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217 PM EDT Mon Aug 18 2025

TNZ017-190800-
Tri Cities Airport-Sullivan TN
36.50N  82.41W Elev. 1536 ft
217 PM EDT Mon Aug 18 2025

Date           08/18/25      Tue 08/19/25            Wed 08/20/25            Thu
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                      68          89          68          89          68
Temp          87 81 73 71 69 70 80 85 87 81 74 71 69 69 79 85 86 79 72 70 68 69
Dewpt         66 68 67 67 67 66 69 69 68 68 69 69 67 67 70 70 70 69 69 68 67 67
RH            50 65 81 87 93 87 69 59 53 65 84 93 93 93 74 61 59 72 90 93 97 93
Wind Dir       N  N  E  E  E  E SE  N  E SE SE SE  E  E SW NW  N  S NE  E NE  E
Wind Spd       5  3  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  3  2  2  2  1  2  3  4  3  2  1  1  1
Clouds        FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5          20           5          40          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02           0        0.05        0.02
Rain shwrs                          S                       C  C  S  S        S
Tstms                               S                       C  C  S
Obvis                     PF PF
Heat index       84                89 91 84                90 91
Max heat         92                91    92                91    93


Date           08/21  Fri 08/22/25  Sat 08/23/25  Sun 08/24/25  Mon 08/25/25
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      66    84      66    82      66    82      61    81
Temp          82 77   68 68 82 77   68 68 78 75   68 67 78 74   64 63 76 71
Dewpt         70 69   67 66 69 69   66 66 70 68   66 66 69 64   61 60 60 58
PWind Dir         N      NE     S      SE    SW       S     W       W    NW
Wind Char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg Clouds    B1 B1   SC SC B1 B1   SC B1 B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      10    40      30    50      30    40      10     5
Rain shwrs     S  C          S  C    C  S  C  C    C  S  C  C
Tstms          S  C          S  C    C     S  C    S        C

$$

TNZ071-190800-
Knoxville McGhee Tyson Airport-Blount TN
35.80N  83.98W Elev. 979 ft
217 PM EDT Mon Aug 18 2025

Date           08/18/25      Tue 08/19/25            Wed 08/20/25            Thu
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                      71          92          72          92          71
Temp          91 85 79 75 73 73 83 90 91 85 78 75 73 73 83 89 90 82 77 74 72 72
Dewpt         69 69 69 70 68 68 71 70 68 68 71 71 70 70 73 73 71 71 72 71 70 70
RH            49 59 72 84 84 84 67 52 47 57 79 87 90 90 72 59 54 69 85 90 93 93
Wind Dir       N NE NE  N NE NE  W NW NW SW  S SW  S  S  W NW  N NE NE NE NE NE
Wind Spd       5  4  3  2  2  2  2  2  3  3  2  2  2  2  2  3  5  3  2  2  2  2
Clouds        FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC FW FW SC FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0          20          10          40          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                          S                       C  C  S  S
Tstms                               S                       C  C  S  S
Heat index    96 89             88 96 95 88             89 97 96 86
Max heat         98    86          96    97    85          97    99    83


Date           08/21  Fri 08/22/25  Sat 08/23/25  Sun 08/24/25  Mon 08/25/25
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          90      71    86      70    85      69    85      64    84
Temp          86 81   74 71 86 79   72 71 82 79   72 70 82 77   68 65 80 75
Dewpt         73 71   70 69 72 71   70 69 73 70   70 69 71 66   64 63 63 60
PWind Dir         N      NE    NW       S    SW      SW     W       N     N
Wind Char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg Clouds    SC SC   SC SC B1 SC   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         40      10    40      30    40      30    30       5     5
Rain shwrs        C          S  C    C  S  C  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms             C          S  C    C  S  S  C    S        C

$$

TNZ036-190800-
Oak Ridge-Anderson TN
36.00N  84.24W Elev. 913 ft
217 PM EDT Mon Aug 18 2025

Date           08/18/25      Tue 08/19/25            Wed 08/20/25            Thu
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                      71          93          72          92          71
Temp          91 85 77 75 72 72 83 90 91 85 78 74 72 73 83 90 87 81 76 74 72 72
Dewpt         70 69 68 67 66 67 71 71 70 70 71 71 70 70 73 73 73 72 72 71 69 70
RH            50 59 74 76 81 84 67 54 50 61 79 90 93 90 72 58 63 74 87 90 90 93
Wind Dir      NE NE NE NE NE NE SW  W NW  S  W  W SW SW SW  W NW  N  N  N  N  N
Wind Spd       3  2  2  2  2  1  1  2  2  2  1  1  1  1  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2
Clouds        SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0          10           5          40          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C              S
Tstms                                                       C  C
Heat index    97 89             88 96 97 90             89 98 94 85
Max heat         98    84          96    98    86          98    98


Date           08/21  Fri 08/22/25  Sat 08/23/25  Sun 08/24/25  Mon 08/25/25
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          89      69    86      69    85      69    85      62    83
Temp          87 80   73 71 86 79   71 70 83 78   71 70 83 77   67 64 80 73
Dewpt         73 71   69 69 73 71   69 69 73 71   69 69 71 67   62 60 62 60
PWind Dir         N      NE     S      SW    SW      SW     W       N    NW
Wind Char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg Clouds    SC B1   SC B1 B1 B1   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      10    40      20    40      20    30       5     5
Rain shwrs     S  C          S  C    S  S  C  C    S     S  C
Tstms          S  C          S  C    S  S  S  C    S     S  C

$$

TNZ099-190800-
Chattanooga Airport-Hamilton TN
35.03N  85.22W Elev. 688 ft
217 PM EDT Mon Aug 18 2025

Date           08/18/25      Tue 08/19/25            Wed 08/20/25            Thu
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                      73          93          73          93          73
Temp          92 86 80 77 74 74 85 90 90 84 78 76 74 74 83 90 89 84 78 76 74 74
Dewpt         71 72 72 72 71 70 72 72 70 71 73 72 72 72 73 73 72 72 73 72 71 71
RH            51 63 77 85 90 87 65 56 52 65 85 87 93 93 72 58 57 67 85 87 90 90
Wind Dir       N NE  N  E NE  E  S  W  E SE  S  S  S  S  S NW  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind Spd       5  3  2  2  1  1  2  2  2  2  2  1  1  1  2  2  4  2  2  1  1  2
Clouds        FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5          20           5          40          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0        0.01           0
Rain shwrs                          S                       C  C
Tstms                               S                       C  C
Heat index    99 92 84          91 97 96 89             89 98 96 90
Max heat        100    88          97    99    87          98   100    87


Date           08/21  Fri 08/22/25  Sat 08/23/25  Sun 08/24/25  Mon 08/25/25
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          91      71    85      71    85      70    87      65    85
Temp          88 81   74 72 84 79   73 72 82 79   72 71 84 78   70 66 80 76
Dewpt         73 72   71 70 73 72   71 71 73 72   71 70 72 69   65 63 63 62
PWind Dir         N      NE    SE      SE     S       S    NW       N     N
Wind Char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg Clouds    SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         50      10    50      20    50      20    30       5     5
Rain shwrs        C          C  C    S  S  C  C    S        C
Tstms             C          S  C    S  S  S  C    S        C

$$

NCZ060-190800-
Tusquitee RAWS-Forestry-Cherokee NC
35.07N  84.12W Elev. 1600 ft
217 PM EDT Mon Aug 18 2025

Date           08/18/25      Tue 08/19/25            Wed 08/20/25            Thu
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                      68          88          66          88          66
Temp          85 77 72 70 69 69 80 84 82 75 71 69 67 67 78 85 84 76 71 69 67 67
Dewpt         68 70 70 69 67 67 71 71 70 71 70 69 67 67 71 72 71 71 69 68 67 67
RH            57 79 93 97 93 93 74 65 67 87 97100100100 79 65 65 85 93 97100100
Max/Min RH                   97          63         100          63         100
Wind Dir       N  E  E  E  E  E SE  N  S SE  E  N  N  N  N NW NW  N  N  N  N  N
Wind Dir Deg   1  8 10 11 11 11 14  0 17 12 11  0  0  0  0 30 31 34  0  0  0  0
Wind Spd       3  2  1  1  1  1  1  2  2  2  1  0  0  0  1  2  2  2  0  0  0  0
Clouds        SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1
Clouds (%)    28 33 26 44 43 45 27 34 41 57 41 44 49 53 27 25 32 31 27 37 46 61
Vsby          10 10 10  7  8  7 10 10 10 10 10  7
PoP 12hr                     10          50          10          50          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.17           0        0.22        0.01
Rain shwrs     C                    C  C                    C  C  S  S
Tstms          C                    C  C                    C  C  S
Heat index    88                83 89 86                   91 89
Max heat         93                89    88                91    92
ChanceThunder                10          50          10          50          20
Max Mix Hgt
AGL Mix Hgt                            4100                    4400
Max Vent Rt                           18900                   15600
T Wind Dir                               SE                       N
T Wind Spd                                4                       3
ADI                                      16                      16
Max LVORI                                 7                      10
Stability         A     G     G     A     B     G     F     A     A     G     F
Ceiling        NONE  NONE 20800  NONE  NONE  NONE 20800 20800  NONE  NONE  NONE
Sta Pres      27.93 27.94 27.98 27.96 27.91 27.91 27.92 27.87 27.81 27.82 27.83


Date           08/21  Fri 08/22/25  Sat 08/23/25  Sun 08/24/25  Mon 08/25/25
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          88      66    83      66    82      65    83      61    83
Temp          85 75   68 67 81 73   68 67 79 73   66 66 81 73   64 62 80 71
Dewpt         70 70   68 66 71 69   67 66 70 69   66 66 69 67   64 61 62 61
PWind Dir        NW       E    SE      SE     S      SE    NW       N    NW
Wind Char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg Clouds    SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         60      20    60      40    60      30    40      10    10
Rain shwrs        L    S     C  L    C  S  C  L    C     S  C
Tstms             L    S     C  C    C  S  S  C    S     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

$$