FNUS72 KGSP 052120 FWSGSP SPOT FORECAST FOR LITTLE CATALOOCHEE...NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 520 PM EDT WED MAY 5 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 EDT ON MAY 06. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...NOT AS DRY THURSDAY... .DISCUSSION... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE CAROLINAS FROM THE NORTHWEST ON THURSDAY BEFORE DISSIPATING. A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA LATE FRIDAY AND MOVE AWAY TO THE EAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON. CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN SETTLE OVER THE REGION LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....55. MAX HUMIDITY........81 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING LIGTH DOWNSLOPE. MIXING HEIGHT.......5800 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 MPH....DECREASING TO 2 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).............27 32 35 31 22 17 16 13 12 13 17 18 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........ TEMP................73 71 68 65 63 61 60 59 58 57 56 55 MIN HUMIDITY........33 37 43 50 58 66 71 75 78 79 78 79 20 FT WIND DIR......S S S NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD......3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 20 FT WIND GUST.....5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT).......5.8 4.0 2.2 1.6 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W TRANSP WIND SPD.....10 8 6 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE (20%) OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........68 AT IGNITION...MAX 75. MIN HUMIDITY........64 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 40 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 4 MPH AT IGNITION...INCREASING TO 6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...INCREASING TO 7000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 TO 9 MPH...INCREASING TO 12 TO 14 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).............17 14 12 16 22 26 24 22 20 23 28 30 WEATHER COV......... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE........ TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP................55 56 58 62 65 68 70 72 74 74 75 74 MIN HUMIDITY........81 81 76 70 64 58 52 46 42 40 40 40 20 FT WIND DIR......W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD......3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.....5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT).......0.3 0.3 0.3 1.0 1.7 2.5 3.2 4.0 4.7 5.5 6.2 7.0 TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W W TRANSP WIND SPD.....3 3 5 6 8 9 12 13 14 14 14 13 .THURSDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE (20%) OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....55. MAX HUMIDITY........83 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH...GUSTING TO 15 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 1 TO 9 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).............30 30 30 29 26 23 21 18 17 16 14 12 WEATHER COV.........SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE........TSM TSM TEMP................74 71 68 66 63 62 60 59 58 57 56 55 MIN HUMIDITY........42 47 54 59 64 67 70 73 77 79 81 83 20 FT WIND DIR......NW NW NW NW W W SW S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD......6 5 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT).......5.5 4.1 2.6 1.8 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 TRANSP WIND DIR.W NW NW NW W W W W W SW SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.....9 7 3 2 1 1 1 2 3 5 7 8 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE (20%) OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....80. MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH...BECOMING SOUTH 17 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH LATE. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 5500-6200 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 18 MPH...INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 21 TO 29 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).............10 9 8 10 15 21 26 31 34 38 47 51 WEATHER COV......... SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE........ TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP................55 56 60 64 68 72 74 77 78 79 79 79 MIN HUMIDITY........83 80 70 61 52 45 41 38 36 35 36 36 20 FT WIND DIR......S S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD......5 5 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 11 11 12 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 10 10 15 15 20 20 25 25 30 30 30 MIX HGT (KFT).......0.3 0.3 0.3 0.9 1.6 2.2 2.9 3.5 4.2 4.8 5.5 6.2 TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.....10 13 15 16 18 21 22 24 25 26 28 29 && WEEKEND OUTLOOK... .FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE (40%) OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. LOW 53. HIGH 64. MAX RH 90 PERCENT. MINIMUM RH 36 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH FRIDAY NIGHT...BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 MPH SATURDAY. .SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW 38. HIGH 60. MINIMUM RH 33 PERCENT. NORTH WINDS 15 MPH SATURDAY NIGHT...BECOMING NORTH AT 5 MPH SUNDAY. $$ FORECASTER...TOMKO REQUESTED BY...ROB KLEIN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100506.LITTL.01/GSP