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Frost Advisory 4, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this frost advisory at Apr 12, 2012, 2:49 PM EDT for 8 counties in South Carolina; 4 counties in Georgia; 16 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Apr 13, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 12, 2012, 2:49 PM EDT (18:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 13, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2012, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
All 28 counties
Elbert County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Hart County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Alexander County, NC, Burke County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Davie County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Union County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 193 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1483 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
322 WWUS72 KGSP 121849 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 249 PM EDT THU APR 12 2012 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING... ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE AGAIN TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS... .COLD AND DRY CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER THE SOUTHEAST TODAY AND TONIGHT...BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND FROST TO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA BOTH THIS MORNING AND TOMORROW MORNING. NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-130300- /O.UPG.KGSP.FZ.A.0003.120413T0600Z-120413T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.FZ.W.0006.120413T0600Z-120413T1300Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...BRYSON CITY... WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE 249 PM EDT THU APR 12 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS AROUND 30. * IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506>510-SCZ008-009-011>014- 019-130300- /O.NEW.KGSP.FR.Y.0004.120413T0600Z-120413T1300Z/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE- EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD- POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-CHEROKEE-YORK-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS- UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE... CONCORD...MONROE...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS... UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 249 PM EDT THU APR 12 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS... * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE MID 30S. * WINDS...NORTHWEST UP TO 5 MPH. * IMPACTS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ KRENTZ
2 follow-up statements
725 WWUS72 KGSP 122140 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 540 PM EDT THU APR 12 2012 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND FROST POSSIBLE AGAIN TONIGHT ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .COLD AND DRY CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER THE SOUTHEAST TONIGHT...BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND FROST TO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TONIGHT NCZ507-509-130600- /O.UPG.KGSP.FR.Y.0004.120413T0600Z-120413T1300Z/ /O.EXA.KGSP.FZ.W.0006.120413T0600Z-120413T1300Z/ RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- 540 PM EDT THU APR 12 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY. THE FROST ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE POLK AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY MOUNTAINS * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ GAZ010-017-SCZ001>003-130600- /O.EXA.KGSP.FZ.W.0006.120413T0600Z-120413T1300Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE 540 PM EDT THU APR 12 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-130600- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0006.120413T0600Z-120413T1300Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...BRYSON CITY... WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE 540 PM EDT THU APR 12 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS AROUND 30. * IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ GAZ018-026-028-029-SCZ004>007-010-130600- /O.EXA.KGSP.FR.Y.0004.120413T0600Z-120413T1300Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...ELBERTON... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...ANDERSON 540 PM EDT THU APR 12 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE MID 30S. * WINDS...NORTHWEST UP TO 5 MPH. * IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510-SCZ008-009- 011>014-019-130600- /O.CON.KGSP.FR.Y.0004.120413T0600Z-120413T1300Z/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE- EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-CHEROKEE-YORK- ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE... CONCORD...MONROE...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS... UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 540 PM EDT THU APR 12 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT AND PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE MID 30S. * WINDS...WEST UP TO 5 MPH. * IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ NED
569 WWUS72 KGSP 130648 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 248 AM EDT FRI APR 13 2012 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND FROST POSSIBLE AGAIN THIS MORNING ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .COLD AND DRY CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER THE SOUTHEAST THIS MORNING...BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND FROST TO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509- SCZ001>003-131300- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120413T1300Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...NEWLAND... SPRUCE PINE...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA... FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 248 AM EDT FRI APR 13 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CAORLINAS AND RABUN COUNTY GEORGIA. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS AROUND 30. * IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508- 510-SCZ004>014-019-131300- /O.CON.KGSP.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120413T1300Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...ELBERTON... STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SHELBY... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 248 AM EDT FRI APR 13 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE MID 30S. * WINDS...NORTHWEST UP TO 5 MPH. * IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ 07
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this frost advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this frost advisory went out at Apr 12, 2:47 PM EDT, 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 2:47 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
247 PM EDT THU APR 12 2012
.SYNOPSIS...
TEMPERATURES WILL STEADILY WARM AS A SURFACE RIDGE REMAINS OVER THE
REGION THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN APPROACH FROM
THE WEST ON TUESDAY AND MOVE OVER THE AREA EARLY WEDNESDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/...
TONIGHT...VERY GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING AND STEEP SFC BASED
INVERSIONS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT. A STRONG H5 S/W WILL SWING OVER
THE EASTERN ZONES...BUT MOISTURE WILL BE NEGLIGIBLE FOR ANY OFFSET
COOLING CONCERNS. SFC DEWPOINTS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND HOVER
BELOW FREEZING IN THE MTNS TO NEAR FREEZING NON/MTNS. THIS WILL
ALLOW DROPPING TEMPS TO REACH FREEZING ACROSS THE NC MTNS. OUTSIDE
THE MTNS...PATCHY TO AREAS OF FROST WILL DEVELOP AWAY FROM THE BLUE
RIDGE THERMAL BELT. SO...A FREEZE WARNING AND FROST ADV WILL BE
ISSUED FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS.
NO SIGFNT WEATHER IS ON TAP FOR FRI. THE HIGH CENTER WILL SHIFT JUST
TO OUR EAST DURING THE DAY AND ALLOW FOR WEAK WINDS IN A GOOD
INSOLATION ENVIRONMENT. NO REAL RETURN FLOW DEVELOPS YET...BUT TEMPS
SHOULD REBOUND A CAT OR SO FROM TODAY/S TO NEAR NORMAL. SOME
OCCASIONAL CI AND PERHAPS SCT ELEVATED FAIR-WX CU WILL DEVELOP BY
THE AFTERNOON. BASICALLY A PLEASANT SPRING DAY IS IN STORE.
&&
.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 130 PM THURSDAY...THE SHORT RANGE OF THE FCST LOOKS
EXCEEDINGLY QUIET FOR MID APRIL. AN UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHEAST
WILL REMAIN SLOWLY PROGRESSIVE. A WEAK WAVE OVERTOPPING THE RIDGE ON
FRIDAY NIGHT SHOULD BE OF LITTLE CONSEQUENCE AS IT WILL BE STARVED
OF MOISTURE. SOME MID LEVEL CLOUDS IN ITS WAKE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
MTNS ON SATURDAY AND OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. HIGH PRESSURE WILL DRIFT
OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST AND SET THE STAGE FOR SOME MOISTURE RETURN
FROM THE GULF...BUT NOT UNTIL THE VERY END OF THE PERIOD LATE
SUNDAY. CANNOT RULE OUT A STRAY SHOWER OVER THE SRN MTNS OF NC...BUT
THE CHANCE IS TOO REMOTE TO MENTION AT THIS TIME. TEMPS WILL UNDERGO
A WARMING TREND AS THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE FCST AREA THROUGH
THE WEEKEND...SO EXPECT TO ADD 3-5 DEGREES EACH DAY TO THE PREVIOUS
DAYS HIGH. THAT SAID...HAVE LOWERED SUNDAYS HIGH FROM THE PREVIOUS
FCST BASED ON THE GUIDANCE BLEND. MIN TEMPS WILL ALSO WARM ENOUGH TO
GET US OUT OF FROST DANGER.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 1245 PM THURSDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE FCST PICKS UP AT 00Z ON
MONDAY WITH THE UPPER RIDGE IN PLACE OVER THE EASTERN CONUS AND AN
UPPER TROF TRANSLATING ACROSS THE PLAINS AND MAKING ITS WAY TOWARDS
OUR REGION. THE RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER THE REGION THRU
MONDAY UNTIL THE UPPER TROF APPROACHES THE CAROLINAS. THE LATEST
MODEL RUNS HAVE THE TROF DEAMPLIFYING MORE THAN YESTERDAY RUNS WITH
THE ECMWF REMAINING MORE AMPLIFIED AS IT MOVES INTO THE FCST AREA
EARLY WED.
AT THE SFC...THE PERSISTENT BERMUDA TYPE HIGH WILL KEEP THE SE
REGION UNDER WARM SOUTH TO SWLY LOW LVL FLOW THRU MOST OF THE MEDIUM
RANGE PERIOD. THE COLD FRONT IS STILL ON TRACK TO MOVE OVER THE CWFA
SOMETIME LATE TUES INTO EARLY WED AND THEN OFFSHORE BY WED NIGHT.
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE IS LIKELY TO BUILD IN AFTER THE FROPA...WITH LOW
LVL FLOW BECOMING LIGHT AND NORTHERLY. NO MAJOR CHANGES WERE NEEDED
TO THE SENSIBLE FCST...HOWEVER I DID RAMP PRECIP CHANCES UP A BIT
SOONER COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS FCST. BY EARLY 12Z TUES I HAVE A
SOLID CHANCE POP OVER MOST OF THE NC MTS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE
ELSEWHERE. ITS LOOKING LIKE THE BEST CHANCE FOR SH AND MAYBE A TS OR
TWO WILL BE LATE TUES EVENING THRU EARLY WED. TEMPS WILL START OUT
WELL ABOVE NORMAL AND COOL ONCE THE FRONT MOVES THRU WITH VALUES
DROPPING TO ABOUT A CATEGORY ABOVE NORMAL BY WED.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...VFR CONDS THROUGHOUT THE TAF PERIOD. STRONG
HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH
TOMORROW. THIS WILL MAKE FOR LOW END WIND SHIFTS AS THE HIGH CENTER
ADJUSTS SE. FEW/SCT CI AROUND SUNRISE...WITH PERHAPS SOME FEW/SCT
HIGH BASED CU LATE IN THE PERIOD.
OUTLOOK...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED THRU AT LEAST MONDAY.
AN EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLE SHOWING THE
PERCENTAGE OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING WITH THE SCHEDULED ISSUANCE
CATEGORY IS AVAILABLE AT FOLLOWING LINK (USE LOWER CASE)...
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION/TABLES.HTM
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...FREEZE WARNING FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR NCZ033-048>053-
058-059-062>065-501-503-505.
FROST ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR NCZ035>037-056-
057-068>072-082-502-504-506>510.
SC...FROST ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR SCZ008-009-
011>014-019.
&&
SYNOPSIS...JPT
NEAR TERM...SBK
SHORT TERM...PM
LONG TERM...JPT
AVIATION...SBKHazardous weather outlook, Apr 12, 9:52 AM EDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 952 AM EDT THU APR 12 2012 NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506>510-SCZ001>014-019-131400- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE- 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- 952 AM EDT THU APR 12 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-131400- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- 952 AM EDT THU APR 12 2012 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZE WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZE WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-131400- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 952 AM EDT THU APR 12 2012 ...FIRE DANGER STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FIRE DANGER STATEMENT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. KRENTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 2:49 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | 18 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.