FNUS72 KGSP 021823 FWSGSP SPOT FORECAST FOR BALDS...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 223 PM EDT FRI APR 2 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 EDT ON APRIL 01. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A WEAKENING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE IN FROM THE WEST ON SATURDAY AND THEN DISSIPATE ATOP THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BACK IN ON MONDAY AND KEEPS OUR WEATHER DRY AND WARM THROUGH MIDWEEK. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72. MIN HUMIDITY........16 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 9 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH. TIME (EDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).............0 0 0 0 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........ TEMP................66 66 66 65 MIN HUMIDITY........34 33 32 32 20 FT WIND DIR......S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD......6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT).......2.9 3.2 3.5 2.8 TRANSP WIND DIR.S SW SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.....15 15 15 15 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50. MAX HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......800-2600 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL LATE IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 16 TO 24 MPH...INCREASING TO 26 TO 32 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).............0 3 5 6 9 12 16 19 22 24 27 30 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........ TEMP................65 63 63 61 58 56 55 53 52 52 51 51 MIN HUMIDITY........35 39 42 49 55 61 65 68 70 71 72 72 20 FT WIND DIR......S S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD......6 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 15 15 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT).......2.6 2.3 2.0 1.4 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S S S S S S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.....16 17 18 20 22 24 26 29 30 31 32 32 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61. MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2000 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 2300-3400 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 30 TO 35 MPH...DECREASING TO AROUND 26 MPH LATE. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............34 40 51 58 71 71 WEATHER COV......... S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP................50 51 56 60 61 60 MIN HUMIDITY........74 75 66 56 48 48 WIND (20 FT)........S 6 S 6 S 8 S 10 S 10 SW 9 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 15 20 20 20 20 MIX HGT (FT)........300 300 1400 2300 3400 3400 TRANSPORT WINDS.....S 23 S 26 S 27 SW 33 SW 32 SW 30 $$ FORECASTER...DIXON REQUESTED BY...PATRICK SCOTT TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100401.BALDS.03/GSP