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Issued by NWS Knoxville/Tri Cities, TN
Issued by NWS Knoxville/Tri Cities, TN
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Spot Forecast for Ramsey Cascades SAR...Great Smoky Mtns National Park
National Weather Service Morristown TN
406 PM EDT Fri May 29 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1600 EDT on May 29.
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.DISCUSSION...
Light rain or sprinkles can be expected for the next few hours.
Showers and a few thunderstorms will spread back over the area this
evening and tonight, then decrease again from north to south
during Saturday. Some of these showers and storms will bring
torrential downpours. Confidence is low regarding the location of
heavy rain tonight, but if storms track repeatedly over the same
areas, between 3 and 5 inches are possible in spots. The chance of
lightning at the SAR location is 20-30% this evening, dropping to
10-20% after midnight.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Chance of
showers and thunderstorms.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 70.
Min humidity........65 percent.
Dewpoint............58.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds.
TIME (EDT) 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........83 78
Weather cov.....CHC CHC
Weather type....RW RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).30 40
Temp............68 68
Dewpoint........58 59
RH..............70 73
Surface wnd dir.W W
Surface wnd spd.3 3
Surface wnd gst.7 7
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then showers and
slight chance of thunderstorms overnight.
Chance of pcpn......90 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 59.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Dewpoint............58.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........80 85 89 91 89 91 92 90 91 93 94 95
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY DEF DEF
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).50 50 50 50 40 50 40 40 70 70 90 90
Temp............68 66 64 64 63 63 63 62 62 62 61 61
Dewpoint........59 58 57 57 58 59 58 58 57 58 58 58
RH..............73 75 78 78 84 87 84 87 84 87 90 90
Surface wnd dir.W W S S S S S S S S SW SW
Surface wnd spd.3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1
Surface wnd gst.7 7 8 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5
$$
Forecaster...Doug Schneider
Requested by...Connor Orr
Type of request...SAR
.TAG 2614658.0/MRX
.DELDT 05/29/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL grsm_dispatch@nps.gov