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National Weather Service Morristown TN
227 PM EDT Thu Jul 30 2026

TNZ017-310800-
Tri Cities Airport-Sullivan TN
36.50N  82.41W Elev. 1536 ft
227 PM EDT Thu Jul 30 2026

Date           07/30/26      Fri 07/31/26            Sat 08/01/26            Sun
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      56          84          63          85          68
Temp          78 75 65 61 58 59 75 82 84 77 68 66 65 66 79 83 82 78 73 72 70 69
Dewpt         55 59 57 56 55 56 60 60 58 62 63 61 60 62 67 68 69 69 67 67 67 69
RH            45 58 75 84 90 90 60 47 41 60 84 84 84 87 67 61 65 74 81 84 90100
Wind Dir       N  N NE  E NE  E  E  W  W  N  E  E  E  E  S SW  S  S SE SE SE SE
Wind Spd       4  3  1  0  1  2  1  1  1  0  0  2  2  3  5  8  6  6  5  4  4  4
Clouds        CL CL CL FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          30          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.04        0.05
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C  C  C  L  L  L
Tstms                                                       S  C  C     S  S
Obvis                        PF
Heat index                                                 86 85
Max heat         81                83    84                87    88


Date           08/02  Mon 08/03/26  Tue 08/04/26  Wed 08/05/26  Thu 08/06/26
EDT 6hrly     14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          82      67    82      67    84      68    85      69    86
Temp          81 77   69 69 80 78   69 69 81 79   70 70 82 80   71 71 83 81
Dewpt         72 71   68 69 71 71   68 68 71 72   68 69 72 73   70 69 73 73
PWind Dir         S      SE    SW      SE    SW       S    SW      SW    SW
Wind Char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg Clouds    B2 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         90      40    40      10    40      10    60      20    40
Rain shwrs     L  D    C  S  S  C          S  C          S  L    S     S  C
Tstms          S  L    C  S  S  C          S  C          S  C    S     S  C

$$

TNZ071-310800-
Knoxville McGhee Tyson Airport-Blount TN
35.80N  83.98W Elev. 979 ft
227 PM EDT Thu Jul 30 2026

Date           07/30/26      Fri 07/31/26            Sat 08/01/26            Sun
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      61          89          67          86          71
Temp          85 80 71 67 64 64 79 87 89 84 75 71 69 70 80 84 84 80 76 74 73 72
Dewpt         60 62 59 59 58 59 61 63 63 65 67 66 64 64 68 71 73 71 71 71 71 71
RH            43 54 66 75 81 84 54 45 42 53 76 84 84 81 67 65 70 74 85 90 93 97
Wind Dir      NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  W  W  S SE  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S SW  S  S
Wind Spd       6  4  3  3  4  3  2  2  2  2  2  1  2  2  4  8  9  6  5  4  5  4
Clouds        CL CL FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          30          60          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.28        0.05
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  L  L  D  D  L  L  L
Tstms                                                    S  C  C  C  S
Heat index                                              83 89 90 83
Max heat         85                88    90                89    90


Date           08/02  Mon 08/03/26  Tue 08/04/26  Wed 08/05/26  Thu 08/06/26
EDT 6hrly     14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          85      71    86      70    87      72    88      73    90
Temp          83 80   74 72 84 81   73 71 85 83   74 72 87 83   75 74 89 84
Dewpt         74 72   71 70 73 72   70 70 73 72   71 70 74 73   72 71 74 74
PWind Dir        SW      SW    SW       E    SW       S    SW       S    SW
Wind Char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg Clouds    B2 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         80      40    40      10    50      10    60      20    30
Rain shwrs     L  D    C     C  C          S  C          S  L    S     S  C
Tstms          S  C    C     S  C          S  C          S  C    S     S  C

$$

TNZ036-310800-
Oak Ridge-Anderson TN
36.00N  84.24W Elev. 913 ft
227 PM EDT Thu Jul 30 2026

Date           07/30/26      Fri 07/31/26            Sat 08/01/26            Sun
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      61          87          67          84          70
Temp          85 79 70 67 64 64 78 86 87 82 73 71 69 69 78 81 82 78 74 73 72 71
Dewpt         60 62 59 58 57 59 62 63 64 66 66 65 65 66 69 72 74 72 72 71 71 71
RH            43 56 68 73 78 84 58 46 46 58 79 81 87 90 74 74 77 82 93 93 97100
Wind Dir      NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  S  S SW  N  N  N  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW
Wind Spd       4  2  2  2  3  3  2  1  1  1  0  0  0  1  3  6  6  5  4  3  4  4
Wind Gust                                                  17
Clouds        CL FW FW B1 SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 SC B1 OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0          30          70          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.34        0.11
Rain shwrs                                            L  L  L  L  D  D  D  D  L
Tstms                                                    S  C  C  C  C
Heat index                                                 85 88
Max heat         85                87    88                85    88


Date           08/02  Mon 08/03/26  Tue 08/04/26  Wed 08/05/26  Thu 08/06/26
EDT 6hrly     14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          85      69    85      69    87      71    87      72    89
Temp          82 79   72 71 82 80   72 70 84 82   73 71 85 82   74 73 87 83
Dewpt         74 72   70 70 73 72   70 69 73 73   71 71 74 74   72 72 75 74
PWind Dir        SW       W    SW       N     S       W    SW      SW    SW
Wind Char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg Clouds    B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         80      30    50      20    50      10    50      10    30
Rain shwrs     L  D    C     C  C    S     S  C          C  C          S  C
Tstms          S  C    C     S  C    S     S  C          S  C          S  C

$$

TNZ099-310800-
Chattanooga Airport-Hamilton TN
35.03N  85.22W Elev. 688 ft
227 PM EDT Thu Jul 30 2026

Date           07/30/26      Fri 07/31/26            Sat 08/01/26            Sun
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      64          90          70          85          71
Temp          89 83 73 70 66 67 80 88 90 85 76 73 72 72 79 81 83 79 75 74 73 72
Dewpt         61 63 63 61 60 61 62 62 60 63 66 66 66 68 72 75 75 74 74 73 73 72
RH            39 51 71 73 81 81 54 42 37 48 71 79 81 87 79 82 77 85 97 97100100
Wind Dir       N NE  N  N  N  N SE  S  S SE  N  N  N  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind Spd       6  4  3  3  3  2  1  2  2  1  0  0  0  2  5  9  9  8  6  5  5  5
Clouds        CL FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW SC B2 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          50          90          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.72        0.47
Rain shwrs                                            D  D  D  D  D  D  L  L  C
Tstms                                                 S  C  L  C  C  S  S
Heat index                                                 87 90
Max heat         89                88    90    83          87    90


Date           08/02  Mon 08/03/26  Tue 08/04/26  Wed 08/05/26  Thu 08/06/26
EDT 6hrly     14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          86      71    86      71    88      72    89      73    91
Temp          83 80   73 72 83 81   73 73 84 82   74 74 87 84   75 74 89 86
Dewpt         75 73   72 72 74 74   72 72 74 74   73 73 75 75   73 73 75 75
PWind Dir        SW      SW    SW      SW     S      SW    SW      SW     W
Wind Char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg Clouds    B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         60      30    40      10    50      20    50      20    30
Rain shwrs     C  L    C     S  C          S  C    S     S  C    S     S  C
Tstms          S  C    S     S  C          S  C    S     S  C    S     S  C

$$

NCZ060-310800-
Tusquitee RAWS-Forestry-Cherokee NC
35.07N  84.12W Elev. 1600 ft
227 PM EDT Thu Jul 30 2026

Date           07/30/26      Fri 07/31/26            Sat 08/01/26            Sun
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      58          86          63          83          67
Temp          83 76 66 63 60 61 79 85 86 80 70 67 65 65 78 81 80 75 72 70 69 68
Dewpt         60 61 60 58 56 58 61 61 61 65 65 63 61 62 68 71 72 70 71 70 69 68
RH            46 60 81 84 87 90 54 45 43 60 84 87 87 90 71 72 77 84 97100100100
Max/Min RH                   90          43          90          69         100
Wind Dir      NW  N  N  N  N  N SE  S  S  N  N  N  E  E SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE
Wind Dir Deg  32 33  0  0  0  0 15 17 18  0  0  0 11 11 15 18 17 15 15 14 15 15
Wind Spd       5  3  0  0  0  0  1  2  2  0  0  0  1  2  3  6  4  4  3  3  3  3
Clouds        CL CL FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV
Clouds (%)     2  3 10 37 40 41 29 28 35 51 63 55 42 47 69 85 78 84 85 90 93 90
Vsby          10 10 10 10  8 10 10 10 10 10 10
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          70          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.60        0.27
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  L  L  D  D  D  D  L
Tstms                                                    S  C  C  C  C  S
Heat index                                                 85 84
Max heat         83                85    86                85    85
ChanceThunder                 0           0          10          40          40
Max Mix Hgt
AGL Mix Hgt                            5600                    2700
Max Vent Rt                           22500                   25200
T Wind Dir                                S                       S
T Wind Spd                                4                       9
ADI                                      23                      24
Max LVORI                                 7                       6
Stability         A     G     G     A     B     F     G     C     B     D     D
Ceiling        NONE  NONE  NONE  NONE  NONE  NONE  NONE  NONE  NONE  NONE  NONE
Sta Pres      27.87 27.88 27.91 27.90 27.85 27.84 27.83 27.81 27.76 27.75 27.73


Date           08/02  Mon 08/03/26  Tue 08/04/26  Wed 08/05/26  Thu 08/06/26
EDT 6hrly     14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          82      67    83      67    84      68    85      69    87
Temp          79 77   70 68 81 77   70 68 81 78   70 69 83 79   70 70 85 80
Dewpt         73 71   69 68 73 71   69 68 73 72   70 69 73 73   70 70 74 73
PWind Dir         S       S    SW       S    SW       N     W       N     W
Wind Char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg Clouds    B2 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         80      40    60      10    70      20    70      10    50
Rain shwrs     L  D    C  S  S  L          S  L    S     C  L          S  C
Tstms          S  L    C     S  C          S  C    S     S  C          S  C

This is an experimental product for planning and review purposes only, and is
not to be substituted for an official fire weather spot forecast

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