FNUS72 KGSP 181126 FWSGSP SPOT FORECAST FOR RICH MOUNTAIN...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 726 AM EDT FRI MAR 18 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 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 (0-10 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80. MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2100 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 2900-4600 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 29 TO 36 MPH...DECREASING TO 21 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............0 0 0 4 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................61 70 77 78 RH..................47 36 31 29 20 FT WIND..........W 5 W 5 W 6 W 6 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 15 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)........1500 2900 4300 4500 TRANSPORT WIND......W 32 W 25 W 21 W 21 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51. MAX HUMIDITY........94 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1800-3200 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 300-500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 12 TO 20 MPH...DECREASING TO 7 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).............5 8 10 9 6 9 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................76 68 63 59 56 54 RH..................31 43 52 61 69 80 20 FT WIND..........W 6 W 5 W 5 W 5 W 5 W 5 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)........3200 500 300 300 300 300 TRANSPORT WIND......W 20 W 14 W 12 NW 10 NW 7 NW 7 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74. MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING EAST AROUND 5 MPH LATE. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2100 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 5300-6100 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 3 TO 12 MPH...BECOMING EAST 2 TO 3 MPH LATE. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............14 20 27 35 42 50 WEATHER COV......... S CHC S CHC S CHC CHANCE WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE RNSHWR TSTORM TSTORM RNSHWR TEMP................51 53 61 68 72 73 RH..................92 92 71 57 47 44 20 FT WIND..........NW 5 NW 5 N 5 NE 3 E 2 E 2 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 10 10 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)........300 300 1500 3000 4800 5700 TRANSPORT WIND......NW 7 NW 7 N 12 N 8 NE 3 E 3 $$ FORECASTER...KIMBALL REQUESTED BY...ANDY PASCARELLA TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110318.RICHM.01/GSP