Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Knoxville/Tri Cities, TN

Home |  Current Version |  Previous Version |  Text Only |  Print | Product List |  Glossary On
Versions: 1 2 3 4 5 6
486
FOUS54 KMRX 210102
PFMMRX

Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Morristown TN
902 PM EDT Wed Aug 20 2025

TNZ017-210800-
Tri Cities Airport-Sullivan TN
36.50N  82.41W Elev. 1536 ft
902 PM EDT Wed Aug 20 2025

Date           08/20/25      Thu 08/21/25            Fri 08/22/25            Sat
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                      67          84          65          86          66
Temp                72 70 68 69 76 82 83 78 70 68 67 66 77 83 85 79 71 68 66 68
Dewpt               70 69 68 68 71 71 70 69 68 67 66 66 70 70 69 70 68 67 66 67
RH                  93 97100 97 85 69 65 74 93 97 97100 79 65 59 74 90 97100 97
Wind Dir             N  N  N NE  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E  E  S  S SE SE SE  E  E
Wind Spd             2  1  1  2  3  5  5  4  2  2  2  2  2  2  3  3  2  2  2  2
Clouds              B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          30          10          40          20
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.03           0        0.09           0
Rain shwrs           C              C                       C  C  S  S        S
Tstms                               C                       C  C  S
Obvis              PF+PF+PF+
Heat index                         86 87                   87 89
Max heat                           87    89                89    91


Date           08/23  Sun 08/24/25  Mon 08/25/25  Tue 08/26/25  Wed 08/27/25
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          83      66    81      62    78      52    74      53    75
Temp          81 77   68 66 78 75   65 62 75 71   57 53 71 68   56 54 73 69
Dewpt         70 69   67 66 70 68   63 62 58 54   51 51 53 52   51 50 53 53
PWind Dir         S       S     W      SW     W       W     W       N    NW
Wind Char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg Clouds    SC SC   SC B1 B2 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         60      50    60      10     5       0     5       5    10
Rain shwrs     S  L    C  C  C  L
Tstms          S  C    C  S  S  C

$$

TNZ071-210800-
Knoxville McGhee Tyson Airport-Blount TN
35.80N  83.98W Elev. 979 ft
902 PM EDT Wed Aug 20 2025

Date           08/20/25      Thu 08/21/25            Fri 08/22/25            Sat
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          87          68          88          70
Temp                75 73 72 72 78 85 85 81 75 72 70 69 79 85 87 81 75 72 71 70
Dewpt               72 71 71 70 72 73 72 70 69 69 68 68 71 73 72 71 70 70 69 69
RH                  90 93 97 93 82 67 65 69 82 90 93 97 77 67 61 72 84 93 93 97
Wind Dir            NW NE NE NE NE  N  N  N NE NE NE NE NE NW NE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind Spd             2  2  2  3  5  5  6  5  4  3  2  2  2  2  4  3  2  2  2  1
Clouds              B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          10           5          30          10
QPF 12hr                   0.14           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs           S                                      C  C              S
Tstms                                                       C  C
Obvis                    PF+
Heat index                         92 91 85                92 94 85
Max heat                           92    94                92    94


Date           08/23  Sun 08/24/25  Mon 08/25/25  Tue 08/26/25  Wed 08/27/25
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          87      69    85      64    81      57    77      57    78
Temp          84 81   72 69 82 79   69 64 78 75   62 58 74 72   61 57 76 72
Dewpt         73 70   69 69 71 68   66 62 59 55   54 54 55 54   54 55 56 56
PWind Dir        SW      SW     W       W    NW       N     N      NE     N
Wind Char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg Clouds    SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         50      40    40       5     0       0     5      10    10
Rain shwrs     S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          S  C    C  C  C  C

$$

TNZ036-210800-
Oak Ridge-Anderson TN
36.00N  84.24W Elev. 913 ft
902 PM EDT Wed Aug 20 2025

Date           08/20/25      Thu 08/21/25            Fri 08/22/25            Sat
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                      70          86          67          88          68
Temp                74 73 71 71 79 84 86 80 74 71 69 68 79 85 87 81 74 72 70 69
Dewpt               73 71 69 70 72 73 72 70 68 68 67 68 71 73 72 71 69 69 69 69
RH                  97 93 93 97 79 70 63 72 82 90 93100 77 67 61 72 84 90 97100
Wind Dir             N NE NE NE NE NE  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  N  N  E SE  W  W SW
Wind Spd             2  2  2  3  3  3  4  3  3  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  1  1  1
Clouds              B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                     30          10           5          30          10
QPF 12hr                   0.04           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C              S
Tstms                                                       C  C
Obvis              PF+
Heat index                         90 92 83                92 94 85
Max heat                           90    92                92    94


Date           08/23  Sun 08/24/25  Mon 08/25/25  Tue 08/26/25  Wed 08/27/25
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      67    85      62    80      55    77      55    78
Temp          83 80   71 68 85 77   68 62 78 73   61 56 75 71   60 56 76 72
Dewpt         73 70   69 68 71 68   64 59 59 55   53 52 55 54   53 53 56 56
PWind Dir        SW      SW     W      NW    NW       N    NW       N    NE
Wind Char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg Clouds    SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         50      40    40       5     0       0     5       5    10
Rain shwrs     S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          S  C    C  C  C  C

$$

TNZ099-210800-
Chattanooga Airport-Hamilton TN
35.03N  85.22W Elev. 688 ft
902 PM EDT Wed Aug 20 2025

Date           08/20/25      Thu 08/21/25            Fri 08/22/25            Sat
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                      72          90          70          89          71
Temp                75 74 73 73 80 87 89 83 76 72 70 72 80 86 88 83 75 73 72 71
Dewpt               73 72 71 72 73 73 72 72 71 69 69 69 72 73 72 72 72 71 71 70
RH                  94 93 93 97 79 63 57 70 85 90 97 90 77 65 59 70 90 93 97 97
Wind Dir            NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  E SE  S SE SE  S  S  S
Wind Spd             2  2  2  3  4  5  5  5  3  2  2  2  2  2  4  3  2  2  1  1
Clouds              B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          10           5          40          10
QPF 12hr                   0.05           0           0        0.02           0
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C              S
Tstms                                                       C  C
Heat index                      84 94 96 88             84 93 95 88
Max heat                           94    96                93    95    84


Date           08/23  Sun 08/24/25  Mon 08/25/25  Tue 08/26/25  Wed 08/27/25
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      70    87      64    83      60    79      59    80
Temp          83 80   72 70 84 81   70 65 81 76   64 60 76 73   63 60 77 74
Dewpt         73 72   71 70 72 70   66 62 59 57   55 55 56 56   56 55 57 58
PWind Dir         S       S     W      NW    NW       N     N       N     N
Wind Char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg Clouds    B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         60      30    40       5     5       0    10       5    10
Rain shwrs     S  L    C  S  C  C
Tstms          S  C    C  S  C  C

$$

NCZ060-210800-
Tusquitee RAWS-Forestry-Cherokee NC
35.07N  84.12W Elev. 1600 ft
902 PM EDT Wed Aug 20 2025

Date           08/20/25      Thu 08/21/25            Fri 08/22/25            Sat
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                      66          88          65          85          66
Temp                70 68 67 66 77 85 84 76 70 67 65 67 78 84 81 74 69 67 66 67
Dewpt               70 68 67 66 72 72 70 70 68 67 65 66 71 71 70 70 69 67 66 67
RH                 100100100100 85 65 63 82 93100100 97 79 65 69 87100100100100
Max/Min RH                  100          59         100          65         100
Wind Dir            SW  N  N  N NW NW  N  N  N  N  E  E SE  S SE  E  E SE  E  E
Wind Dir Deg        23  0  0  0 31 31 33 33  2  0  9 10 13 17 14 10 11 12 11 11
Wind Spd             1  0  0  0  1  3  4  2  1  0  1  1  2  2  3  2  2  1  1  1
Clouds              B1 B1 B1 B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1
Clouds (%)          59 61 67 81 44 44 30 37 38 46 61 65 52 65 60 60 42 51 56 64
Vsby                10  8  7  7 10 10 10 10 10  7  7  7 10  6  6 10 10 10  7  7
PoP 12hr                     20          30          20          60          30
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0        0.33        0.02
Rain shwrs           S              S  S  S  S        S  S  L  L  C  C        C
Tstms                               S  S                 S  C  C  C  S
Obvis               F+ F+ F+
Heat index                         91 88                   89 85
Max heat                           91    93                89    89
ChanceThunder                30          30          10          50          30
Max Mix Hgt
AGL Mix Hgt                            4000                    5000
Max Vent Rt                           25200                   20200
T Wind Dir                                N                      SE
T Wind Spd                                5                       4
ADI                                      25                      20
Max LVORI                                10                       8
Stability               F     D     A     A     G     F     B     B     F     F
Ceiling              NONE  NONE  NONE  NONE  NONE  NONE  8000 11700 11700 11700
Sta Pres            27.77 27.79 27.78 27.78 27.80 27.86 27.88 27.86 27.89 27.91


Date           08/23  Sun 08/24/25  Mon 08/25/25  Tue 08/26/25  Wed 08/27/25
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          82      65    84      61    80      52    77      53    78
Temp          81 72   67 66 81 75   65 61 79 69   57 53 76 65   57 54 77 67
Dewpt         71 69   67 65 69 68   64 61 58 55   53 51 53 54   53 52 56 56
PWind Dir        SE      SE    NW      NW    NW       N    NW       N    NW
Wind Char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg Clouds    B1 B1   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         70      40    50      10     5       0    10      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  L    C  C  C  C                                         S
Tstms          S  C    C     C  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

$$