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Fire Weather

All products issued by our office, the National Weather Service at Greenville-Spartanburg, are valid for western North Carolina, the South Carolina Upstate and extreme northeast Georgia.

Red Flag Warnings/Fire Weather Watches:

Greenville/Spartanburg 
Columbia
Raleigh
Roanoke/Blacksburg
Morristown/Knoxville
Atlanta

Fire Weather Forecasts:

Greenville-Spartanburg -- Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
Columbia
Raleigh
Roanoke/Blacksburg
Morristown/Knoxville
Atlanta

NDFD Derived Products:

Experimental Area Fire Weather Forecast Matrix (AFW)
Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices (PFW)

NFDRS Forecasts:

NFDRS Forecasts (FWM) -- FWM Decoder

Burn Category and Dispersion Tables:

Pasquill-Turner Stability Index
ADI
LVORI
Burn Categories
Dispersion
Background information on the Atmospheric Dispersion Index (ADI) and Low Visibility Occurrence Risk Index (LVORI)

External Products:

Storm Prediction Center's Fire Weather Page
NWS National Fire Weather Page
Southern Area Coordination Center
National Interagency Fire Center
Hazard Mapping System Fire and Smoke Product
Wildland Fire Assessment System Numerous products are available from this site including current dead fuel moisture, drought maps and lower atmosphere stability (the Haines Index) among many, many others.
NOAA Air Quality Forecasts
National Snow Analysis
NOAA Precipitation Analysis
Southern High Resolution Modeling Consortium (SHRMC)

National Digital Forecast Database Products:


Graphical Forecast
Quick Forecast
Digital Forecast
Graphical Forecast Quick Forecast Digital Forecast


Program Notes

The NWS office in Greenville-Spartanburg provides spot forecasts for any wildfire within our county warning area. For prescribed burns, requests will only be honored from governmental agencies.

Our office also provides a Fire Weather Forecast for our county warning area. Details about our fire weather program can be found in the 2012 SC Fire Weather Operations Plan, 2012 NC Fire Weather Operations Plan, or the 2011 GA Fire Weather Operations Plan.

Question or Comments? Contact John Tomko, Fire Weather Focal Point, john.tomko@noaa.gov.



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GSP International Airport
1549 GSP Drive
Greer, SC 29651
(864) 848-3859
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Page last modified: April 3, 2012

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