FNUS72 KGSP 202258 FWSGSP SPOT FORECAST FOR ROCK HOUSE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 558 PM EST FRI FEB 20 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 EST ON FEBRUARY 21. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...DRY SATURDAY... .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST ON SATURDAY. MEANWHILE...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING SOUTH FROM A LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL PUSH EAST ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........47 AT IGNITION...MAX 50. RH..................19 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 18 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...INCREASING TO 9 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2200 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 2400 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 2100-2600 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 3 TO 5 MPH...BECOMING SOUTH 6 TO 15 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASING TO 17 TO 21 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. INVERSION...........BURNOFF AT 900 AM EST. ADI.................4 INCREASING TO 61. LVORI...............3 DECREASING TO 1. TIME (EST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........13 18 17 17 25 41 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............19 25 40 46 48 49 RH..............64 52 29 21 18 20 20 FT WIND......NW 2 NW 2 SE 2 SE 5 SE 6 SE 6 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 10 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)....300 800 1900 2200 2500 2600 TRANSPORT WIND..NW 3 W 5 S 8 S 13 S 17 S 21 .SATURDAY NIGHT TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING CLOUDY (50-88 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS (30% INCREASING TO TO 40%). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 28. RH..................MAX 65 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING NORTHWEST AT 13 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1600 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 400 FT AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT...THE INCREASING TO 1500 FT AGL BY DAWN. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 18 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST 21 MPH BY DAWN. INVERSION...........NONE. ADI.................22 DECREASING TO 6. LVORI...............2 INCREASING TO 3. TIME (EST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........15 12 11 8 8 13 WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE....RAIN RAIN RAIN SNOW SNOW SNOW TEMP............46 42 37 34 33 31 RH..............25 43 56 62 65 65 20 FT WIND......SE 7 S 6 S 6 SSW 6 SSW 7 W 8 20 FT WIND GUST.10 9 9 10 10 12 MIX HGT (FT)....1600 900 600 500 800 1500 TRANSPORT WIND..S 20 S 20 S 20 SW 12 WSW 12 W 20 $$ FORECASTER...TOMKO REQUESTED BY...GREG PHILIPP TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090220.ROCKH.01/GSP