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National Weather Service Morristown TN
226 AM EDT Tue Sep 15 2026

TNZ017-152000-
Tri Cities Airport-Sullivan TN
36.50N  82.41W Elev. 1536 ft
226 AM EDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date             Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      89          63          90          65          90
Temp          64 63 78 86 88 81 71 67 64 64 79 87 89 82 72 69 66 66 80 87 88 81
Dewpt         61 62 65 68 67 67 66 65 63 63 67 69 68 68 67 65 64 63 66 67 68 68
RH            90 97 64 55 50 63 84 93 97 97 67 55 50 63 84 87 93 90 62 52 52 65
Wind Dir      NE NE SE SW SW SE SE  E  E  E SW NW NW SE SE  E  E SE SW NW NW  N
Wind Spd       4  4  3  3  2  1  4  2  1  1  1  2  2  1  1  1  0  0  1  2  3  1
Clouds        FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW SC FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5           0          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.07
Rain shwrs                                                              C  C
Tstms                                                                   C  C
Heat index             90 91                   91 94 85                90 92
Max heat               91    93                93    95                92    94


Date          Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          65    90      65    89      66    88      65    85
Temp          69 66 88 80   68 66 87 80   69 67 85 79   68 66 81 75
Dewpt         65 63 67 69   67 66 68 68   66 65 68 68   66 65 69 67
PWind Dir         N     N      NE     S      SE    SW      SE     W
Wind Char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg Clouds    FW FW FW SC   SC FW SC SC   SC FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    20       5    30       5    20      20    60
Rain shwrs              S             C             S    S  S  C  L
Tstms                   S             C             S             S

$$

TNZ071-152000-
Knoxville McGhee Tyson Airport-Blount TN
35.80N  83.98W Elev. 979 ft
226 AM EDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date             Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      95          70          94          70          95
Temp          70 68 83 92 95 87 79 75 72 70 82 91 94 87 78 75 72 70 83 92 94 86
Dewpt         65 66 70 70 68 69 70 69 68 68 70 70 69 68 69 69 68 67 69 70 68 67
RH            84 93 65 49 42 55 74 82 87 93 67 50 44 53 74 82 87 90 63 49 43 53
Wind Dir      NE  N  N SW  W  S SW NW  N  N  N  N NE  E SE  N  S  S  W  N NE NE
Wind Spd       2  1  0  3  2  3  4  2  0  0  0  2  5  4  1  0  1  1  1  2  5  3
Clouds        FW FW FW SC FW SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Heat index          87 98100 91             86 97 99 91             87 98 99 89
Max heat               98   100    85          97    99    85          98   100


Date          Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          70    94      69    94      70    92      69    89
Temp          74 70 91 85   74 70 91 85   74 71 90 84   73 69 86 79
Dewpt         68 66 68 69   69 67 69 68   68 67 69 69   69 68 70 69
PWind Dir         E    NE       E    SW       S    SW       S    SW
Wind Char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg Clouds    SC FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5    20      10    10      10    20      20    60
Rain shwrs              S                           S    S     S  L
Tstms                   S                           S             S

$$

TNZ036-152000-
Oak Ridge-Anderson TN
36.00N  84.24W Elev. 913 ft
226 AM EDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date             Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      94          70          93          69          94
Temp          68 68 82 91 93 85 77 73 71 70 82 90 92 84 76 74 71 70 84 91 93 84
Dewpt         64 65 70 71 70 70 70 69 68 68 70 71 71 70 70 69 68 68 71 71 70 70
RH            87 90 67 52 47 61 79 87 90 93 67 54 51 63 82 84 90 93 65 52 47 63
Wind Dir      NE NE  N SW  N SE  W  W  W SW SW  N NE NE  N  N  N  N  N NE  N NE
Wind Spd       2  1  0  3  0  1  1  2  2  1  2  0  2  1  0  0  0  0  0  1  3  2
Clouds        FW FW FW FW CL FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Heat index          86 98 99 90             86 96 99 88             89 98 99 88
Max heat               98    99    83          96    99                98   100


Date          Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          69    93      69    93      69    92      68    88
Temp          73 70 90 83   73 70 90 83   73 70 88 82   72 68 85 78
Dewpt         69 66 70 70   69 68 70 69   69 67 70 70   69 67 71 70
PWind Dir        NE    NE      NE    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind Char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg Clouds    SC FW FW FW   SC FW SC FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5    20      10     5      10    20      20    60
Rain shwrs              S                           S    S     S  L
Tstms                   S                           S             C

$$

TNZ099-152000-
Chattanooga Airport-Hamilton TN
35.03N  85.22W Elev. 688 ft
226 AM EDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date             Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      97          72          97          71          97
Temp          73 72 86 94 96 88 80 76 74 73 85 94 96 89 80 76 74 72 86 94 96 88
Dewpt         68 69 70 69 68 69 69 69 68 67 68 69 67 67 68 67 65 65 65 66 66 66
RH            84 90 59 44 40 54 69 79 82 81 57 44 39 48 67 74 74 79 50 40 38 48
Wind Dir       N  N  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S NE NE  E SE  S  S  N SW NE NE NE
Wind Spd       2  0  5  6  6  6  8  3  1  1  3  2  4  2  2  1  1  0  1  3  4  3
Clouds        FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Heat index          91 99101 92 83          88 99100 92 83             97100
Max heat               99   101    87          99   100    87          97   101


Date          Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          71    97      71    96      71    95      70    91
Temp          76 72 94 87   75 72 94 87   75 72 92 85   74 71 89 81
Dewpt         64 63 65 68   68 67 67 67   67 68 69 69   69 69 70 70
PWind Dir         E    NE      NE     S       S     S       S    SW
Wind Char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg Clouds    FW FW CL FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0    10      10    10       5    20      20    60
Rain shwrs                                          S    S     S  L
Tstms                                               S    S        S

$$

NCZ060-152000-
Tusquitee RAWS-Forestry-Cherokee NC
35.07N  84.12W Elev. 1600 ft
226 AM EDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date             Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      90          63          91          62          92
Temp          68 66 79 87 86 76 70 68 65 63 79 88 88 78 71 68 65 63 81 90 88 77
Dewpt         65 65 70 70 69 69 69 66 64 62 68 69 68 69 68 65 63 62 67 68 67 68
RH            90 97 74 57 57 79 97 93 97 97 69 54 52 74 90 90 93 97 63 49 50 74
Min/Max RH                   52          97          49          97          45
Wind Dir       E SE SE  S SE SE  E  E  E  E  N NW  N SE  E  N  N  N NW  N  N NE
Wind Dir Deg  11 12 13 16 15 13 11 10  9 11  0 32 33 14 11  0  0  0 32 33 34  5
Wind Spd       2  3  5  4  4  4  3  1  1  1  0  2  2  1  1  0  0  0  1  3  3  1
Clouds        FW B1 FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW CL SC SC SC FW FW FW SC CL FW FW SC
Clouds (%)    19 51 15 28 35 28 26 37 26 23  4 38 35 49 22 15 15 31  5 15 24 34
Vsby          10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10  7  7 10
PoP 12hr                     20           0          10           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S
Tstms                                                                   S  S
Heat index             92 90                   92 92                   94 91
Max heat               92    94                92    94                94    94
ChanceThunder                10           0          10           0          20
Max Mix Hgt
AGL Mix Hgt                4900                    5100                    5700
Max Vent Rt               26600                   25300                   39300
T Wind Dir                   SE                      NE                      NE
T Wind Spd                    6                       4                       4
ADI                          27                      25                      39
Max LVORI                     7                      10                      10
Stability         F     B     B     G     G     B     B     G     G     B     B
Ceiling        8000  8900 10800  NONE  NONE  NONE  NONE  NONE  NONE  NONE  NONE
Sta Pres      28.12 28.12 28.13 28.17 28.22 28.20 28.17 28.18 28.19 28.14 28.09


Date          Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          62    92      63    91      63    89      62    86
Temp          67 63 90 79   68 64 88 79   67 64 86 78   67 63 83 75
Dewpt         63 59 66 69   66 63 67 68   65 63 69 69   66 63 70 69
PWind Dir        NE    NE       N    SE       E     S       E    NE
Wind Char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg Clouds    SC FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5    30       5    40       5    50      20    70
Rain shwrs              C             C          S  C    S     C  L
Tstms                   C             C             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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