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Wind Advisory 16, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

December 21, 20138 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this wind advisory at Dec 21, 2013, 3:30 PM EST for 8 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Dec 21, 2013, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 21, 2013, 3:30 PM EST (20:30 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 21, 2013, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Dec 22, 2013, 12:00 PM EST
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Counties Avery County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Madison County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Swain County, NC, Yancey County, NC

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 266 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2013-12-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2013-12-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 181 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
810 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

427 
WWUS72 KGSP 212030
NPWGSP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
330 PM EST SAT DEC 21 2013

...VERY WINDY TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING OVER THE HIGH ELEVATIONS
OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...

.STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AT LOW LEVELS AHEAD OF A POWERFUL COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING.
THE WINDS MAY IMPACT THE MOUNTAINS AT RIDGETOP LEVEL WITH STRONG
GUSTS STARTING LATE TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STRONGER WINDS MIGHT ALSO
REACH THE SURFACE AS HEAVIER SHOWERS MOVE IN FROM THE WEST ON
SUNDAY MORNING. THE WIND POTENTIAL SHOULD DIMINISH BY MIDDAY ON
SUNDAY AS THE STRONGER WINDS MOVE EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. 

NCZ033-048>052-058-059-220430-
/O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0016.131222T0000Z-131222T1700Z/
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...BRYSON CITY...
WAYNESVILLE...SYLVA
330 PM EST SAT DEC 21 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST
SUNDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A WIND ADVISORY ABOVE 3500 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM
THIS EVENING TO NOON EST SUNDAY.

* LOCATIONS...THE HIGH ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH
  CAROLINA NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER.

* HAZARDS...STRONG WIND GUSTS.

* TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND
  POWER LINES...RESULTING IN 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.

&&

$$

PM
2 follow-up statements
734 
WWUS72 KGSP 220101
NPWGSP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
801 PM EST SAT DEC 21 2013

...VERY WINDY TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING OVER THE HIGH ELEVATIONS
OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...

.STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AT LOW LEVELS AHEAD OF A POWERFUL COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING.
THE WINDS MAY IMPACT THE MOUNTAINS AT RIDGETOP LEVEL WITH STRONG
GUSTS STARTING LATE TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STRONGER WINDS MIGHT
ALSO REACH THE SURFACE AS HEAVIER SHOWERS MOVE IN FROM THE WEST
ON SUNDAY MORNING. THE WIND POTENTIAL SHOULD DIMINISH BY MIDDAY
ON SUNDAY AS THE STRONGER WINDS MOVE EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS.

NCZ033-048>052-058-059-221115-
/O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-131222T1700Z/
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...BRYSON CITY...
WAYNESVILLE...SYLVA
801 PM EST SAT DEC 21 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST SUNDAY ABOVE
3500 FEET...

* LOCATIONS...THE HIGH ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH 
  CAROLINA NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER.

* HAZARDS...STRONG WIND GUSTS.

* TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND 
  POWER LINES...RESULTING IN 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.

&&

$$

NED
338 
WWUS72 KGSP 220841
NPWGSP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
341 AM EST SUN DEC 22 2013

...VERY WINDY THIS MORNING OVER THE HIGH ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH
CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...

.STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING. SOME OF THE
STRONGER WINDS MIGHT REACH THE SURFACE AS HEAVIER SHOWERS MOVE IN
FROM THE WEST. THE WIND POTENTIAL SHOULD DIMINISH BY MIDDAY AS
THE STRONGER WINDS MOVE EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS.

NCZ033-048>052-058-059-221700-
/O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-131222T1700Z/
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...BRYSON CITY...
WAYNESVILLE...SYLVA
341 AM EST SUN DEC 22 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY ABOVE
3500 FEET...

* LOCATIONS...THE HIGH ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH 
  CAROLINA NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER.

* HAZARDS...STRONG WIND GUSTS.

* TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND 
  POWER LINES...RESULTING IN 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.

&&

$$
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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind 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 wind advisory went out at Dec 21, 2:49 PM EST, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 21, 2:49 PM EST, 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
249 PM EST SAT DEC 21 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.
COLD CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD IN FROM THE NORTHWEST
THROUGH MIDWEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 245 PM...VIGOROUS NEGATIVELY-TILTED SHORTWAVE CAN BE SEEN ON
WATER VAPOR LOOP PIVOTING NE THRU TX THIS AFTN...WITH IMPRESSIVE
BAROCLINIC LEAF SIGNATURE EXTENDING FROM MEXICO TO THE CANADIAN
MARITIMES. THE AMPLIFIED PATTERN HAS ALLOWED AN ANOMALOUSLY WARM AND
MOIST AIR MASS TO SPREAD IN ACRS THE REGION...WITH MID-UPR 70 DEG
TEMPS ACRS THE LWR PIEDMONT. MODELS GENERALLY AGREE ON MOIST UPGLIDE
AND SWLY UPSLOPE SHWRS TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS EVENING ACRS THE
WESTERN THIRD OF THE CWFA...WHILE A LARGE BAND OF SHWRS AND TSTMS
WILL TRACK SLOWLY EASTWARD ACRS THE OH/TN VLYS OVERNIGHT. THE
CONSENSUS IS FOR A STRONG TO SEVERE LINE OF CONVECTION TO BE
KNOCKING ON THE DOOR OF THE SMOKY MTNS BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY.
HOWEVER...DESPITE A 50-60 KT 850 MB JET...INSTBY WILL BE FAIRLY
WEAK. SO STILL EXPECTING THE LINE TO WEAKEN AS IT ENTERS AND CROSSES
THE NC MTNS SUNDAY MORNING (SPC DAY 1 OUTLOOK HAS ERN EDGE OF SLGT
RISK JUST TO OUR WEST). OTHERWISE...IT WILL BE A RECORD TO NEAR
RECORD WARM OVERNIGHT..WITH TEMPS ONLY DROPPING INTO THE MID 50S TO
LWR 60S (ABOVE NORMAL HIGHS).

ON SUNDAY...DECENT MODEL AGREEMENT ON A SLOW-MOVING BAND OF PRECIP
ASSOCIATED WITH A STALLING COLD FRONT. CONVECTION WILL LIKELY LOSE
ITS SEVERE POTENTIAL LATE MORNING TO MIDDAY...BUT PWATS OF 1.5 TO
1.75" (300% OF NORMAL)...WITH STRONG LLVL CONVERGENCE AND SWLY
UPSLOPE SHUD RESULT IN MOD-HVY RAIN RATES. MUCH OF THE SW-FACING
SLOPES OF THE SW AND CENTRAL NC MTNS COULD EASILY SEE 2-3" OF RAIN
BY SUNSET SUNDAY EVENING. ANOTHER CONCERN WITH THE FRONTAL BAND IS
THAT THE LLJ WILL STILL BE 50+ KTS. THEREFORE A DAMAGING WIND THREAT
WILL LIKELY EXIST...EVEN WITH WEAKENING LOW-TOPPED CONVECTION. GIVEN
STRONG GRADIENT WINDS OVERNIGHT AND THE WIND THREAT ONCE THE
CONVECTION ARRIVES...WILL ISSUE A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE TN BORDER
COUNTIES (AND THE BALSAMS IN JACKSON) FOR ELEV ABV 3500 FT FOR
TONIGHT THRU SUNDAY MORNING. GRANTED MOST STRONG GUSTS WILL BE
LOCALIZED AND AT ELEVATIONS ABV 4500 FT OR SO.

AS THE AFTN WEARS ON...GUIDANCE DOES SHOW SOME INSTBY ACRS THE
PIEDMONT AHEAD OF THE CONVECTIVE LINE...ESP ALONG I-85 AND SE. BULK
SHEAR OF 45-60 KTS WITH CAPES OF 400-600 J/KG MAY BE ENUF FOR THE
LINE TO ATTAIN A QUASI-LINEAR CONVECTIVE SYSTEM (QLCS). WE ARE STILL
IN A 5% SEE TEXT FOR SUNDAY...AND WILL CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT IN HWO.
ALSO...DECENT RAIN RATES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE PIEDMONT...WHILE
TAPERING OFF SOMEWHAT ACRS THE MTNS. TEMPS WILL BE TRICKY...ESP
SOUTHEAST OF I-85 AND ALONG THE I-77 CORRIDOR...WHERE EVEN A LITTLE
BREAK IN THE LOW STRATUS COULD ALLOW TEMPS TO SPIKE HIGHER THAN
CURRENT FCST. EVEN WITH THE EXPECTED CLOUDS AND PRECIP...KCLT MAY
BREAK THE RECORD HIGH AGAIN...GETTING INTO THE LOW 70S.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM EST SATURDAY...THE SHORT RANGE CONTINUES TO LOOK VERY
BUSY. A BROAD SWATH OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SHOWERS WILL
BE ONGOING AT 00Z MONDAY ACROSS THE FCST AREA. LINGERING WEAK
INSTABILITY OVER THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS SUGGESTS THAT THUNDER
WILL REMAIN A POSSIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN
PROBLEM WITH THE FCST IS THE EASTWARD PROGRESS OF THE COLD
FRONT...WHICH WILL BISECT THE FCST AREA AT THE START OF THE SHORT
RANGE PERIOD. IT SEEMS REASONABLE THAT THE FRONT WILL MAKE LITTLE
PROGRESS THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE UPPER TROF AXIS REMAINS STUCK
OVER THE PLAINS WITH ANOTHER SHORT WAVE DIVING DOWN INTO ITS BASE.
THIS WILL KEEP A FEW WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING ALONG THE FRONT
WHICH WILL HOLD THE PRECIP OVER THE NC MTNS THROUGH MOST OF THE
NIGHT...SO THE POP WAS INCREASED THERE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE A
CONCERN. THE CONSENSUS IS THAT THE NAM IS OVERDONE WITH ITS HEAVIER
RAIN AXIS OVER THE MTNS AFTER 00Z MONDAY...SO THE FCST IS MORE IN
LINE WITH THE GFS AND WPC WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS E OF THE BLUE RIDGE.
AFTER CONSIDERING ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS...QPF...AND UNCERTAINTY WITH
THE LOCATION OF THE HEAVIER RAIN AXIS...PREFER TO WAIT ONE MORE
CYCLE BEFORE ISSUING A WATCH.

THE TRAILING SHORT WAVE WILL LIFT OUT OF THE UPPER TROF ON MONDAY
WHICH WILL FINALLY GIVE THE FRONT AN EASTWARD KICK. PRECIP CHANCES
GRADUALLY SHIFT EASTWARD THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY LEAVING BEHIND SOME
HIGHER POP IN THE USUAL AREAS ON THE TN BORDER AS THE WIND COMES
AROUND TO THE NW AND COLD ADVECTION ENSUES. A HIGH CHANCE POP WAS
KEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT ON THE TN BORDER FOR NW FLOW UPSLOPE SNOW
SHOWERS. THE MODEL QPF IS LOW OR NON-EXISTENT...SO FOR NOW THE
POTENTIAL ONLY LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD BE ABOUT AN INCH. KEPT A CHANCE
GOING AFTER SUNRISE ON TUESDAY GIVEN THE MODEL PRESENTATION OF
LINGERING 850 MB MOISTURE. THE SNOW SHOWERS SHOULD TAPER OFF TUESDAY
MORNING AS THE 850MB MOISTURE FINALLY DRIES UP. THE REST OF THE DAY
ON TUESDAY LOOKS SEASONALLY COOL.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 1201 PM EST SATURDAY...UNDER DEVELOPING ZONAL FLOW ALOFT AND
LLVL RIDGING...WILL PLAN ON CONTINUING THE DRY BUT CHILLY FCST FOR
CHRISTMAS EVE AND DAY WITH TEMPERATURES A COUPLE OF CATEGORIES BELOW
CLIMO. THE UPPER PATTERN IS STILL PROGGED TO AMPLIFY THROUGH
THURSDAY ALONG WITH THE APPROACH OF A WEAKLY FORCED AND MOISTURE
STARVED COLD FRONT. THE 21/12 UTC OP GFS CONTINUES TO LIMIT RESPONSE
WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS FEATURE AND WILL PLAN ON CONTINUING WITH THE
GOING DRY AND SLIGHTLY MILDER FCST. WILL BANK ON AFOREMENTIONED SFC
FRONT TRANSLATING TO THE COAST BY FRIDAY WITH SIMPLY DRY AND
SEASONABLY COOL CONDITIONS IN IT/S WAKE ATOP THE CWFA INTO NEXT
SATURDAY.

&&

.AVIATION /20Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AT KCLT...IMPROVING CIG TRENDS ARE APPARENT IN THE METARS AND
VISIBLE SAT IMAGERY ACRS THE CAROLINA PIEDMONT. SO I/M MORE
CONFIDENT ON A VFR AFTN...WITH CIGS POSSIBLY STAYING ABOVE 4000 FT
MOST OF THE DAY. OTHERWISE...STILL COULD SEE A FEW LOW-END
GUSTS...BUT LEFT OUT OF TAF. LOWER CLOUDS AND INCREASING POP
TONIGHT. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ON EXACT TIMING OF MVFR AND
ARRIVAL OF -SHRA. WENT WITH THE 16Z LAMP FOR CIG TRENDS...AND HAVE
AT LEAST SCATTERED SHRA AROUND BEFORE DAYBREAK SUNDAY.
ALSO...GUIDANCE STILL SHOWING INCREASING GUSTINESS IN SWLY WINDS
OVERNIGHT. SO WILL KEEP GUSTS IN AS WELL.

ELSEWHERE...OUTSIDE OF THE SWLY UPSLOPE AREAS FROM KAVL TO KAND AND
WEST...CONDITIONS ARE GENERALLY ON AN IMPROVING TREND. IT LOOKS LIKE
IFR TO LOW MVFR WILL CONTINUE THRU MOST OF THE AFTN AT KAVL...PER
RADAR/SAT TRENDS. THE UPSTATE SITES ARE LOOKING INCREASING LIKELY TO
GO VFR FOR AT LEAST A FEW HOURS WITH PEAKING HEATING/MIXING AND A
BREAK IN -SHRA/DZ. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE THIS EVENING...AS
PRECIP MOVES BACK IN FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT. EXPECT ALL SITES
TO GO TO IFR TO LOW MVFR (WITH PERHAPS SOME LIFR AS WELL BY DAYBREAK
SUNDAY). STRONG SWLY WINDS WILL KEEP THE BL MIXED...SO MOST VISBY
RESTRICTIONS SHUD BE ASSOCIATED WITH PRECIP. ALSO...MAY HAVE LLWS
ISSUES ACRS THE MTN VLYS...ESP FROM 06Z-12Z. THEN A LINE OF
CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT SHUD ENTER THE
MTNS SUNDAY MORNING. NOT CONFIDENT ENUF TO BUT TS AT KAVL ATTM.

OUTLOOK...WIDESPREAD MOD-HVY RAIN EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACRS THE REGION
SUNDAY THRU SUNDAY NIGHT...ASSOCIATED WITH A SLOW-MOVING COLD FRONT.
THE FRONT WILL SAG SE OF THE AREA ON MONDAY...SO CONDITIONS WILL
IMPROVE LATE MON THROUGH MID WEEK.

CONFIDENCE TABLE...

            19-01Z        01-07Z        07-13Z        13-19Z
KCLT       HIGH  87%     MED   65%     HIGH  82%     HIGH  83%
KGSP       HIGH  81%     MED   67%     HIGH  84%     HIGH  83%
KAVL       HIGH  99%     HIGH  93%     HIGH 100%     HIGH  96%
KHKY       HIGH  84%     MED   74%     MED   75%     HIGH  83%
KGMU       MED   72%     MED   66%     MED   76%     HIGH  83%
KAND       HIGH  81%     MED   72%     HIGH  81%     MED   79%

THE PERCENTAGE REFLECTS THE NUMBER OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING
WITH THE SCHEDULED TAF ISSUANCE FLIGHT RULE CATEGORY. COMPLETE
HOURLY EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLES AND ENSEMBLE
FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: (MUST BE LOWER CASE)

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION_TABLES

&&

.CLIMATE...
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR TODAY DEC 21ST...

AVL...68 IN 1970
CLT...71 IN 1998
GSP...70 IN 1956

RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR SUNDAY DEC 22ND...

AVL...71 IN 1970
CLT...72 IN 1889
GSP...70 IN 1970

RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR SUNDAY DEC 22ND...

AVL...56 IN 1923
CLT...60 IN 2011
GSP...61 IN 2011

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST SUNDAY FOR
     NCZ033-048>052-058-059.
SC...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...CSH
NEAR TERM...ARK
SHORT TERM...PM
LONG TERM...CSH
AVIATION...ARK
CLIMATE...
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 21, 4:06 AM EST, 11 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
406 AM EST SAT DEC 21 2013

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-
506-508>510-SCZ001>014-019-220915-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-
DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-
UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
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-
406 AM EST SAT DEC 21 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

..SUNDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. AN UNSEASONABLY WARM AND
MOIST ATMOSPHERE MAY SUPPORT A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER
NORTHEAST GEORGIA...THE SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE...AND THE FOOTHILLS
AND PIEDMONT OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THERE STILL IS SOME
UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE TIMING...THOUGH SEVERE CHANCES LOOK TO BE
HIGHEST FROM EARLY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. IN
ADDITION...2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE. IF THE RAIN FALLS
QUICKLY ENOUGH...LOCALIZED AREAS OF URBAN AND SMALL STREAM
FLOODING MAY DEVELOP.
..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-220915-
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
406 AM EST SAT DEC 21 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

..SUNDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. STRONG GRADIENT WINDS
WILL LIKELY REACH THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS PRIOR TO
DAWN SUNDAY. THESE STRONG WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN A FEW TREES AND
POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE ACCOMPANIED BY SHOWERS OR
THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION TO THE GRADIENT WINDS...AN UNSEASONABLY
WARM AND MOIST ATMOSPHERE MAY SUPPORT A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE DAY. FINALLY...BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES
OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 4 INCHES. IF THE RAIN
FALLS QUICKLY ENOUGH...LOCALIZED URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING
COULD DEVELOP.
..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

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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.