FNUS72 KGSP 011600 FWSGSP SPOT FORECAST FOR CHENOCETAH...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1100 AM EST MON MAR 1 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1105 EST ON MARCH 01. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO RIDGE DOWN FROM NEAR THE GREAT LAKES EARLY THIS WEEK AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES FROM THE GULF COAST TO NEAR THE CAROLINA COAST. THIS LOW IS EXPECTED TO BE JUST OFF THE CAROLINA COAST LATE TUESDAY. A DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM FOR THE EASTERN STATES THROUGH MID WEEK WITH MUCH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. NEW GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT MIXING WILL BE RELATIVELY DEEP OVER THE BURN SITE THIS AFTERNOON...UP TO 4000 FEET...BUT THAT TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE UNUSUALLY LIGHT FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. TRANSPORT WIND SPEEDS WILL BE ON THE ORDER OF 3-5 KT MAINLY FROM THE SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51. MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE. MIXING HEIGHT.......700-2300 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 3000-4100 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 1 TO 3 MPH. TIME (EST) 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).............86 84 89 95 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................43 48 50 50 MIN HUMIDITY........50 43 40 41 WIND (20 FT)........S 1 SW 2 SW 2 SW 2 20 FT WIND GUST..... 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)........3400 3700 4000 3000 TRANSPORT WINDS.....SE 4 S 4 SW 3 SW 2 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE EVENING. A CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN RAIN AND SNOW LIKELY LATE. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 36. MAX HUMIDITY........79 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS...BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1900 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 2 TO 10 MPH...INCREASING TO EAST AROUND 23 MPH. TIME (EST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).............98 99 97 95 95 97 WEATHER COV......... S CHC S CHC S CHC CHANCE LIKELY WEATHER TYPE........NONE RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RNSN TEMP................48 44 42 40 39 38 MIN HUMIDITY........43 52 61 64 66 70 WIND (20 FT)........W 2 NW 1 N 2 NE 2 E 2 NE 3 20 FT WIND GUST.....5 5 5 5 10 MIX HGT (FT)........1900 600 300 800 1300 1800 TRANSPORT WINDS.....NE 2 NE 5 NE 7 NE 10 NE 15 NE 21 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). RAIN EARLY IN THE MORNING. SNOW. RAIN LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 39. MIN HUMIDITY........68 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1600-2000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 21 TO 26 MPH. TIME (EST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............99 100 100 100 99 99 WEATHER COV.........LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE........RNSN RNSN SNOW SNOW RNSN RNSN TEMP................37 36 35 36 37 39 MIN HUMIDITY........73 79 84 84 83 81 WIND (20 FT)........NE 5 NE 6 NE 6 NE 5 N 5 N 5 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 15 15 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)........1700 1600 1600 1800 1900 2000 TRANSPORT WINDS.....E 25 E 26 NE 25 NE 23 NE 22 NE 21 $$ FORECASTER...MOORE REQUESTED BY...DRAG SHARP TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100301.CHENO.02/GSP