FNUS72 KGSP 041154 FWSGSP SPOT FORECAST FOR C-40 BURN...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 754 AM EDT FRI MAY 4 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON MAY 04. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... AN UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL CROSS THE REGION TODAY. A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE EAST SATURDAY...AND POSSIBLY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK...ESTABLISHING A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IN ITS WAKE. A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE WEST BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 86. MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH...EXCEPT GUSTY NEAR HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS MAY GUST TO 15 MPH IN THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......600-1200 FT AGL EARLY...INCREASING TO 4000 FT AGL THIS AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 10 MPH...INCREASING TO 14 TO 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............90 80 70 60 WEATHER COV.........SCTTRD ISOLTD SCTTRD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE........RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP................70 78 82 85 RH..................70 55 46 44 20 FT WIND..........W 4 SW 5 SW 7 W 8 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 15 15 17 MIX HGT (FT)........1000 2000 3200 4000 TRANSPORT WIND......W 6 W 10 W 15 W 18 LVORI...............3 1 1 1 ADI.................10 30 58 60 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65. MAX HUMIDITY........87 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. MIXING HEIGHT.......3000-4000 FT AGL EARLY...DECREASING TO 300-600 FT. SURFACE INVERSION SETTING UP BETWEEN 8 AND 9 PM AND DISSIPATING SATURDAY MORNING AROUND 9 AM. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 14 MPH EARLY...BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).............55 54 54 55 55 57 WEATHER COV.........ISOLTD S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE........RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE RNSHWR TEMP................85 81 74 70 68 66 RH..................43 51 65 76 81 86 20 FT WIND..........SW 6 SW 4 SW 3 SW 3 SW 3 W 3 20 FT WIND GUST.....15 10 10 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)........4000 3000 600 300 300 300 TRANSPORT WIND......W 15 SW 10 SW 7 SW 5 SW 5 W 5 LVORI...............1 2 3 4 5 6 ADI.................44 8 5 4 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...GERAPETRITIS REQUESTED BY...REGINALD GOOLSBY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120504.C40BU.01/GSP