FNUS72 KGSP 231206 FWSGSP SPOT FORECAST FOR COMPARTMENT 50 51...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 806 AM EDT THU APR 23 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON APRIL 23. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...GRADUALLY INCREASING CLOUD COVER... .DISCUSSION... AS A LARGE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS ATOP THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES...MAINLY DRY AND WARM WEATHER IS EXPECTED INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........65 AT IGNITION...MAX 82. RH..................42 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 25 PERCENT AT 5 PM. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 2 MPH AT IGNITION...BECOMING WEST 6 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL AT IGNITION...INCREASING TO 5300-5800 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 2 TO 10 MPH...INCREASING TO AROUND 12 MPH. ADI.................20 AT IGNITION...INCREASING TO 51 BY 5 PM. LVORI...............2 AT IGNITION...DECREASING TO 1 BY NOON. TIME (EDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............7 6 5 5 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................65 73 79 80 RH..................42 33 29 26 20 FT WIND..........W 2 W 2 W 3 W 4 20 FT WIND GUST.....5 5 5 5 ADI.................20 35 39 50 LVORI...............2 1 1 1 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 52. RH..................MAX 100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT DOWNSLOPE. MIXING HEIGHT.......2400-4100 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 200-700 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 9 MPH EARLY....BECOMING ZERO BY 11 PM. INVERSION SETUP.....9 PM EDT. ADI.................35 AT 6 PM DECREASING TO 0 BY 11 PM. LVORI...............1 AT 6 PM INCREASING TO 10 BY 6 AM. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).............5 5 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 17 20 23 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........ TEMP................79 75 71 67 64 62 60 58 56 55 53 52 RH..................27 33 39 47 55 61 66 71 77 83 89 95 20 FT WIND DIR......W S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE E E 20 FT WIND SPD......3 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 20 FT WIND GUST.....5 5 5 5 ADI.................35 21 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 LVORI...............1 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 6 7 8 $$ FORECASTER...TOMKO REQUESTED BY...TODD BENNETT TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090423.COMPA.01/GSP