Wind Advisory 13, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

151 
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1047 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062-270400-
/O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0013.101026T1600Z-101027T0400Z/
MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAYNESVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN
1047 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. 

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE TODAY ACROSS THE
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WIND GUSTS
OF 50 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS HIGHER
ELEVATIONS AND LOCATIONS ALONG THE TENNESSEE LINE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

NED

242 
WWUS72 KGSP 261928
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
328 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

NCZ033-049-050-053-063>065-501-503-505-507-509-270330-
/O.EXB.KGSP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-101027T0700Z/
AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...ASHEVILLE...
BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE
328 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. 

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50
MPH...WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY
ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA.
ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET WILL SEE FREQUENT GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55
MPH OVERNIGHT. 

WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH WILL KNOCK DOWN A FEW TREES AND POWER
LINES...BLOCKING A FEW ROADS AND CAUSING SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062-270330-
/O.EXT.KGSP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-101027T0700Z/
MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAYNESVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN
328 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT WEDNESDAY...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. 

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50
MPH...WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY
ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. ELEVATIONS
ABOVE 3500 FEET WILL SEE FREQUENT GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH
OVERNIGHT.

WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH WILL KNOCK DOWN A FEW TREES AND POWER
LINES...BLOCKING A FEW ROADS AND CAUSING SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

MCAVOY

513 
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1049 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-270700-
/O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-101027T0700Z/
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...WAYNESVILLE...
ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE
1049 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT WEDNESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. 

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...
WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS
OF NORTH CAROLINA. ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET WILL SEE GUSTS AS
HIGH AS 55 MPH.

WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH WILL KNOCK DOWN A FEW TREES AND POWER
LINES...BLOCKING A FEW ROADS AND CAUSING SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
316 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE WEST AND MOVE
INTO THE MOUNTAINS BY WEDNESDAY....THEN PUSH THROUGH THE AREA
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD IN FOR THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
LLVL WAA MAX WILL CONTINUE TO DRIVE NUMEROUS CVRG OF PRE-DAWN
SHOWERS OUT OF THE NC PIEDMONT BEFORE DAYBREAK...ALTHOUGH WITHIN
THE CONTINUED STOUT UPGLIDE/UPSLOPE FLOW...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS WILL
LIKELY BE FORCED...ESPECIALLY ACRS THE MTNS/FTHLS. RICH BLYR
MOISTURE HAS RESULTED IN WIDESPREAD LOWER OVC AND P FOG ACRS THE
CWFA EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT WILL GRADUALLY LIFT AS MIXING
INCREASES LATER THIS MORNING. ALSO...WITHIN DEEPENING MIXED
LAYER...EXPECTING BREEZY SSWLY CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. FOR THIS
AFTERNOON...FORCING FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO BE
PROVIDED BY THE STOUT WAA FLOW...AND DEVELOPING WEAK SB POSITIVE
CAPE VALUES WILL ALSO GIVE RISE TO ISOLATED TSTM THREAT. WITHIN THE
EASTERN PERIPHERY OF STG 85H JET...VERY WINDY CONDS COULD BE SEEN
ACRS HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NC MTNS THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL
HOIST WIND ADVISORY TO COVER THE THREAT. DEVELOPING SUNSHINE AND WAA
IS EXPECTED TO BOOST MAX TEMPS TO 10 DEG F ABOVE NORMAL.

FOR THIS EVENING...IS IT LIKELY THAT FRONTAL BAND FORCING WILL
BE ENCROACHING UPON THE WESTERN CWFA. WITHIN THE LINGERING DEEP
SHEAR IT IS PROBABLE THAT ROBUST SQUALL LINE/QLCS/CLUSTERS OF
STG TO SVR STORMS WILL BE EFFECTING AT LEAST THE MTNS AT SOME
POINT TONIGHT. SITUATION WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY THROUGHOUT THE
DAY AS UPSTREAM DEEP CONVECTION DEVELOPS AND MODE/TIMING OF
POTENTIAL SVR TSTMS CAN BE REFINED.

&&

.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 315 AM TUESDAY...H5 REINFORCING SHOT OF ENERGY IS EXPECTED TO
PUSH ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS WED AS THE COLD FRONT SLOWS DOWN OVER
THE CWA AS BETTER UPPER SUPPORT SWINGS NE. STILL LOOKING FOR ENOUGH
FORCING/LIFT FOR LIKELY SHWRS MTNS INTO ADJACENT FOOTHILLS WITH
SOLID CHC ELSEWHERE AS THE FRONT MOVES SLOWLY ACROSS THE CWA WED...
WITH PRECIP CHC TAPERING TO CHANCE WED NIGHT AS THE SYSTEM SLIDES
SE. MODELS SHOW SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH THE GFS AND NAM MOVG THE FRONT
THRU THE CWA BY AROUND 12Z THU...BUT THE ECMWF KEEPS IT OVER THE
AREA LONGER SO HELD ON TO SLIGHT CHC POPS THU MRNG. TEMPS REMAIN
WELL ABOVE AVG THRU THE SHORT TERM.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 315 AM TUESDAY...MODELS AGREE AREA BUILDING A FLAT UPPER RIDGE
OVER THE REGION AND PUSHING COOL HIGH SFC PRES IN FROM THE NW
FRI...COOLING TEMPS BELOW AVG FRI-SAT. SFC HIGH SHIFTS OFFSHORE SAT
NIGHT-SUN WITH LGT S FLOW RETURNING AND TEMPS WARM TO A FEW DEG
ABOVE AVG BY SUN AFTN. ANOTHER SYSTEM APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE
W MON BUT REMAINS FAR ENOUGH W TO KEEP POPS BELOW SLIGHT CHC FOR
NOW. TEMPS REMAIN ABOVE AVG MON.

&&

.AVIATION /07Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AT KCLT...NUMERICAL GUIDANCE IN AGREEMENT...ALTHOUGH ADVERTISING
SOME TIMING VARIATION...OF PREDOMINANT IFR CIGS DEVELOPING AT SOME
POINT LATE TONIGHT AND LINGERING THRU ABOUT MID-MORNING. WOULD
EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWER ACTIVITY TO PERSIST AS WELL...IF NOT EXPAND
ACRS WESTERN NC...AND AT THIS POINT WILL ADVERTISE VCSH THRU
MID-MORNING AND AMEND AS NECESSARY IF THREAT OF AFFECTING AIRFIELD
INCREASES. WITH HEATING AND DEEPENING MIXING AS THE MORNING WEARS
ON...WOULD EXPECT A RETURN TO VFR CIGS BY THE AFTERNOON AS THE
POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY SSW WINDS INCREASE AS WELL. SHOWER/ISO TSTM
DEVELOPMENT PROBABILITIES ARE SMALL ENUF AT THIS POINT TO LEAVE OUT
ANY MENTION.

ELSEWHERE ACRS THE FA...DIURNAL DEVELOPMENT OF FLIGHT
RESTRICTIONS...ESPECIALLY CIGS...WILL BE SEEN AT ALL TERMINALS THIS
MORNING ALONG WITH THE THREAT OF BRIEF VSBY REDUCTIONS IN SHOWERS.
AN EVENTUAL RETURN TO VFR CONDS ARE EXPECTED BY THE AFTERNOON WITH
THE REDEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM...
ESPECIALLY ACRS THE MTNS.

OUTLOOK...A SLOW-MOVING COLD FRONT WILL LIKELY BRING A ROUND
OF ORGANIZED SHOWERS/TSTMS TO THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY
WEDNESDAY. GRADUAL CLEARING/DRYING IS EXPECTED LATER WED INTO WED
NIGHT.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR
     NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062.
SC...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...RB
NEAR TERM...CSH
SHORT TERM...RB
LONG TERM...RB
AVIATION...CSH

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
346 PM EDT MON OCT 25 2010

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-262000-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-
IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-
ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
346 PM EDT MON OCT 25 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND A POSSIBLY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER
OVER THE AREA. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD
PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE CAROLINAS TUESDAY EVENING
AND BRING MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. STRONG WINDS
ALOFT COUPLED WITH SOME WEAK TO MODERATE INSTABILITY COULD PRODUCE
SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. STRONG WIND GUSTS...CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTING...AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS STORMS. DAMAGING HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE BUT NOT AS LIKELY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

JPT