FNUS72 KGSP 051540 FWSGSP SPOT FORECAST FOR LITTLE CATALOOCHEE...NPS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1140 AM EDT WED MAY 5 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 EDT ON MAY 05. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST TODAY. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE CAROLINAS THURSDAY BEFORE DISSIPATING. A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN SETTLE OVER THE REGION LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75. MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2000 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 5400-5600 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 1 MPH...BECOMING SOUTH 0 TO 9 MPH IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............0 2 3 16 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................61 68 73 74 MIN HUMIDITY........51 39 31 34 WIND (20 FT)........SW 1 S 1 S 3 SW 5 20 FT WIND GUST..... 5 10 MIX HGT (FT)........2000 3700 5400 5500 TRANSPORT WINDS.....S 6 S 9 SW 12 SW 13 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51. MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3100-4800 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 300-2200 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 TO 13 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).............24 35 17 12 3 0 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................73 67 61 58 55 53 MIN HUMIDITY........36 40 55 65 69 69 WIND (20 FT)........SW 5 SW 5 S 4 S 4 SW 4 SW 4 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)........4800 3100 1200 300 300 300 TRANSPORT WINDS.....SW 13 SW 9 SW 7 SW 6 SW 6 SW 5 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72. MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1600 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 5300-6300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 13 MPH...INCREASING TO 15 TO 16 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).............0 0 0 0 0 16 22 29 32 33 35 37 WEATHER COV......... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE........ TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP................51 52 53 56 61 65 68 70 71 71 71 71 MIN HUMIDITY........75 78 80 77 67 59 54 49 46 45 44 45 20 FT WIND DIR......W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD......5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 10 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT).......0.3 0.3 0.3 1.6 2.9 4.3 4.8 5.3 5.9 6.0 6.1 6.3 TRANSP WIND DIR.....W W W W W W W W W W W W TRANSP WIND SPD.....5 6 7 9 13 15 16 16 16 16 16 15 $$ FORECASTER...HINSON REQUESTED BY...ROB KLEIN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100505.LITTL.01/GSP