FNUS72 KGSP 181301 FWSGSP SPOT FORECAST FOR COMPT 209...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 901 AM EDT FRI MAR 18 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 EDT ON MARCH 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTH TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT...CROSSING THE REGION ON SATURDAY. A COOL WEDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEKEND. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK...WITH ANOTHER FRONT LIKELY REACHING THE AREA FROM THE NORTH MID TO LATE WEEK. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84. MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2000 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 3000-4200 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 24 TO 32 MPH...DECREASING TO 17 TO 22 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............0 0 0 0 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................61 72 80 83 RH..................51 35 28 25 20 FT WIND..........W 5 W 6 W 8 SW 8 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 15 20 20 MIX HGT (FT)........800 2000 3900 4100 TRANSPORT WIND......W 29 W 24 W 21 W 18 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54. MAX HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1600-2900 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 TO 17 MPH...BECOMING WEST 6 TO 7 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).............4 6 6 6 9 8 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................81 72 66 62 59 56 RH..................29 44 54 64 74 84 20 FT WIND..........SW 6 SW 5 SW 5 SW 5 W 4 W 4 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 10 10 10 10 5 MIX HGT (FT)........2900 300 300 300 300 300 TRANSPORT WIND......W 17 W 17 SW 13 SW 8 W 6 W 6 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82. MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING...BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1600 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 4400-6000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 3 TO 10 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............10 13 20 28 35 42 WEATHER COV......... S CHC WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTORM TEMP................54 56 66 74 80 81 RH..................92 87 63 49 41 37 20 FT WIND..........W 3 W 2 N 4 N 5 NE 5 NE 5 20 FT WIND GUST.....5 5 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)........300 300 1600 3000 4400 5500 TRANSPORT WIND......W 5 W 3 N 9 N 9 NE 8 NE 8 $$ FORECASTER...KIMBALL REQUESTED BY...BILL HAMMOND TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110318.COMPT.01/GSP