700-5500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 24 MPH...BECOMING WEST 2 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 13 TO 21 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...INCREASING TO AROUND 23 MPH LATE. TIME (EST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........42 43 46 50 53 57 WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............29 29 36 45 49 50 RH..............73 81 66 44 36 35 20 FT WIND......W 2 W 2 SW 3 W 5 W 8 NW 10 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 15 20 25 MIX HGT (FT)....300 500 900 2400 4000 5500 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 24 W 5 W 10 W 15 W 18 W 21 $$ FORECASTER...KRENTZ REQUESTED BY...WALKER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090112.SAUND.01/GSP