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 Jan 24, 10:10 PM EST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1010 PM EST TUE JAN 24 2006
.SHORT TERM (REST OF TONIGHT)...
IMPRESSIVE MID LEVEL DRYING SEEN IN WATER VAPOR IMAGERY EAST OF THE
MOUNTAINS HAS SHOWN UP IN SURFACE OBS THIS EVENING ACROSS THE
FOOTHILLS...WHERE TEMPS HAVE ACTUALLY GONE UP A DEGREE OR TWO IN
SOME CASES IN THE PAST FEW HOURS WHILE DEWPOINT HAS DROPPED INTO THE
TEENS...DUE TO THE DOWNSLOPE WARMING/DRYING. THE BEST WINDS ALOFT
HAVE YET TO ARRIVE...WHICH SUGGESTS THAT CONTINUED DOWNSLOPE MIGHT
KEEP THE FOOTHILLS THE WARMEST PART OF THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT.
WILL RAISE MINS IN THAT AREA TO GO WITH THAT SCENARIO. FRONT HAS YET
TO CROSS THE FORECAST AREA...BUT UPSTREAM SATELLITE/RADAR TRENDS DO
NOT APPEAR TO BODE WELL FOR DEVELOPMENT OF UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS. NOT
ONLY DOES MOISTURE NOT APPEAR DEEP ENOUGH TO REACH LEVELS WHERE ICE
NUCLEI WOULD BE ACTIVE...IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THE MOISTURE WILL
EXTEND FAR ENOUGH SOUTH TO REACH MOST OF THE TN BORDER. IN
FACT...THE INTERMEDIATE MODEL RUNS AND THE LATEST RUC FAIL TO
DEVELOP PRECIP INTO THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT. WILL PARE BACK THE
SNOW SHOWER FORECAST A BIT TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. THE MOST IMPORTANT
PART OF THE FORECAST...THE WIND...APPEARS TO BE RIGHT ON TRACK SO NO
CHANGES WILL BE MADE THERE.
&&
.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
ISSUED AT 232 PM.
SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)...
THE EFFECTS OF THE PASSAGE OF A RATHER ROBUST VORT WILL BE THE MAIN
CONCERN FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. A PERIOD OF NW FLOW SNOW
SHOWERS...BRIEFLY ENHANCED BY THE AFOREMENTIONED VORT WILL BE
SCATTERED ACRS THE TENNESSEE BORDER COUNTIES STARTING LATER THIS
EVENING. BRIEF NATURE OF LIFT AND BRIEF/SHALLOW EXTENT OF LLVL RH
FIELD SHOULD RESULT IN A FAIRLY MINOR EVENT...PERHAPS A COATING OF
SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND AN INCH UP HIGH...MAINLY ACRS THE NORTHERN
NC MTNS...UNTIL SNOW SHOWERS TAPER TO FLURRIES WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.
OF GREATER CONCERN IS THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. SEVERAL
IMPRESSIVE PARAMETERS STILL EXIST...A PERIOD OF STRONG LLVL CAA
TONIGHT ALONG WITH A MODERATE AMOUNT SFC PRESSURE RISES...ALL
WITHIN 45-50KT 85H JET AND UNDERNEATH STRONG 70H/50H JET...THE CORE
OF WHICH TRANSLATES ACRS WESTERN NC. THE BEST COMBINATION OF
FAVORABLE PARAMETERS FOR DAMAGING WIND IS ACRS THE NORTHERN NC
MTNS TONIGHT WHERE THE 12 UTC ETAKIT INDICATES ABOUT 70 KTS ATOP
MIXED LAYER AT KTNB. EVEN FURTHER SW ACRS THE CHAIN...LLVL CAA
IS PROGGED TO BE STRONG TONIGHT...ASSISTED BY ADDITIONAL DOWNWARD
FORCING THANKS TO THE NC MTNS BEING ON THE COLD SIDE OF MID-LVL
FRONTOGENESIS MAX WHICH MAKES IT TO ABOUT THE BLUE RIDGE BY
DAYBREAK. BASED ON THIS PLAN ON UPGRADING HIGH WIND WATCH
TO WARNING FOR ALL OF NC MTNS.
ACRS THE NC FTHLS AND SC/GA MTNS...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS SEEM TO BE
LESS PROBABLE. NW 85H JET MAX IS STILL QUITE STRONG...NEARLY 50
KTS...BUT THERE IS MUCH LESS CONTRIBUTION OF MID-LVL FRONTOGENESIS
MAX AWAY FROM THE NC MTNS...AND ESPECIALLY ACRS THE GA MTNS WHICH
ARE FURTHEST AWAY FROM STRONG MID-LVL JET. IT IS ALSO DEBATABLE
OF HOW DEEP MIXED LAYER GETS TONIGHT AWAY FROM THE HIGH
TERRAIN...AND BY THE TIME IT DOES LATER IN THE MORNING...VERY
LITTLE CAA IS LEFT. POPULATING WITH 12 UTC ETA12 WINDS ARE EVEN LESS
THAN PREVIOUS FCST...DEPICTING VERY SMALL POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING
WINDS ANY WHERE EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...SO BEST TO DOWNGRADE TO
ADVISORY FOR THESE AREAS.
THE GRADIENT WILL GRADUALLY RELAX ACROSS THE REGION WED NIGHT...WITH
AMPLIFIED DRY RIDGING THEN MOVING IN THU THROUGH FRI.
CSH/HG
&&
.LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)...
A SOUTHERLY GULF FETCH WILL SET UP ON SATURDAY ACROSS THE LOWER MS
RIVER VALLEY BETWEEN LOW PRES IN THE SRN PLAINS AND HIGH PRES
DEPARTING THE SE COAST. UPGLIDE MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE DEEPENING
PLAINS SYSTEM WILL REACH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS SATURDAY
NIGHT...AND SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION ON SUNDAY. INSTABILITY SHOULD
RECOVER SOMEWHAT WITH A FAVORABLE LATE DAY SUNDAY FROPA...BUT BEST
LI/CAPE VALUES AND 850 MB EQUIVALENT POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE AXIS
SHOULD REMAIN JUST SOUTH OF THE REGION...SO NO THUNDER MENTION YET.
WRAP AROUND MOISTURE...AND ADDITIONAL UPPER SHORTWAVE ENERGY DIVING
INTO THE BACK SIDE OF THE DEVELOPING EASTERN TROUGH...SHOULD MOVE
BACK INTO THE MOUNTAINS MONDAY THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY TO CONTINUE NW
FLOW PRECIPITATION CHANCES. SNOW LEVELS MAY WORK DOWN INTO THE
HIGHER TERRAIN MON/MON NIGHT FOR SOME LIGHT ACCUMS.
HG
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR GAZ010 FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 6 PM
WEDNESDAY.
...WIND ADVISORY FOR GAZ017 FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 6 PM WEDNESDAY.
NC...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065 FROM 6 PM
TUESDAY TO 6 PM WEDNESDAY.
...WIND ADVISORY FOR NCZ034-035-054-055-066-067 FROM 6 PM TUESDAY
TO 6 PM WEDNESDAY.
SC...WIND ADVISORY FOR SCZ001>003 FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 6 PM
WEDNESDAY.
&&
SHORT TERM (UPDATE)...MOOREHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 303 PM EST TUE JAN 24 2006 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-252015- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-CALDWELL- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON- MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER- GREENWOOD- 303 PM EST TUE JAN 24 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND RABUN COUNTY IN EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE ADJACENT NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...AND HABERSHAM COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA. FOR FURTHER DETAILS...SEE THE LATEST URGENT WEATHER MESSAGE...CAENPWGSP. SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ANY ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE VERY LIGHT AND MAINLY LIMITED TO THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO RELAY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CENTERS SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION. GERAPETRITIS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds developed across the mountains during the overnight hours, and continued through about mid morning. Scattered to widespread tree damage occurred, with scattered power outages.
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