1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 13, 4:55 AM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
455 AM EST THU NOV 13 2003
.DISCUSSION...
COLD FRONT WORKING ITS WAY ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA AT THIS HOUR.
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW COLDER AND DRIER AIR INVADING QUICKLY NOW.
WHICH MAKES TEMPERATURE FORECAST TODAY ESPECIALLY TRICKY SINCE
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW TEMPERATURES AT PRESENT STILL BETWEEN 60
AND 65 FAHRENHEIT IN MOST OF THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. WE WILL
BANK ON A RAPID DECLINE IN THE PREDAWN HOURS...A BRIEF WARMUP EARLY
THIS MORNING...THEN TEMPERATURES FALLING FOR THE AFTERNOON. ZONES
MAY NEED TO BE UPDATED BEFORE DAYBREAK SINCE FORECAST HIGHS ARE
ABOUT 5 DEGREES WARMER THAN CURRENT OBSERVATIONS INDICATE.
AS DRY AIR CONTINUES TO INVADE THE REGION...AND WINDS PICK UP...FIRE
DANGER WILL INCREASE AND WE HAVE ALREADY DECIDED TO ISSUE A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR ALL OF OUR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA AREAS OF
RESPONSIBILITY. WILL PROBABLY HOIST ONE IN NORTH CAROLINA...AS
WELL...BUT WILL NEED TO COORDINATE WITH THEM FIRST BEFORE DOING SO.
IT IS INTERESTING THAT WITH THE FALLING AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES...AND
DRIER AIR...RELATIVE HUMIDITY BOTTOMS OUT IN THE TEENS TO LOWER 20 %
RANGE FOR MOST AREAS...BUT NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS STAY BORDERLINE
BASED ON MY CALCULATE TEMPERATURE AND DEWPOINT FIELDS.
NO CHANGES...REALLY...TO FORECAST REASONING. SUBSIDENCE...COLD
ADVECTION...TIGHT GRADIENT AND SECONDARY SUBSIDENCE MAXIMA LATER
THIS EVENING SHOULD TRANSLATE TO A VERY WINDY DAY IN THE HIGHER
TERRAIN. WE WILL KEEP THE HIGH WIND WARNINGS UP FOR THE
MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT FOOTHILLS IN NORTH
CAROLINA...THROUGH THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH 85H WINDS PROJECTED TO
HOWL INTO THE NIGHT...SOUNDINGS SUGGEST SOME DECOUPLING WILL OFFSET
THE STRONG WINDS. SECONDARY SUBSIDENCE MAXIMA MAY LEAD TO EXTENDED
PERIOD OF HIGH WINDS FOR THE AREAS FROM FRENCH BROAD VALLEY THROUGH
THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS...WITH BOTH
ETA AND GFS ADVERTISING A 50 KT 85H JET CORE DROPPING INTO WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA LATE...BUT FOR NOW WILL LIMIT WARNING ONLY THROUGH
MIDNIGHT TIME FRAME.
FOR FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT...85H TEMPERATURES REACH A NADIR AROUND
06Z THEN BEGIN TO CLIMB...ESPECIALLY ON GFS...LATE. SO IT IS NO
SURPRISE...WHEN ADDED TO THE WIND THAT SHOULD STAY UP ENOUGH TO
PREVENT FULL RADIATIONAL COOLING...THAT GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES ON
OVERNIGHT MINS HAVE CREPT UPWARD ON THE 00Z OUTPUT STATISTICS. WHAT
YESTERDAY LOOKED LIKE A BONAFIDE FREEZE NOW LOOKS MARGINAL FOR THE
SOUTHERN MOST ZONES IN OUR FORECAST AREA...BUT WE WILL UPGRADE THE
WATCH TO A FREEZE WARNING FROM THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND SOUTHERN
NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT THROUGH ALL OF OUR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY.
MOUNTAIN TEMPERATURES ALSO CAME IN WARMER WITH THIS NEW
PACKAGE...AND THAT IS REFLECTED IN THE GRIDS. DEWPOINTS DID NOT
CALCULATE AS LOW...EITHER...AS IN PREVIOUS RUNS SO WE WILL HOLD OFF
FOR NOW ON ANY KIND OF WIND CHILL ADVISORY...ADDRESS POTENTIAL IN A
STATEMENT...AND SEE WHAT THE NEXT ROUND OF DATA SUGGESTS.
MODELS NOW GETTING VERY AGGRESSIVE IN SCOURING OUT THE COLDER AIR
ALMOST AS QUICKLY AS IT INVADES THE REGION. MAXES FOR FRIDAY ARE UP
SEVERAL DEGREES...AND FRIDAY NITE MOS MINS CAME IN AS MUCH AS 10
DEGREES WARMER THAN ON PREVIOUS RUNS...AND WITH THE WARM ADVECTION
PROGD IN THE LOWER LEVELS...IT IS EASY TO SEE WHY THE MODELS WOULD
COME TO THAT CONCLUSION. ETA...MEANWHILE...IS THE COLDEST. WE DID
NOT GET AS EXCITED AS THAT MODEL REGARDING WARMER MINS FOR FRIDAY
NITE...WHEN DECOUPLING LOOKS THE BEST...BUT DID BUMP UP TEMPERATURES
ACROSS THE BOARD...SUGGESTING THAT PERHAPS OUR SOUTHERN TIER ZONES
MAY ESCAPE A FREEZE FRIDAY NITE.
WARM ADVECTION CONTINUES SATURDAY...AND NOW BOTH ETA AND GFS BRING A
RATHER POTENT UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM TOWARD THE REGION EVEN AS SURFACE
HIGH CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE LOWER LEVELS. ENOUGH UPGLIDE TO
SUPPORT SOME MOUNTAIN CLOUDS...BUT FOR NOW...PROBABILITIES OF
PRECIPITATION WERE HELD BELOW CHANCE CATEGORY. WE DID INCREASE
CLOUDINESS FOR SATURDAY...LOWERED MAXES SLIGHTLY AND ACCORDINGLY
RAISED SUNDAY MORNING MINIMUMS.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GSP 59 30 54 33 / 00 00 00 00
AND 59 28 55 33 / 00 00 00 00
CLT 59 28 54 32 / 00 00 00 00
HKY 55 26 52 29 / 00 00 00 00
AVL 48 24 48 26 / 00 00 00 10
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...HIGH WIND WARNING THROUGH MIDNIGHT GAZ010...GAZ017.
LAKE WIND ADVISORY THROUGH 6 PM GAZ018-026-028-029.
FREEZE WARNING TONIGHT GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029.
RED FLAG WARNING GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029.
NC...HIGH WIND WARNING THROUGH MIDNIGHT FOR
NCZ033>034...NCZ048>055...NCZ058>059...NCZ062>067.
WIND ADVISORY FOR AREA LAKES NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082.
FREEZE WARNING TONIGHT NCZ066>072-082.
RED FLAG WARNING TODAY NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082.
SC...HIGH WIND WARNING THROUGH MIDNIGHT SCZ001>003.
WIND ADVISORY FOR AREA LAKES SCZ004>012-014-019.
RED FLAG WARNING TODAY SCZ001>012-014-019.
FREEZE WARNING TONIGHT SCZ004>014...SCZ019.
&&
BURRUSGAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-131415- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 724 AM EST WED NOV 12 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT TODAY FOR ALL OF THE MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS...WHERE WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...AND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO OCCUR ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT...BUT OF SLIGHTLY LOWER MAGNITUDE. SEE PRODUCT CAENPWGSP FOR DETAILS ON THE HIGH WIND WARNING...AND ALSO CAESPSGSP FOR DETAILS ON WIND POTENTIAL OUTSIDE THE HIGH WIND WARNING AREA. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREA LAKES IN THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. MEANWHILE...DEWPOINTS WILL DROP DANGEROUSLY LOW TODAY WITH THE WINDS...AND A LARGE PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA HAS BEEN PUT UNDER A RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY. SEE THE TEXT PRODUCT CAERFWGSP FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...WITH A HIGH WIND WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF THE MOUNTAINS...AND THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS. WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE IN THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT...BUT WITH THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON THUS FAR FILTERING IN...THERE IS THE THREAT OF A WIDESPREAD FREEZE. THEREFORE...A FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT...AS WELL AS FOR ALL OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SEE THE TEXT PRODUCT CAENPWGSP FOR DETAILS ON THE FREEZE WARNING THAT HAS BEEN ISSUED. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. BURRUS
GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ004>014-019- 132100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 447 AM EST THU NOV 13 2003 ...WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE PIEDMONT TODAY... A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVERNIGHT. COLD DENSE AIR PUSHING IN BEHIND THE FRONT...AND A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT...WILL INCREASE NORTHWEST WINDS DRAMATICALLY. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...WITH SOME WIND GUSTS REACHING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND WILL MAKE BOATING HAZARDOUS ON AREA LAKES. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY LATE EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. RB
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds developed behind a cold front across the mountains of northeast Georgia. Sustained winds of 40 mph developed during the pre-dawn hours and persisted most of the day, especially in the highest elevations. Several trees were blown down.
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