Five Forks, South Carolina 7 Day Weather Forecast

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FXUS62 KGSP 230714
AFDGSP

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
314 AM EDT Mon Jun 23 2025

.SYNOPSIS...
The heat and humidity gradually increase through mid-week as a hot
upper ridge builds over the eastern United States. Isolated showers
and thunderstorms remain possible each afternoon and evening through
Tuesday, mainly across the mountains. The heat and humidity stick
around the rest of the week with daily shower and thunderstorm
chances area-wide Wednesday into the weekend.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
As of 245 AM Monday: Heat will continue to build today, as the
center of a large warm upper level anticyclone remains over the
Central Appalachians. Subsidence from this system will continue to
amplify the heat, with temps expected to top out in the mid to upper
90s across the foothills and Piedmont and into the lower 90s across
the larger mountain valleys. Dewpts should still mix out enough
to keep heat indices below 105, but cannot rule out a few spots
reaching a 105 heat index along the I-77 corridor. Have continued to
blend in the 10th percentile NBM, which has been verifying fairly
well the last couple days. So will hold off on a Heat Advisory for
today. With the high nearly right over the CWFA, guidance keeps even
most of the mountaintop convection suppressed this aftn. But it is
difficult not to see at least isolated showers and storms this time
of year, so will continue to show slight chc to low-end chc PoPs
along the ridgetops, especially near the TN border, where steering
flow will generally take the activity. Tonight will be muggy with
clear/mostly clear skies and light/calm wind. Some mountain valley
fog will likely develop. Lows will be a few degrees above normal,
in the 60s in the mountains and lower to mid 70s in the Piedmont.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
As of 230 AM EDT Monday...

Key Messages:

1) Heat and Humidity Linger through the Period with the Most
Oppressive Conditions Expected on Tuesday

2) Heat Indices From the Upper 90s to Lower 100s Expected
Each Afternoon, Mainly East of the Mountains

3) It Will Remain Warm and Muggy Each Night so Anyone without Access
to Air Conditioning will see Limited Relief through the Period

4) Isolated Diurnal Convection Possible in the Mountains Tuesday
with Better Coverage of Convection Possible Wednesday Area-Wide

Main change during the short term is the latest global guidance are
now breaking down the large upper anticylcone over the eastern US
faster compared to the last several runs. The hot, upper ridge
continues to dominate on Tuesday before gradually weakening Tuesday
night into Wednesday. The ridge looks to then completely breaking
down Wednesday evening into Wednesday night. So it appears that
Tuesday will be the most oppressive day with temps and humidity
ticking down slightly on Wednesday as the ridge weakens.

Highs on Tuesday will soar into the mid to upper 90s east of the
mountains, with the upper 80s to lower 90s across the mountain
valleys. Heat indices Tuesday afternoon will range mostly from 103-
108 degrees F mainly east of the mountains. However, some locations
across the South Carolina Mountains and the the McDowell, Caldwell,
Burke, Polk, and Rutherford mountains are also likely to see heat
indices ranging from 103-108 degrees F. Since Heat Advisory Criteria
ranges from 105-109 degrees F, a Heat Advisory will likely be needed
for at least some of the locations mentioned above. Isolated (and
mainly diurnal) convection will develop again, mainly across the
mountains, on Tuesday with the upper ridge expected to suppress
convective activity somewhat. Lows east of the mountains will only
fall into the mid to upper 70s Tuesday night so warm and muggy
conditions can be expected.

With the upper ridge expected to weaken on Wednesday, the heat and
humidity will lower a bit compared to Tuesday. Highs east of the
mountains should only climb into the mid 90s, with highs rebounding
in the upper 80s to lower 90s across the mountain valleys. Heat
indices should end up a few degrees lower compared to Tuesday, with
Heat Advisory criteria limited to the Upper Savannah River Valley
and the I-77 corridor. So a Heat Advisory may be needed once again
for these locations. Another consequence of the ridge breaking down
faster is that shower and thunderstorm chances look to increase in
coverage area-wide Wednesday afternoon into Wednesday evening.
Capped PoPs to chance for now as guidance is not in great agreement
regarding the coverage of convection and as activity could still be
suppressed somewhat despite the ridge weakening. If convection
manages to develop over portions of the forecast area Wednesday
afternoon, it could help limit the heat index somewhat. Lows
Wednesday night will end up a few degrees cooler compared to
Tuesday, especially east of the mountains. Regardless, warm and
muggy conditions are expected to continue.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
As of 300 AM EDT Monday...

Key Messages:

1) Hot and Humid through the Period but Less Oppressive Compared to
the Short Term

2) Temperatures Remain a Few to Several Degrees Above Normal

3) Better Chances for Showers and Thunderstorms through the Period

Weak Upper ridging remains over the eastern US through the period.
Meanwhile, a weak upper low will track over Florida Thursday into
Thursday night before lifting northward towards the Deep South and
the Carolinas. This pattern will allow for better influx of moisture
through the long term, leading to better chances for convection each
day. Have the highest PoPs (roughly 60%) confined to the western
half of the forecast area with slightly lower PoPs across the
eastern half (~ 30% to 50%) for now. While it will still remain hot
and humid through the period, it will be less oppressive compared to
the short term. Highs east of the mountains each afternoon will
range from the upper 80s to lower 90s, with the mountain valleys
seeing highs each afternoon from the mid 80s to lower 90s. Heat
indices will remain a bit elevated on Thursday, ranging from the
upper 90s to lower 100s east of the mountains. Heat indices on
Friday appear to remain mostly below 100 degrees F east of the
mountains but will increase slightly over the weekend across the
Upper Savannah River Valley and along/near I-77. These locations
could see heat indices rebound back into the upper 90s to lower
100s. For now it appears that we will remain below Heat Advisory
Criteria (less than 105 degrees F) through the period.

&&

.AVIATION /07Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
At KCLT and elsewhere: VFR conditions and light winds to continue
thru the period as high pressure remains overhead. KHKY could
see a brief MVFR/IFR restriction for BR like the last couple
of nights, so have kept the TEMPO going from 09z-12z. No other
vsby/cig restrictions are anticipated at this time. A pop-up
shower or TSRA is possible across the mountains this afternoon,
but unlikely to affect KAVL. Expect aftn Cu to develop across the
area, then quickly dissipate after sunset..

Outlook: Dry conditions to continue thru Tuesday. Then a return
to more scattered to numerous diurnal showers and storms starting
Wednesday thru the end of the workweek.  Fog and/or low stratus
will be possible each morning in the usual mtn valleys and near
lakes and rivers.

&&

.CLIMATE...
RECORDS FOR 06-23

               MAX TEMPERATURE         MIN TEMPERATURE
  STATION      HIGH        LOW         HIGH        LOW
  -------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
   KAVL      93 2016     64 1936     70 2017     47 1947
                1988
   KCLT     100 2015     63 1936     77 2016     53 1947
   KGSP      99 1988     70 1900     75 2016     54 1972
                1944                                1947



RECORDS FOR 06-24

               MAX TEMPERATURE         MIN TEMPERATURE
  STATION      HIGH        LOW         HIGH        LOW
  -------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
   KAVL      94 1952     66 1991     70 2015     48 1947
                            1919                    1918
   KCLT     102 1930     68 1936     76 1998     55 1972
                                        1914        1936
   KGSP     100 1952     64 1936     76 2016     51 1915



RECORDS FOR 06-25

               MAX TEMPERATURE         MIN TEMPERATURE
  STATION      HIGH        LOW         HIGH        LOW
  -------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
   KAVL      96 1952     63 1889     69 1949     45 1972
                                        1943
                                        1891
   KCLT     102 1914     70 1980     75 1952     53 1889
                            1915        1914
                            1889
   KGSP     101 1952     69 1980     75 1931     52 1972
                                        1925



RECORDS FOR 06-26

               MAX TEMPERATURE         MIN TEMPERATURE
  STATION      HIGH        LOW         HIGH        LOW
  -------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
   KAVL      96 1948     65 1961     69 1952     49 1984
                                                    1974
   KCLT     102 1952     68 1965     78 1948     55 1979
   KGSP     100 1952     71 1991     77 1952     55 1979
                1934                                1974
                1914

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...None.
NC...None.
SC...None.

&&

$$

SYNOPSIS...AR
NEAR TERM...ARK
SHORT TERM...AR
LONG TERM...AR
AVIATION...ARK
CLIMATE...GSP