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Spot Forecast for Cades Cove Weather...Great Smoky Mountains National Park
National Weather Service Morristown TN
255 PM EST Tue Feb 18 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1500 EST on February 18.

If conditions become unrepresentative,contact the National Weather
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.DISCUSSION...
Dry but cold conditions will persist today. The next system comes in
tonight with chance of widespread snowfall with the heaviest
totals expected to be in the higher elevations of the southern
Appalachian Mountains. Snow will linger into Thursday morning in
northeast Tennessee and in the mountains. Highs will remain below
freezing on Thursday, allowing for little melting.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 47.
Min humidity........42 percent.
Surface winds (mph).North winds around 6 mph shifting to the
                    northeast around 5 mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (EST)      3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM
Sky (%).........67  63  65  61  65
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............46  45  44  41  36
RH..............42  45  47  52  64
Surface wnd dir.N   N   N   NE  NE
Surface wnd spd.6   6   5   5   3
Surface wnd gst.8   8   7   6   10

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of
                    snow overnight. Chance of snow after 3 am, then
                    snow early in the morning.
Min temperature.....Around 31.
Max humidity........88 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds.

TIME (EST)      8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM
Sky (%).........47  43  40  54  67  72  79  86  90  92  92  92
Weather cov.....                                SCH SCH CHC DEF
Weather type....                                SN  SN  SN  SN
Tstm cov........
Temp............35  35  34  34  33  33  33  33  33  32  32  32
RH..............66  66  69  69  72  75  75  75  75  78  78  81
Surface wnd dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Surface wnd spd.3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
Surface wnd gst.10  10  10  9   9   9   9   9   9   8   8   7

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Snow with rain likely
                    in the morning, then chance of snow showers and
                    slight chance of light sleet in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 40.
Min humidity........75 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds becoming north around 5 mph in the
                    late morning and afternoon.

TIME (EST)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM
Sky (%).........93  88  95  96  97  96  95  95  94  91  91  93
Weather cov.....DEF DEF LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....SN  SN  RN  RS  RS  RS  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SW
Tstm cov........
Temp............31  34  37  38  39  37  37  37  34  32  30  29
RH..............88  82  79  79  76  79  79  75  82  85  85  85
Surface wnd dir.SE  S   S   S   NE  N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Surface wnd spd.2   2   3   3   5   5   5   5   5   5   3   3
Surface wnd gst.7   8   8   8   9   9   10  10  10  10  10  10

$$
Forecaster...Andrew Moulton
Requested by...Justin Pugh
Type of request...OTHER
.TAG 2503204.0/MRX
.DELDT 02/18/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL grsm_dispatch@nps.gov