FNUS72 KGSP 011314 FWSGSP SPOT FORECAST FOR STONEWALL KNOB...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 914 AM EDT THU OCT 1 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 EDT ON OCTOBER 01. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...COLD FRONT ARRIVES FRIDAY... .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE AND A COOL DRY AIR MASS WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL OF THE WEATHER THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT. DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD BACK ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST NEXT TUESDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........68 AT IGNITION...MAX 70. RH..................45 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 42 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...INCREASING TO SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH IN LATE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......3700 FT AGL AT IGNITION...INCREASING TO 4400 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 5 MPH...INCREASING TO 3 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).............9 11 14 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE TEMP................68 70 68 RH..................45 42 44 20 FT WIND..........SE 5 SE 5 SE 5 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)........3700 4100 4400 TRANSPORT WIND......S 7 S 8 S 7 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 50. RH..................MAX 100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT DOWNSLOPE. MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 2 TO 9 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).............15 17 20 25 28 46 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................65 59 56 54 52 51 RH..................51 67 76 83 88 94 20 FT WIND..........S 5 NW 2 NW 2 NW 2 NW 1 NW 1 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)........3500 1600 700 300 300 300 TRANSPORT WIND......S 8 S 9 S 5 S 2 S 3 S 3 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (65-75 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS (20%) IN THE MORNING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS (50%) IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 68. RH..................MIN 64 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 3600 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 2 TO 8 MPH...INCREASING TO 15 TO 21 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............53 59 66 75 82 80 WEATHER COV......... S CHC CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP................50 52 59 64 67 67 RH..................100 95 78 67 64 65 20 FT WIND..........S 2 S 2 S 4 S 6 S 6 SW 6 20 FT WIND GUST..... 5 10 15 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)........300 300 2400 3500 3600 3300 TRANSPORT WIND......S 2 SW 3 SW 15 SW 21 S 18 SW 18 $$ FORECASTER...TOMKO REQUESTED BY...DAVIS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20091001.STONE.01/GSP